Seamaster 2230.50 bezel slightly sinking

cremisi · Sep 30, 2023

Hello lovely forum people! Freshly subscribed and first message.
I own a Seamaster 2230.50, which I find a beautiful watch. Today I discovered that if I apply a bit of pressure with my finger on the bezel around the 40-50 marker, it feels like the bezel is sinking in its place. Nothing is moving at the naked eye and the feeling is hard to describe, but sinking/moving down is what comes to mind. Have you ever experienced anything similar with Seamasters of the same model? Is there any risk while wearing the watch?
Thank you for your advice

padders · Sep 30, 2023

Pull yourself together.

rudagger · Sep 30, 2023

padders
Pull yourself together.

Why are first time posters often greeted with derision here? Guy asked a simple question.

padders · Sep 30, 2023

Pull yourself together.

dsio · Sep 30, 2023

cremisi
Hello lovely forum people! Freshly subscribed and first message.
I own a Seamaster 2230.50, which I find a beautiful watch. Today I discovered that if I apply a bit of pressure with my finger on the bezel around the 40-50 marker, it feels like the bezel is sinking in its place. Nothing is moving at the naked eye and the feeling is hard to describe, but sinking/moving down is what comes to mind. Have you ever experienced anything similar with Seamasters of the same model? Is there any risk while wearing the watch?
Thank you for your advice

I’d take it to a watchmaker, get them to remove the bezel and check out how well seated it is, see if it can be secured better or if it’s solid enough to not worry. That’s the best you can do really, they have the right tools to remove it safely and check it out.

rudagger · Sep 30, 2023

padders
Pull yourself together.

You seem like a bully. My point is, and I've said it before, people come, and for whatever reason, members don't welcome the person , they just make some smart ass comment. Then the new member leaves ticked off at the unfriendliness of the community.

rendo · Sep 30, 2023

rudagger
You seem like a bully. My point is, and I've said it before, people come, and for whatever reason, members don't welcome the person , they just make some smart ass comment. Then the new member leaves ticked off at the unfriendliness of the community.

I see your point but I also think you are making a big deal out of this. Most of the time new members ask a question, get an answer, and never come back anyway.

hen · Oct 1, 2023

cremisi
Hello lovely forum people! Freshly subscribed and first message.
I own a Seamaster 2230.50, which I find a beautiful watch. Today I discovered that if I apply a bit of pressure with my finger on the bezel around the 40-50 marker, it feels like the bezel is sinking in its place. Nothing is moving at the naked eye and the feeling is hard to describe, but sinking/moving down is what comes to mind. Have you ever experienced anything similar with Seamasters of the same model? Is there any risk while wearing the watch?
Thank you for your advice

Hello cremisi, welcome to the forum. My 2254 bezel does that too, I dont think its anything to worry about.

cremisi · Oct 1, 2023

Thank you for all the replies! Based on what you say, it might be better to anticipate the watch service, which is due soonish anyway.
Attached a picture of the watch in question.

Small off-topic: I'd like to address @padders replies. Initially I thought you cryptically referred to the fact I haven't introduced myself in the new members section, as is usually custom in forums like this. Before posting I looked for it, as well as for the general rules, but couldn't find it. After your comment and more digging, I managed to find it and added my introduction. So my feedback for the forum admins would be to consider a way to make the introduction section more clear. Hopefully that can help new comers starting on the right foot, regardless if this is what @padders meant or not. End off-topic.

padders · Oct 1, 2023

I realise my comment was taken as a rebuff, though I think someone calling it bullying was a bit of a stretch, I'll look out for his insight in future. What I really meant by it was it's nothing to worry about. All SMPs have a little flex in the bezel to a greater or lesser degree due to how it is mounted. The 2230.50 Non-AC is a great piece, the King of SMPs IMO. The gold inlaid bezel is fiendishly expensive to replace so perhaps you might be right to be more worried about it than on more run of the mill examples.

rudagger · Oct 1, 2023

padders
I realise my comment was taken as a rebuff, though I think someone calling it bullying was a bit of a stretch,

Perhaps. Perhaps the intent was not I read. I read it as a slight, as an insult. Guy asks a question,and the answer is in effect "you have a personal, not a watch issue". After all, what does "pull yourself together" mean?

padders
What I really meant by it was it's nothing to worry about. All SMPs have a little flex in the bezel to a greater or lesser degree due to how it is mounted. The 2230.50 Non-AC is a great piece, the King of SMPs IMO. The gold inlaid bezel is fiendishly expensive to replace so perhaps you might be right to be more worried about it than on more run of the mill examples.

