3rd Submariner - from Rolex Boutique in Japan (2 has pearl not centered issue)

[77T]

Originally Posted by Bigblu10

No. I own several 6 digit Subs, and could never spot something so insignificant as that purported "flaw". Certainly not with my 55 year old eyes and glasses. Guarantee the OP could not see this with his naked eye until he either used a loupe or smartphone camera and expanded the pics. Your OCD must really hinder your life activities.

I’ll get my 2¢ in now before Peter (Padi) shares his newest, latest acronym for bezel insert obsession.

I agree with you that the OP ought to ignore the perceived anomaly. I say perceived because no diver would worry over this. Nor anyone wanting a 3 1/2 minute boiled egg

Let’s all hit the pause button and realize the bezel insert is a graduated tool to measure elapsed time in minutes. And with 120 clicks, half-minutes.

Read Larry’s post #14 in this old thread: https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=412610

So if you hate the alignment - pull off the bezel and remove the click spring. Now it’s smooth rotating and if the pearled triangle is misaligned, the fault be yours.

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[Bregow]

Originally Posted by SLS

Your photo seems off center to me, hard to tell.

For real, this pic is not helping us at all.... but from here seems good!!

Enjoy it...

[darkside7]

Just take it to your dealer and get it over with it. That’s what a warranty is for.

[nigelUK]

I think you just need to become slightly blind ..

[Bigblu10]

Originally Posted by 77T

I’ll get my 2¢ in now before Peter (Padi) shares his newest, latest acronym for bezel insert obsession.

I agree with you that the OP ought to ignore the perceived anomaly. I say perceived because no diver would worry over this. Nor anyone wanting a 3 1/2 minute boiled egg

Let’s all hit the pause button and realize the bezel insert is a graduated tool to measure elapsed time in minutes. And with 120 clicks, half-minutes.

Read Larry’s post #14 in this old thread: https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=412610

So if you hate the alignment - pull off the bezel and remove the click spring. Now it’s smooth rotating and if the pearled triangle is misaligned, the fault be yours.

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What the OP had the issue with was apparently the pip and surround was not "perfectly" centered within the triangle on the insert. Now I don't know how the pip is attached to the ceramic, but looks like he was able to get it fixed to his satisfaction. Call me crazy, but I just wear my watches and enjoy them not worrying about microscopic mis-alignments! Life is simply too short.

[cop414]

Originally Posted by 77T

I’ll get my 2¢ in now before Peter (Padi) shares his newest, latest acronym for bezel insert obsession.

I agree with you that the OP ought to ignore the perceived anomaly. I say perceived because no diver would worry over this. Nor anyone wanting a 3 1/2 minute boiled egg

Let’s all hit the pause button and realize the bezel insert is a graduated tool to measure elapsed time in minutes. And with 120 clicks, half-minutes.

Read Larry’s post #14 in this old thread: https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=412610

So if you hate the alignment - pull off the bezel and remove the click spring. Now it’s smooth rotating and if the pearled triangle is misaligned, the fault be yours.

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And there’s the voice of reason

[ShingaMC]

I think the ops is right. Watch company proud them self on attention to detail. Then it should please our OCD.
The more member like ops help watch company need to pay more attention to QC. The easier customer, the worse company later.


I would bring it back and have them fix it.



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[haven_seeker]

Originally Posted by padi56

Have to agree about OCD looks like we have another Rolex syndrome on forum the {LMBPCS}lupe mania bezel pearl centre syndrome.

Submariner owners are EXTREMELY vulnerable!!!

GMT owners also can catch this very debilitating disease.

[Koala]

Ok so while the pearl itself is perfectly aligned, in these pics the bezel looks to be a millimeter off to the left, but im sure that can be fixed by just rotating the bezel ever so slightly to the right for correct alignment. there's usually a tiny bit of play they can move left/right before it clicks another rotational notch.

[marcopolo05]

Originally Posted by ewdi

Thanks all, I am pretty OCD about it - took it back and the service center people were so nice (you expect nothing from Japanese services) - picked it up again and it is perfect! Might sound silly but man that was a mistake to look into every single details of your watch trying to find flaw... this is a “disease” type hobby ... sigh ..yet we all keep coming back





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That red smudge on the saphire would annoy me more than your original complaint

Nice to see how they take care of these cases :)

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[crazycarlitos]

Originally Posted by BlakeA

But now it looks like your bezel triangle doesn't line up with the 12 o'clock marker. ;-)

Yup...

Time to take it back.

[gnuyork]

Originally Posted by Bigblu10

No. I own several 6 digit Subs, and could never spot something so insignificant as that purported "flaw". Certainly not with my 55 year old eyes and glasses. Guarantee the OP could not see this with his naked eye until he either used a loupe or smartphone camera and expanded the pics.

I'm glad for you, but it's not your watch or problem, perceived or not.

Originally Posted by Bigblu10

Your OCD must really hinder your life activities.

Not a bit, but thanks for making assumptions.

[Ljung]

This is a diving tool watch, not really a precision measurement tool.
Enjoy the precision in time keeping.

[javier]

Originally Posted by juliet

I read these threads all the time and frankly was a bit nervous that my new Sub might have one of these defects.

Picked up the Sub about a month ago and compared it to some of the photos I see on here. Take this one for example. That is zoomed in massively. Look at the pearl as it sits on your wrist, you just don't see the detail that you do in that photo.

There was another thread on here looking at gaps between bracelets and cases. In the photos the gaps can look terrible. Then you look at your own watch with your own eye and realise anything will look terrible under 10x zoom.

If you're going to sit and look at your watch under a microscope then I think a mechanical watch may not be for you. Just accept that there will be some fine differences between watches and enjoy that yours is individual.

VG answer. Indeed agree