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Out of curiosity, aside from breaks like this, how often do ceramic bezels break from use?
Several have mentioned that the ceramic bezel has moved the sport models from “tool watches” to jewelry. Nothing is indestructible, but how fragile is the bezel really in real world use?
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That is an expensive experiment - I would rather leave it to the RSC to work on my watch.
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Certainly not relative to crown alignment “issues” |
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I was ... I can't think of too many situations where I would be reluctant to wear my 114060. It's been knocked around plenty and the bezel hasn't cracked yet. Seems to love the ocean!
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15 April 2019, 11:56 AM | #159 |
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Hurts just looking at that.
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15 April 2019, 12:34 PM | #160 |
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Please keep us posted.
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15 April 2019, 12:35 PM | #161 |
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What would you charge for the broken ceramic bezel?
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15 April 2019, 12:47 PM | #163 |
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Broken Ceramic Insert
I just read back through - haven’t seen anyone mention this. OP how much would you charge me for the broken pieces of ceramic bezel you have, I would like to have them. Is that better I guess my previous language was a bit ambiguous. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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This exactly. No one ever told you, "If you don't know what you're doing, don't muck with it?"
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Wow, that is a painful picture to look at!
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Hey why the heck not. I wouldn’t have don’t it but kudos for being curious.
Not too bad a replacement price I thought it would be a lot more. |
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When I swapped out the bezel on my DJII for the WG one, the first shop I went to thought they could do it but after a week notified me that because of the larger watch size and older press, they couldn't. There is apparently only one shop in the Boston area with the correct tool.
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I see ceramic bezels as equivalent to what people said about sapphire crystals when they first came out.
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16 April 2019, 12:31 PM | #171 | |
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What I was meaning to say in my previous comment was directed at the criticisms of the ceramic bezel, e.g. hard but brittle, not a tool watch anymore, expensive to replace, etc...because I remember hearing similar comments when sapphire crystals started becoming the new normal. I think now, most would agree that sapphire crystals are a good thing. IMO, the ceramic bezel is going through similar growing pains.
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