Omega Seamaster 212.30.41.20.03.001 bezel change questions.

Archer

You won’t need to change the bezel, unless the watchmaker damages it somehow. The tabs have been broken off the click spring, which allows the bezel to turn both ways. This happens when the bezel is forced somehow into the counter clockwise direction.

Cheers, Al

Archer

It’s not since the pandemic started, it’s been going on for a number of years now. There used to be very modest annual price increases on all parts across the board. Just a small percentage so nothing big.

A number of years ago this changed, and these small widespread increases were replaced with much larger increases on select parts. Sometimes parts would double or more overnight at random times through the year.

It makes it very difficult for me to give people prices that don’t require a whole lot of qualifications, so having to tell people that the price could double or more tomorrow. If someone needs a new part like a dial for example, I’ll suggest they pay me up front and I order the part even before the watch gets to me, in order to lock down the price.

When I look back even 10 years ago, the prices then were so much less than they are now. It’s crazy...

Archer

It’s not since the pandemic started, it’s been going on for a number of years now. There used to be very modest annual price increases on all parts across the board. Just a small percentage so nothing big.

A number of years ago this changed, and these small widespread increases were replaced with much larger increases on select parts. Sometimes parts would double or more overnight at random times through the year.

It makes it very difficult for me to give people prices that don’t require a whole lot of qualifications, so having to tell people that the price could double or more tomorrow. If someone needs a new part like a dial for example, I’ll suggest they pay me up front and I order the part even before the watch gets to me, in order to lock down the price.

When I look back even 10 years ago, the prices then were so much less than they are now. It’s crazy...