Improving bezel condition?

DrSpock · Dec 27, 2024

Hi, unfortunately I’ve put too much effort into the cleaning of the bakelit bezel of my seamaster 60. (see photo, looks worse in real)

Is there a way to fix that? E.g I to fill the blank spots with paint/or „dirt“?

Sherbie · Dec 28, 2024

I would help (me, at least), if you could

1) tell us what you have done
2) where are the points of your concern
3) show us a picture of what it looked liked before you started on your cleaning process

Cheers paul

Davidt · Dec 28, 2024

But the long and short if it is it’s hard to do a good job of restoring these. They’re almost always best left as they are.

DrSpock · Dec 28, 2024

Sherbie
I would help (me, at least), if you could

1) tell us what you have done
2) where are the points of your concern
3) show us a picture of what it looked liked before you started on your cleaning process

Cheers paul

Hi, it looks like on the photo above (blank spots in the inner bezel) , caused by an idiot who tried to clean the inner side of the bezel…🙄

hen · Dec 28, 2024

DrSpock
Hi, it looks like on the photo above (blank spots in the inner bezel) , caused by an idiot who tried to clean the inner side of the bezel…🙄

Clean watches are nice! But you may have been a bit heavy handed, so idiot is a bit strong I think. We all make mistakes. Is the bakelite clear with paint on the back side?

DrSpock · Dec 28, 2024

I used thin pieces of mini post-it sticker and went between the bakelit area and the inner metal ring , I think I went too deep and scratched some of the blue back paint (although I am not sure, it could be the chunk I’ve removed which set the spots free which have been damaged through aging during the years)

My idea was to fill the spots with similar colour or have them filled with dark material of some kind.

Currently there are some for sale (what a coincidence, they usually never appear for sale) but I am not happy with paying around 1000EUR for those

SOG53 · Dec 28, 2024

I doubt efforts to add paint will be undetectable or improve watch So I would not add additional issues to watch but leave well enough alone.
This comes up with Speedmaster bezels where it is tempting to ”touch up” with sharpie but it is almost always obvious and doesn’t do anything to watch other than further buggering it up.

Speed2Sea · Dec 28, 2024

DrSpock
I used thin pieces of mini post-it sticker and went between the bakelit area and the inner metal ring , I think I went too deep and scratched some of the blue back paint

I'm sorry to hear this happened to your watch as I'm sure it's very upsetting. I'm just really surprised that a piece of mini post-it sticker could actually cause such damage.

impaw · Dec 28, 2024

Leave it as is, that’s my advice at least😀

DrSpock · Dec 29, 2024

Speed2Sea
I'm sorry to hear this happened to your watch as I'm sure it's very upsetting. I'm just really surprised that a piece of mini post-it sticker could actually cause such damage.

Yes, those index stickers are quiet tough, they were the only thing which would fit between the bezel, maybe will go for a replacement…

Improving bezel condition?

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