Opinions on 166.010 bezel, variant or just wrong?

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bezel seems to be not correct, even if the watch is in good overall condition
It’s an interesting point, it’s definitely different from most 166.010’s yet I’ve seen this bezel on many of them as well. I know there are a few different case makers for these including both CB and HF, I wonder if this bezel is just one of the lesser produced ones.

Here’s another one (technically 168.024 but same case).

 
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It’s an interesting point, it’s definitely different from most 166.010’s yet I’ve seen this bezel on many of them as well. I know there are a few different case makers for these including both CB and HF, I wonder if this bezel is just one of the lesser produced ones.

Here’s another one (technically 168.024 but same case).


I have noticed different types of bezels on many examples for sale. There were probably minor differences on the bezels depending on the case maker. Or maybe some watches have supply bezels available at the time but not original Omega.
The one of the watch posted, however, looks really different from the original one. The outer edge is not protruding as it should.
 
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I have noticed different types of bezels on many examples for sale. There were probably minor differences on the bezels depending on the case maker. Or maybe some watches have supply bezels available at the time but not original Omega.
The one of the watch posted, however, looks really different from the original one. The outer edge is not protruding as it should.
I’ve moved this out to it’s own thread since it’s worthy of discussion, the second one I posted above does I feel have the non-protruding bezel and I’ve seen more like that yet they are definitely in a minority so I can’t say I’m sure hence the removal from the recommended thread.
 
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It’s an interesting point, it’s definitely different from most 166.010’s yet I’ve seen this bezel on many of them as well. I know there are a few different case makers for these including both CB and HF, I wonder if this bezel is just one of the lesser produced ones.

Here’s another one (technically 168.024 but same case).


Maybe we can identify that case-maker, I'm not familiar with the stamp. The 166.010, 168.024, and 165.010 cases I've owned all had the larger protruding bezel, were either made by HF or LL.