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21 June 2015, 01:50 PM | #1 |
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Rolex GMT II Ceramic Bezel Install Questions
I took off the bezel off my GMT to give it a clean because it was not turning smoothly. For some reason I can not put the bezel back on for the life of me. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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21 June 2015, 01:51 PM | #2 |
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I heard its really hard to put it back. I would go to a watchmaker to take care of that.
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Whoops. Yeah, that's only supposed to be done by the RSC, with special equipment. It's not like the aluminium ones. I can only recall one other person doing this, quite some time ago, but can't recall how it worked out.
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I was under the impression it was like the aluminum ones. I'm assuming it just lines up with those 3 prongs and you push it in? If all else fails i'll just take it some place.
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21 June 2015, 02:00 PM | #7 |
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Probably, I just noticed you were talking about the ceramic. Good luck! Post what happens
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Rolex is NOT DIY. Take it to a wachmaker
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I'm trying to wrap my head around this situation. If I understand correctly, you took a ceramic bezel off by watching a video on taking an aluminum one off, you can't even figure out how to find a watchmaker in your area, but you were going to fix the watch by yourself? Really?
Tell us where you in New Jersey you live and perhaps someone here can direct you to a qualified watchmaker.
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Some Ben Bridge Jewelers (or most?) have a Watchmaker in store. Mine does, and he replaced all the gaskets sealing my GMT II Coke last week.
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From everything I understand its not a do it yourself job. I dont even think most watchmakers are capable of doing this because they use a specific press for the Ceramic bezels at RSC. If they do try it they may crack the ceramic in the bezel. I would send it to NY RSC to be done correctly.
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Let us know how this turns out. Id be inclined to send to RSC NY
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FWIW, I clean my GMT periodically by simply turning the bezel as I hold the watch under running water.
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From what I've heard, it's not a DIY. Good luck,
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I know it's an older thread but like to add something to it since I ran into similar problems as OP. I just took my bezel off my BLNR and had a difficult time to get it back on. After looking at it for a while I noticed a nylon o-ring that was left on the watch. So I removed the o-ring and fitted it into the bezel. To be more specific the o-ring goes right between the bezel and the ceramic insert, there is a notch where the o-ring fits in perfect. Make sure you don't kink the o-ring when you try to fit it back in. Then I lined up the bezel and snapped it back on with ease, done.
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Hi Jim.
It is not a water seal. Looks more like a seal to keep debris from entering between the insert and the crystal. Thomas |
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It’s a Hytrel fastening ring 316-1167-1, It’s used to attach the rotating bezel, it is ONE use only, it MUST be replaced once the bezel is removed, it will not hold the bezel securely if reused., Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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