Gmt Ii Bezel Replacement

[equinox]

My AD has ordered me an all black bezel and a black / red bezel for my Pepsi? Having had a look on here at the sore sale section and seeing the GMT II for sale I can see that the bezel is just the inlay section / just the coloured piece? If this is the case how is this removed from the stainless section of the bezel??

Equinox

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Here is a tutorial where you can see how it is done:

Bezel insert tutorial! CLICK!

[waeleldasher]

The link doesn't work...can you please repost it?

Thanks

W

[sheldonsmith]

Try these from my webpage at members.aol.com/sheldons4.....

http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=8561 and at http://www.wwrforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=93 or http://www.vikbobil.se/bezel.html .

-Sheldon

[Dan Pierce]

Originally Posted by equinox

My AD has ordered me an all black bezel and a black / red bezel for my Pepsi? Having had a look on here at the sore sale section and seeing the GMT II for sale I can see that the bezel is just the inlay section / just the coloured piece? If this is the case how is this removed from the stainless section of the bezel??

Equinox

You're lucky to live in the UK. Can't do that in the US. My wife purchased a pepsi insert while in Munich. I'm going to buy a red/ black to celebrate my visit when in the UK next year.
Good luck,
dP

[equinox]

The links are great thanks, I had seen one of them but the other 2 help to make sense of it.

Excellent thanks, now just need the bezel inserts to arrive!

Equinox

[waeleldasher]

Thanks! Great write ups...I want to replace the green bezel on my LV and plan to order a replacement from Europe, but I am worried I won't get exactly what I want. I like the fat four on my original bezel and it seems the new green bezel LV's sold now have the skinny 4 in the 40. I wish there is a particular part number I can use to order it.

cheers

W

[johan]

thanks Seldon great info... but are you going to do it yourself??? get scratch???

[scottschoe]

Why don't you just have your AD do the swap? Most likely they won't charge.

[sheldonsmith]

I have replaced a couple of bezel inserts and the click springs. It's not too hard to do. I replaced the click spring not too long ago as the newer ones are longer and work much better. In the picture above, the longer spring is the newer one and the shorter spring is the older one. The shorter spring would bind easier whereas the longer spring actually allows for a bi-directional bezel.

My next project over the holidays, is documenting caseback removal and installing a sapphire exhibition caseback. I'll post on my web page with its complete...

-Sheldon

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Originally Posted by waeleldasher

The link doesn't work...can you please repost it?

Thanks

W

Ooops, sorry!

I meant to post Jocke's tutorial.

Anyway, Sheldonsmith posted it (thx, Sheldon ). It's the one that has "vikbobil" in the url.