|J4TM| ⭐ Ep. 6 - Homage watch bezels - Remove & replace tutorial + extra info ⭐ | ⌚The Watcher ⌚
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- Ep 6 - Homage watch bezels, info plus remove & replace tutorial
I made this video due to a subscriber being in a bit of a dilemma with regards on how to put a bezel back together.
The bezels used in the Homage game are somewhat different to the one's used in Seiko's and therefore require a different method of assembly.
- Main components : Centre bezel retention wire & tension wire
- All bezels are not created equally
Most chinese manufacturers use a lower quality of steel to produce the bezel, while the case is 316L the bezels can be up to 2 grades below. They also vary in thickness which means some should not be messed with or require very experienced hands
- Pro's and con's versus Seiko
Pro -Very good alignment and rotational feel (if its done right) with 0 playback for the most part along with consistent rotational feedback
Con - Quite flimsy and very very fiddly to get back on
I hope you enjoy the video , hit that subscribe button!
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One of my bezels popped off, and in the process the "click spring" was lost somewhere, yet to be found, in my living room. After a fairly exhaustive (and might I say irritating) search, yours is the only damn I could find that showed the actual process of re-installing of a bezel that uses a "wire" click-spring. Even video's by so called "watch-makers." My sincerest thanks to you fore not only did your tutorial demonstrate the actual process of re-installing this type of bezel, but also explained the purpose and function of each specific piece. Because of the understanding I gained from watching, I was able to understand how make and install my own parts so that the bezel would function the way that I want it to
Best homage, modder watch channel on CZcams, period!
If that happened to me, bending a bezel and breaking an insert. I’d be like ouch 😣 on a £160 - £180 watch. But treating all experience good and bad as an opportunity for learning is the more valuable.
You are giving a great service to the CZcams watch community with your findings. 🙏🙏🙏
Hey it happens, bezels break and alot of things break, thank fully alot of it replaceable and quite cheap too!
What an underated channel!
Thank you so much for sharing your expertise, observations and skills with is. Keep up the good work.
Appreciate the work .. been looking for this all day at CZcams 😅
This One needed to be Shown and it’s a Simply Superb Tutorial on how To.
Great Work As audial Snd Yes as someone else commented the Gold Gilt MM your wearing is an Awesome looking watch👏👏👏⌚️
Appreciate you sharing your knowledge on these watches. A different animal than Seiko. The money is in the details and this shows the difference between Chinese brands.
Just watched a similar video but featuring a Rolex submariner. Mostly the same! The Sub has an extra shim to ensure a smooth rotation and I liked the way their bezel just clips in. The click spring tho' omg so small, couple of CMS. I suppose everything has been made as simple to assemble as possible on the Rolex robot built watch. The bezel on the Proxima MM 300 is considerably more substantial than that of the Rolex, it was prized off in the same manner so is obviously stronger than it looks. Wasn't expecting that!
Such a great video!! Thank you so much! Tomorrow I shall attempt to put it back together. Fingers crossed! It’s not bent at the moment so hopefully should be ok. Such great knowledge to have for the future! Thank you! Great stuff👍🏻
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Thanks for showing this. Got me sorted :)
Great video. I really like how you show the differences in quality between materials used, which is interesting when talking about how Chinese brands can keep these prices.
Reading this again, I realise now that I might've been more clear about cutting corners material wise with otherwise good quality - that is having the cases in stainless steel 316L but having the bezel in a lesser and cheaper material.
Thank you so much for this video!
Like a groove for the retention spring to hold the bezel on not the spring that makes the clicks
They should have a groove for the wire to sit in
Just got a new Heimdallr skx007 today and thought about changing the bezel or at the very least the insert. Hence why I searched for this video. The Heimdallr I received has a much thicker bezel than the one you show in your video so I believe they upgraded it but I am not sure if it is the short wire spring type or the flat spring like the original skx. I do not have the courage yet to crack it open.
Anyhow thanks for all the hard work you put into making these videos.
