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Originally Posted by Brauner Hund
I've read Jocke's tutorial a few times; but what's holding me back is my inability to visualise what's holding the bezel in place and what it is that's getting 'popped'....and what then subsequently clicks to hold the bezel back in place.
Is anyone able to show / explain the mechanics of what holds the bezel in place?
(I'm thinking that a length of nylon cord (such as an internal cord from a length of paracord) could be looped around the bezel and 'wound tight' - à la tourniquet - to lift the bezel with nil chance of marking watch or bezel..... but I need to understand what's actually being 'undone' and 're-done' to assess whether that's a good idea or lunacy! :) )
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Well; tried my idea without success and, finally, decided to carefully tape the watch up, and use a sharpish dinner knife in the manner described in Jocke's instructions. I'll admit, I was worried by the amount of force that may be needed - and was very pleasantly surprised to have the bezel just pop neatly off.
Not scary at all
My bezel had been sliding around rather than clicking; I've now given the watch, bezel,shim and spring (lot of gunk in the spring groove) a good clean with a nylon brush; bent the spring up a bit and simply press clicked all the parts back together. Stunned at how simple it turned out to be - and now my bezel is back to 'clicky'. Very pleased! :)