Do these references from the 165/166 series has a removable bezel?

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For those of you that have replaced a crystal on the Omega series 165.003, 165.009 and 165.010, do these have removable bezels?

I know that the 165.002 does not as i found out the hard way scratching it badly in my early days by trying to use the bezel removal tool. This one and the 165.001 was deceiving as what appears to be a bezel wasn’t. Then it gets rather subtle as you go up the series as I never noticed a groove to inset the bezel removal blade.
Thanks in advance!
 
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165.003 - yes.
165.009 - yes.
165.010 - yes.
 
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165.003 - yes.
165.009 - yes.
165.010 - yes.
A big thank you!
Are the bezels held by the crystals like the plexycrystal Rolex Datejust or can the crystals be replaced without removing the bezel? I believe these are tension ring crystals
 
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A big thank you!
Are the bezels held by the crystals like the plexycrystal Rolex Datejust or can the crystals be replaced without removing the bezel? I believe these are tension ring crystals
These are tension ring crystals, and the bezel doesn’t hold them in place.

The only watches that I know of in Omega’s history that are like that, are some of the front loading cases.
 
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These are tension ring crystals, and the bezel doesn’t hold them in place.

The only watches that I know of in Omega’s history that are like that, are some of the front loading cases.
So the bezel in these 165.003/009/010 do not need to be removed when replacing the crystal as bezel is independent from the crystals!
This has been very interesting as I have never found this information anywhere before on the web. Thanks for sharing!