You’re not likely to find the correct factory bezel, and if one did pop up, the competition would be fierce. Your best bet is to go by the demensions around the crystal and try to find a generic bezel from another watch (perhaps another 60’s skindiver) that uses a tension wire to hold in place and hope it fits and stays in place.
Until there is someone who dares to make a reproduction bezel for these- we are SOL since Omega clearly doesn’t care.
You’re not likely to find the correct factory bezel, and if one did pop up, the competition would be fierce. Your best bet is to go by the demensions around the crystal and try to find a generic bezel from another watch (perhaps another 60’s skindiver) that uses a tension wire to hold in place and hope it fits and stays in place.
Until there is someone who dares to make a reproduction bezel for these- we are SOL since Omega clearly doesn’t care.
W wcm82I bought a random bezel off a 70's watch on Ebay for mine until I track a correct bezel down like JwRosenthal suggested.
From the listing here are the dimensions, it snapped right on with the use of a press (it had the spring on the back).
Size : 37,01mm diameter - 31,21mm inside - 33,16mm case connection
Thickness : 3,39mm.
Works well for me 😀
W wcm82I bought a random bezel off a 70's watch on Ebay for mine until I track a correct bezel down like JwRosenthal suggested.
From the listing here are the dimensions, it snapped right on with the use of a press (it had the spring on the back).
Size : 37,01mm diameter - 31,21mm inside - 33,16mm case connection
Thickness : 3,39mm.
Works well for me 😀
C CKYHi wcm82, thank you so much for your info. It helps me a lot. I would like to see that watch as well.
W wcm82I never saw the complete watch I am afraid - only the bezel was offered on ebay. The seller listed the dimensions so and they matched close enough to what I took with a micrometer so I took a chance. Looks like ebay no longer has the listing viewable or I would pull the photo. I didn't have much luck even finding a substitute until I started searching for "Skin Diver" as that is what they were called in the 60's and 70's.
Here is the photo I took a few days back when I posted it in the thread, she's plenty beat-up but its become my daily driver none the less 😀
W wcm82I never saw the complete watch I am afraid - only the bezel was offered on ebay. The seller listed the dimensions so and they matched close enough to what I took with a micrometer so I took a chance. Looks like ebay no longer has the listing viewable or I would pull the photo. I didn't have much luck even finding a substitute until I started searching for "Skin Diver" as that is what they were called in the 60's and 70's.
Here is the photo I took a few days back when I posted it in the thread, she's plenty beat-up but its become my daily driver none the less 😀
So we have blatantly fake (and seller described) 120’s going for $800+ and that piece of shit for $2.3k (although the dial and bezel are nice). And everyone thought @Shabbaz was nuts last year when he was saying a solid 120 was worth $2k 🤨
So we have blatantly fake (and seller described) 120’s going for $800+ and that piece of shit for $2.3k (although the dial and bezel are nice). And everyone thought @Shabbaz was nuts last year when he was saying a solid 120 was worth $2k 🤨
Nearly 80,000 views later, I’m glad I held onto most of my 120’s.😀
One of these sold on hodinkee at 2700 in a milisecond.
Link for reference - https://shop.hodinkee.com/collectio...ts/omega-seamaster-121?variant=32923238301771
One of these sold on hodinkee at 2700 in a milisecond.
Link for reference - https://shop.hodinkee.com/collectio...ts/omega-seamaster-121?variant=32923238301771
