For those who don't live near a Casino where you can use the $100 chip to remove the bezel, you can use this.

http://www.harborfreight.com/nylon-pry-bar-installer-kit-4-pc-69668.html

It's a nylon pry bar commonly used in the auto industry to pry open plastics and not mar the surface. Just wedge the tool between the bezel and the case, and whack it like you would with the casino chip.

I actually think this is better because it slides in between the bezel and case better, use the wider edge to distribute the force better (so not to bend the bezel), and doesn't mar because it is plastic.

Also, pick up the $15 watch case press to install the bezel while you're there.

 

Tell us of your successes with this method, and with the $15.00 case press! And perhaps tell us of some of the watches you have worked on using these tools. Enquiring minds want to know.

 

The nylon pry bars worked great. You put it between the bevel and case, but aimed at the bevel. It is much more precise than the chip and the force is acting at a better place. One light whack and it pops off.

The $15 press is okay but difficult to use and center. Use the next to smallest bushing.

All in all, I was able to take off and re-install the bezel by myself.

 

Can you do a youtube? I am going to pick it up tomorrow.

 

Sorry. It's been a long while since I did this. The bezel hasn't self destruct or popped off, so I now feel comfortable posting it.

It is pretty much the same method as the casino chip except you use the nylon pry bar.

 

Hold it like this. Angle the edge toward the bezel. And a sharp tap at the other end. I taped up the end of the pry bar, but isn't really necessary. Not even a mar on the tape itself.

 

Thanks

 

Glad to hear it worked for you--I've tried both a poker chip and press dies (honestly I prefer using the larger dies). Speedy bezels I can generally take off in one light whack unless I aim wrong or have the watch poorly positioned on the cushioning. Looks like a speedy reduced you have in that photo?

 

I haven't tried the nylon bars as shown, but I've successfully used the pokerchip method and $15 case press on two speedy reduced, and a friends speedy pro. I've also swapped the bezels/inserts on several seamasters using tools I fabricated--none of the above were needed.

 

I find this more effective for removing bezels

 

I love those destruction videos on youtube with people coming up with all manner of ways to demolish new phones. I want to see someone take a jackhammer to a brand new Rolex

 

Can never understand the amount of

Better bezel removal tool threads

That are in no way better than the tool that already exists

Only just better than the last tool that wasn't as good as the original tool.

 

haha do they make it in a wireless version for when I'm on the go

 

Well, this is just my perspective on the whole DIY bezel-replacement trend--but some people prefer doing what they can by themselves. I don't have the training necessary to go fiddling around inside a watch, so I have no choice but to leave that area alone. But changing a bezel, that I can (and should be able to) accomplish myself. I appreciate why most people just take their watches to a professional for such work--but I derive some satisfaction from doing what little work I can manage by myself.

If I was willing to spend hundreds (or thousands) on the genuine tools, I would, but I'm a cheap b@sturd

 

Fair enough, do a bit of DIY myself. When working around the house do you use a screwdriver to remove screws and a hammer to hammer stuff or do you create other things to use instead of a screwdriver and a hammer

 

Couldn't help but grin at this. You win If only the "right" Omega and Burgeon tools weren't hundreds of dollars each

 

There are other brands (yes, Indian and Chinese) that do a good job.
You just have to look around and check the quality and research other users experiences.

Now, where did I put my circlip pliers?