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27 March 2014, 12:43 PM | #1 |
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BLRO bezel swap with a BLNR?
So what if it's WG... I'm wondering if this new Pepsi bezel will pop on a BLNR? Talk about different looks for different occasions. Like Coke/Pepsi swaps in the day.
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27 March 2014, 12:48 PM | #2 |
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Gus (Subtona) already started a WTB thread to get one
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27 March 2014, 01:23 PM | #3 |
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Sure but good luck getting one. They will not be floating around and the price would probably be more than you pay for a new 116710 for just the wg bezel and insert.
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Make this a sticky now because we are going to see this question bi-weekly... for the rest of our lives
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27 March 2014, 02:41 PM | #6 |
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The bezal insert will "pop on" however Rolex won't supply just the insert.
They supply the bezel assembly whole. Which is a problem (apart from the price of WG) because you require a special tool to remove and replace a GMTIIc bezel, because of the ball bearing system Rolex uses.
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27 March 2014, 03:11 PM | #7 |
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27 March 2014, 04:31 PM | #8 |
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It will be "cheap" to have a green GMT hand on a red blue bezel.
Not so bad with a blue GMT hand of BLNR !! |
27 March 2014, 05:55 PM | #9 |
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I'm not changing nothing on my BLNR, I love it as it is!
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27 March 2014, 06:09 PM | #10 |
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27 March 2014, 06:10 PM | #11 |
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I guess you`ll have to sleep with the Rolex CEO first
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27 March 2014, 06:31 PM | #12 |
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Sigh....I wonder about some of you. There's at least three reasons why this is a dumb idea.
-bezel is idiot proof now, Rolex made it so that you need a special press to remove/attach the bezel, and if done wrong, it seems to explode, RSC and select ADs only have it -there's already a thread on this, except it was to highlight this new fruitless endeavour -the price of the bezel is over $40k dollars,.....or impossible to source alone in which case it will likely cost $5k and a trip to Mars, I'd just buy a ss and be happy. In fact I think ss steel Pepsis will get expensive now so hurry up. |
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27 March 2014, 10:54 PM | #14 |
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People swapping to the Pepsi inlay eventually will happen just as did the smurf dial and inlay on a SS SubC.
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27 March 2014, 10:58 PM | #15 |
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There will likely be few around and sourcing a true insert will be both highly unlikely and if so highly expensive! Rolex won't just source them out IMHO. Remember how many blue bezel swaps for SS Sub have we seen here over the years? Two or three...certainly not many!
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Logistically, probably the easiest way to source the bezel would be to purchase a WG GMT IIc.
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Surely it'll happen, but it will take a while and few and far between
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