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Originally Posted by 996marty
Have you checked out the vintage Rolex forum?
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I have and it's extremely valuable, however very dense. I was thinking a spreadsheet or something that one could easily reference or cross-check for compatibility and period correctness. It also appears that certain inserts don't fit as well as others...
7 DIMENSIONS
To comprehend the wide versions spreading described in the next paragraph, you should previously know that all inserts for acrylic Rolex/Tudor diving watches have the same inner and outer diameter specification, 30.30/36.55 mm, respectively; but the inserts as well as the bezels and crystal retaining rings show production tolerances – often, Rolex had to widen or squeeze (google for Rolex tool ref. 1006) the bezel and/or the ring to build well-fitting individual combos; so, you can have several untouched watches of the same reference but the bezel parts might not easily be swappable anyway.
People only offer inserts for particular models because they took them from particular ones, or because they mistakenly believe in a “size family”; and although original packages are labeled for a specific model, this is for supply and design (surface/colors) reasons only.