Very helpful. Thank you.
thanks for this video.. my bezel popped off and I did what you said somehow by luck.. glad to see I did it correctly.. i don't think mine is in perfect , it clicks a bit when i push on the bezel but it seems to be in ok and it's smoother than it was before.. . Where do you guys buy bezel inserts for these heimdallrs? I never was a huge fan of the bezel insert of my 6105 sharky.
Do some bezels not have a groove for that spring to go into, because mine does not and it keeps sliding up when I try to install it
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Interesting. I only ever removed one bezel, and when I replaced it it wouldn't turn. I am shortly making a "bezel wars" video you may be interested in
Hey you mentioned you bent the watch bezel did you buy a replacement and if so where did you get it?! I’ve been looking for a replacement one and it’s the one you showed first with octagon spring, is their any site that I can buy one from that you may know?!😊
Can you press the crystal out of the Heimdallr 62mas without removing the bezel?
extremely helpful video!
my steeldive willard have a very bad bezel movement, and I want to make it better and smoother, but I'm afraid that I will not be able to assemble it
Great video, thanks for the demonstration. Did I spot a Proxima MM300 with the gold indices and gold bezel insert on your wrist? If so is the bezel insert fully lumed or just the pip?
Haha yes with the eagle eye. The bezel insert is the gilt one with debossed markers and illuminating triangle
@@just4themodderz37 so just the triangle lumed. Ok cool. Thanks man.
Hey man, have you tried fitting an Skx bezel to an homage watch? I know that they are in some ways different, but i am curious to know if a Seiko bezel with gasket retention method would fit on a homage watch? I have seen some watches use a Seiko click spring and bent retention wire.... This leads me to believe that they might fit, perhaps with the addition of the two Seiko click ring locating holes.... Try putting a Seiko bezel with gasket on a homage without the click and see if it fits!!!! I'd love to know
Do any of the Chinese homages use the traditional Seiko style round flat spring or do they all use this wire style spring?
Most use this wire style
For most of these chinese homages, you need to remove first the insert. Then only its easier to remove the bezel. Plus most of the time, the bezel is made of aluminum not stainless steel. Meaning its easier to bend
Exactly yes
What do you recommend to remove the insert first? I've read some people remove the crystal. Would acetone work?
No prying necessary.
Use the same method as Invicta bezel removal. These instructions greatly reduce the chances of damaging any part of the watch.
One of several examples: czcams.com/video/GTYLcG656lU/video.html
You carefully remove the bezel insert you can then remove the retainer spring and the bezel will come right off while giving it an anticlockwise twist to prevent the spring bar from binding.
Thanks for your time explaining it to us. Do you think that you can get a still picture of the inside of the bezel. Your camera did not focus very well. This would help us see the difference in the sizes of the bezels.
Its easy to feel, i.e the pagani sub, the bezel looks thick but upon turning and feeling it, you can feel its quite hollow...same as the bezel on 62mas by heimdallr and san martin
My main concern with my 62MAS is the bezel getting stuck with gunk, sand or salt. Is this a common issue? If so, what is your recommendation to take it off if I absolutely have to? Insert first or just extra carefully popping one side and then the other?
The bezel it self, it can be maneuvered but tactfully
I had one kid dunk my steeldive 1970 captain willard with sand mixed in seawater, to see it disappeare in haze.
I didnt dear to turn the bezel. But as I was now googling it seems like it would not be a good idea to take it off because it has weaker steel some say, might bend.
I washed the watch and I just now did a rewash and it seems like nothing got under the bezzel that I can feel or hear.
On my homage it seems like it is very tight fit so nearly no sand could get under.
bahut thx bro...I want to change the crystal on my 6105 homage and replace it with a 320w10gn hardex, I also want to change the insert toh gilass badal ne ko yeh jo bezel hai voh zaroor nikal na hi hoga?....ya aise hi bhi chale ga?
Aise hi chale ga. Bezel ko nahi nikaalna
Hi there great video. Im trying to remove the bezel off the steeldive 1970. And i only bending the case. Is there a way to remove it? Thank u
Did you manage to remove it?
@@brandonlanois1734 nope. I moved the insert only
I might add - that this "click-spring" for bezel is not stainless steel. It's incredibly stupid for this hommages watchs like steeldive, heimdallr and perhaps other brands like addiesdive or seestern.