Ceramic lumed bezel on 3861 sapphire sandwich

Qianbro

Was a bit tricky to get off original bezel. Orientated watch dial down, then used a solid piece of plastic with a 5mm wide edge, and used light taps from a hammer to ease it off.

Also took a while to get the alignment just right. Tip: carefully position the new bezel, put some cling wrap over the top to prevent it from shifting, take a photo and mark up the photo with a straight line to check alignment.

Make sure the original gasket is removed first (it’s white). The new bezel wasn’t going on until I realised the original gasket was still there after taking off the original bezel.

Got the ceramic bezel from Spiralwinder. Comes preinstalled with a gasket.

Love the premium look of the black ceramic, the lumed Tachy scale markers are more legible and pop more in white, and the biggest benefit is not having to worry about the black chipping off or fading over time, which is what happened to the bezel on my previous 1861 speedy.

https://www.spiralwinderwatchparts....ety-tachymetre-bezel-for-the-3861-speedmaster

chnzwh

The glossy nature of ceramic as well as the brighter white lettering makes the bezel really pop and modernized. The additional lume looks cool too, supplements especially well on models with applied markers (and hence less lume).

Mine says hi.

chnzwh

The glossy nature of ceramic as well as the brighter white lettering makes the bezel really pop and modernized. The additional lume looks cool too, supplements especially well on models with applied markers (and hence less lume).

Mine says hi.

padders

This is aftermarket, right? That in itself isn’t a dealbreaker but it’s worth being clear on it. Yes it does look good but surely from one POV (Omega’s one assumes) this is a fake part. It it were different to the original like the aftermarket clear casebacks there would be less of an issue but copy parts are problematic. I see this supplier also sells fake Base 1000 and fake DON bezels. I think this probably contravenes forum rules. Let’s find out.

padders

Except Omega fit exactly this part to some models, the Snoopy 3 for one so the more I think about it this is a discussion about, and a covert advert for, fake parts.

padders

Except Omega fit exactly this part to some models, the Snoopy 3 for one so the more I think about it this is a discussion about, and a covert advert for, fake parts.

Meme-Dweller

This is how it should have come from the factory. The lumed white against the glossy black looks much nicer than the silver on aluminum black.

Meme-Dweller

This is how it should have come from the factory. The lumed white against the glossy black looks much nicer than the silver on aluminum black.