Can't remove Seamaster 300 Bezel Insert (2231.50)

I've been trying to remove the titanium bezel insert of my 2231.50 and having no luck. I've had a few stainless steel versions of this seamaster in the past and switching bezel inserts has always been easy. Crack the bezel off with a tool and pop the insert out from the back with my thumbs, voila! However, this titanium version has 3 screws in the back of the insert which aren't present in the stainless version. After removing them I still can't get the insert out, it's really in there firm and I don't want to damage anything. It's not perfectly aligned which tells me someone's taken it off in the past and glued it in perhaps.

So, i've got two ideas, heat or soaking in IPA. But my worry is damaging the black ink filled numbers on the front of the titanium insert. My instinct is to get it ready to be pushed in a crystal press and use a hair dryer to heat it up a bit with gentle pressure from the press.

Has anyone had any experience with this specific model and is there anything I should consider before trying this?

Thanks!

Cheers for the help. I'm going to give it a go with the hair dryer and see how it goes! I'll post and update here 😀

Success!!

I took the bezel off and put a hair dryer 2cm away from it and blasted it on full heat for about 30 seconds. Then, I put it in a crystal press and using the correct dies it popped loose! I'm glad to say there was no glue in there, but there was some gunk and grime that must have been holding it on, the heat must have been just enough to alter the size of the bezel to let the insert loose! You were right about the 3 screws, they do not hold on the insert, they do indeed hold the stainless click ring to the rest of the titanium assembly. Sadly I've only got an aftermarket black insert from cousins with a very ugly lume pip. It seems the genuine omega inserts are really hard to come by. When I get some epoxy I'll swap in the genuine lume pip. Thanks for the advice and confidence! Hopefully this thread will help someone else someday.