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Bleaching a new speedmaster bezel

pascs
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What I found when I bleached the bezel is the edges of the insert bleached a bit more than the rest, you dont see it in real life but it can be seen in the picture.

bleached bezel1.jpg


Compared to naturally faded DON bezels

DON.jpg

And this one shows a standard non faded bezel against earlier model faded ones

faded bezels.jpg
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ahsposo
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For some reason this thread reminds me of the two ladies I overheard talking in a bar the other evening.

One said "I'm going to have my asshole bleached."

Her companion looked shocked and replied "I can't imagine your husband as a blond!"
 
RazorFrazer
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ahsposo ahsposo
For some reason this thread reminds me of the two ladies I overheard talking in a bar the other evening.

One said "I'm going to have my asshole bleached."

Her companion looked shocked and replied "I can't imagine your husband as a blond!"
Thats so funny! Hahaha
 
RazorFrazer
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LeonDeBayonne LeonDeBayonne
@RazorFrazer Could you please tell me how did you do that?

Bought some bleach. Dipped the bezel in it and slowly massaged it face down in a paper bowl of bleach .... when it got the color i wanted i took it out and rinsed it well.
 
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RazorFrazer RazorFrazer
Bought some bleach. Dipped the bezel in it and slowly massaged it face down in a paper bowl of bleach .... when it got the color i wanted i took it out and rinsed it well.
…… and it looked like ???????????????????
 
Dan S
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MCC MCC
…… and it looked like ???????????????????

I believe he's referring to the Seiko bezel that he showed in the initial post.
 
fskywalker
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Cool idea! Wonder if a reddish aluminum bezel insert can be turned into a brown tone as present on the MoonSwatch Mission to Saturn:

Turning these:


IMG_0368.webp


Into this:

IMG_0369.webp
 
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