You could have just given your answer as above, and there would have been no personal slights, and the new member's first response would have be kind and helpful.

padders · Oct 1, 2023

Tell me, do you actually have anything constructive to add here? How is the bezel on your 2230.50?

ErichPryde · Oct 1, 2023

padders
Tell me, do you actually have anything constructive to add here? How is the bezel on your 2230.50?

I find a lot of your comments amusing but rudagger did add something constructive to this conversation, he pointed out how you could share information that you already had differently in the future.

ErichPryde · Oct 1, 2023

rendo
I see your point but I also think you are making a big deal out of this. Most of the time new members ask a question, get an answer, and never come back anyway.

Unless you can know this conclusively after their first post (and sometimes it does seem likely) it seems like good practice to be generally welcoming unless the new poster is clearly hostile. I don't know what the actual statistics are of user sticking around on this forum and I agree that it is probably low, but that's the norm for specific communities like this one as far as I can tell/in my experience.

Anyway, food for thought.

rudagger · Oct 1, 2023

padders
Tell me, do you actually have anything constructive to add here? How is the bezel on your 2230.50?

I do not have this watch so cannot answer the OP.

Fish70 · Oct 1, 2023

I took the first reply to the OP to be making fun of the OP's weird choice of words. It sounded like someone had dropped acid and thought they were sinking into the floor of their living room or the walls were bleeding. If the OP had asked if people thought that the rotating bezel on Seamasters sometimes looked like they were sitting lower on the case that would have probably gotten a different response

Tekashi_145.022 · Oct 1, 2023

OP, your question is a good one. As another forum member pointed out, your bezel may not be seated correctly. I’d simply have it looked at during your next service, or before jumping into a body of water where it would be difficult to retrieve a fallen bezel (lake, ocean, etc.). This would be unlikely, but I’ve handled dozens of SMPs that do not have the issue you’re describing (as well as some that do; it’s not entirely uncommon). It’s always been an easy fix at service for those examples that had your described issue.

Your issue shouldn’t require a new bezel to resolve… unless your bezel were to get lost in the sea before it can get fixed! 😀 Again, it’s unlikely, but I’ve had some unlikely things happen to my watches, and tend to err on the side of caution in these situations.

cremisi · Oct 1, 2023

Fish70
I took the first reply to the OP to be making fun of the OP's weird choice of words. It sounded like someone had dropped acid and thought they were sinking into the floor of their living room or the walls were bleeding. If the OP had asked if people thought that the rotating bezel on Seamasters sometimes looked like they were sitting lower on the case that would have probably gotten a different response

Interesting point. As a non-native speaker, my vocabulary has gaps or quirks that sometimes result in situations like the one you describe. Lacking a better word and, more importantly, specific watch lingo that would have made the issue clear to more experienced people, I chose to try and describe the feeling/situation.

On the watch, this is imo the best looking SMP, including more recent ones, and I want to make sure I'm not doing anything stupid with a watch that has a potential issue. I don't baby my watches but also don't want to ignore signals for issues. Once more thank you for the suggestions!

Fish70 · Oct 1, 2023

cremisi
Interesting point. As a non-native speaker, my vocabulary has gaps or quirks that sometimes result in situations like the one you describe. Lacking a better word and, more importantly, specific watch lingo that would have made the issue clear to more experienced people, I chose to try and describe the feeling/situation.

On the watch, this is imo the best looking SMP, including more recent ones, and I want to make sure I'm not doing anything stupid with a watch that has a potential issue. I don't baby my watches but also don't want to ignore signals for issues. Once more thank you for the suggestions!

Well you did a better job than I would have in a language other than the one I know. If you are confident in the water resistance of your watch I would run some warm soapy water over it while twisting the bezel to see if there was some dirt or sticky material in there. If you aren't I would take it to a watch repair shop for them to look at.

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