Ed White bezel swap: yea or nay?

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M'Bob

·Apr 13, 2021

This watch has a pleasing dial excepting some lume loss from a few plots, nice hands, and a mildly polished case. But because the case was spiffed up, the bezel looks a bit incongruent:

So I found another bezel that I thought would be more in keeping with the overall aesthetics of the watch. Not original, but improved, at least to me:

 

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timoss

·Apr 13, 2021

Agreed (at least to me).

 

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140dave

·Apr 13, 2021

1 vote Yea

 

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Dgercp

·Apr 13, 2021

Yea! Great upgrade.

 

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m84

·Apr 13, 2021

I have no issues with 1st, but 2nd overall prob looks better. However, what you mean "not original"? To the model or not OEM (can't tell)?

 

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Mods

·Apr 13, 2021

agree also, the replacement looks good.

 

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M'Bob

·Apr 13, 2021

m84

I have no issues with 1st, but 2nd overall prob looks better. However, what you mean "not original"? To the model or not OEM (can't tell)?

Yes; correct for the model (came off the same reference), but not original (wasn’t born with it...).

 

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timoss

·Apr 13, 2021

You don’t know for sure if the one you had on before was born with it, either...

 

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Darlinboy

·Apr 13, 2021·Pratts! Will I B******S!!!

M'Bob

Yes; correct for the model (came off the same reference), but not original (wasn’t born with it...).

timoss

You don’t know for sure if the one you had on before was born with it, either...

Exactly.

I like ‘em both, so whatever you decide is fine with me. 😜

 

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MikiJ

·Apr 13, 2021

I think because it's your watch that whatever makes you smile when you look it is the only opinion you really need.
Wear in good health 😀

 

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dsio

·Apr 13, 2021·Ash @ ΩF

The old one wasn’t bad at all but the watch is much nicer overall than the original bezel so I’d go for it.

 

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eugeneandresson

·Apr 14, 2021

Tough call. Depends on how much the spiffed case draws the eye...I think the old bezel better suits the dial...but spiffed case and spiffed bezel and not-so-spiffed dial (its great by the way, but is clearly not ‘new’) might also bother. Why not try it out and see after a while? I did something similar once and ended up returning the original bezel...and immediately enjoyed the watch more.

 

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watchyouwant

·Apr 14, 2021

Both nice. I' d keep the first one.

 

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Eve

·Apr 14, 2021

what are you planning to do with the watch?
I would feel more comfortable wearing the #1 bezel.
I also prefer a slightly worn look on vintage watches, so my vote would be for #1.

 

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Seaborg

·Apr 14, 2021

I agree with @watchyouwant, I would keep the first bezel on the wath, its patina better matches the one of the dial (in my opinion).

 

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cristos71

·Apr 14, 2021

I'd upgrade the bezel, it looks quite a lot better like that to me.

 

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abgul

·Apr 14, 2021

Good upgrade. Keep the original in case someone wants orig orig.