Bezel On Rolex Seadweller

[rat840771]

Hi, i have a 2001 seadweller and the bezel has become tight and really tight at a particular point. I managed to loosen it off a bit, but is there anything i can do to improve any further without facing a £500 bill from Rolex.

3 in 1 or maybe leave in the sink over night ( joking)

[Buster73]

It's beyond repair , I'll give you a couple of hundred quid and take it off your hand.

[rat840771]

Haha, funny that as the last I went in Mappin and Webb the dealer noticed it offered to buy of me for 2.6k

[sad61t]

My (uneducated) guess is that some grit has got in under the bezel and needs flushing out. 3-in-1 would just attract more grit so might exacerbate the problem. Given that bezels can be swapped out, it shouldn't be a big job to take it off and clean underneath - one of the resident watch gurus (variomatic or ecain63 come to mind) will have a better idea.

[Buster73]

rat840771 said:

Haha, funny that as the last I went in Mappin and Webb the dealer noticed it offered to buy of me for 2.6k

Funny , I was having a laugh , the dealer was taking the pi ss.

[rat840771]

Buster73 said:

rat840771 said:

Haha, funny that as the last I went in Mappin and Webb the dealer noticed it offered to buy of me for 2.6k

Funny , I was having a laugh , the dealer was taking the pi ss.

yes, i think he was hoping i would fall for it and trade it in. But saying that i only paid £2400 for it, so a £200 profit on a trade in price isn't that bad.

[Motorrad]

Buster73 said:

Funny , I was having a laugh , the dealer was taking the pi ss.

Indeed I was offered 4K cash for mine or 4300 trade in without any effort or prompting. Wouldn't be taking it but that offer of 2 and a half was little more than an attempt at daylight robbery.

[rat840771]

Motorrad said:

Buster73 said:

Funny , I was having a laugh , the dealer was taking the pi ss.

Indeed I was offered 4K cash for mine or 4300 trade in without any effort or prompting. Wouldn't be taking it but that offer of 2 and a half was little more than an attempt at daylight robbery.

wow 4300 trade, i didn't realise they were worth that much! I may consider upgrading to the new one at that price!

[alfaman]

Motorrad said:

Buster73 said:

Funny , I was having a laugh , the dealer was taking the pi ss.

Indeed I was offered 4K cash for mine or 4300 trade in without any effort or prompting. Wouldn't be taking it but that offer of 2 and a half was little more than an attempt at daylight robbery.

That is an amazingly high trade value ( unless maybe traded against a much higher value item)

Asking price in dealers here in Singapore for a 2nd hand Seadweller is around 3500 -3600 GBP .... Before haggling!

Suggests trade value here is well under 3,000

I should buy up every Seadweller here and bring to the UK

I thought brand new SD4000s were <5500 GBP from a dealer ?? ( they are here...)

[rat840771]

The new SD (non deepsea) was around 6k in Mappin & Webb.

[andy tims]

alfaman said:

Asking price in dealers here in Singapore for a 2nd hand Seadweller is around 3500 -3600 GBP .... Before haggling!

Suggests trade value here is well under 3,000

I should buy up every Seadweller here and bring to the UK

Perhaps you should

[Motorrad]

alfaman said:

That is an amazingly high trade value ( unless maybe traded against a much higher value item)

Asking price in dealers here in Singapore for a 2nd hand Seadweller is around 3500 -3600 GBP .... Before haggling!

Suggests trade value here is well under 3,000

I should buy up every Seadweller here and bring to the UK

I thought brand new SD4000s were <5500 GBP from a dealer ?? ( they are here...)

16600s are selling for 5.5K as seen here

http://www.blowers-jewellers.co.uk/more_2.htm

Last of the line serials like mine seem to be more popular for some reason.

[Asterix]

Motorrad said:

alfaman said:

That is an amazingly high trade value ( unless maybe traded against a much higher value item)

Asking price in dealers here in Singapore for a 2nd hand Seadweller is around 3500 -3600 GBP .... Before haggling!

Suggests trade value here is well under 3,000

I should buy up every Seadweller here and bring to the UK

I thought brand new SD4000s were <5500 GBP from a dealer ?? ( they are here...)

16600s are selling for 5.5K as seen here

http://www.blowers-jewellers.co.uk/more_2.htm

Last of the line serials like mine seem to be more popular for some reason.

Blimey! I hadn't realised they'd appreciated so much! Very lucky to have got mine (retail) just before they were discontinued.

[rat840771]

Motorrad said:

alfaman said:

That is an amazingly high trade value ( unless maybe traded against a much higher value item)

Asking price in dealers here in Singapore for a 2nd hand Seadweller is around 3500 -3600 GBP .... Before haggling!

Suggests trade value here is well under 3,000

I should buy up every Seadweller here and bring to the UK

I thought brand new SD4000s were <5500 GBP from a dealer ?? ( they are here...)

16600s are selling for 5.5K as seen here

http://www.blowers-jewellers.co.uk/more_2.htm

Last of the line serials like mine seem to be more popular for some reason.

i originally bought mine from Blowers for £2440 its a 2001 but was unused when i bought it in 2004. Interestingly i was on Blowers looking at prices and i am seriously considering upgrading mine to the new model, or would this be a bad idea? If i could trade mine in plus 2K on interest free i would be interested as i get a new watch and no need to do a service ( as the dealer would do that trade before they sell it on)

Going back to topic, i put the watch in the sink for 30mins and gave a good clean with some soap and soft brush and the bezel is fine.

[alfaman]

Asterix said:

Motorrad said:

alfaman said:

That is an amazingly high trade value ( unless maybe traded against a much higher value item)

Asking price in dealers here in Singapore for a 2nd hand Seadweller is around 3500 -3600 GBP .... Before haggling!

Suggests trade value here is well under 3,000

I should buy up every Seadweller here and bring to the UK

I thought brand new SD4000s were <5500 GBP from a dealer ?? ( they are here...)

16600s are selling for 5.5K as seen here

http://www.blowers-jewellers.co.uk/more_2.htm

Last of the line serials like mine seem to be more popular for some reason.

Blimey! I hadn't realised they'd appreciated so much! Very lucky to have got mine (retail) just before they were discontinued.

I don't get blowers pricing - they are asking just under 6k for some of used 16600s ... More than I could get a brand new SD4000 for from a dealer.

They are asking 5.5-6k ... But actually selling any?!

A lot of their 2nd hand stock seems to be priced at current full retail less a few % .... Surely haggle-able for a lot of brand new stock.

[yeti]

Motorrad said:

16600s are selling for 5.5K as seen here

http://www.blowers-jewellers.co.uk/more_2.htm

Last of the line serials like mine seem to be more popular for some reason.

No, they're on sale for that amount, not selling. Very different thing.

2 on tz-uk for under 4k at the moment and not a sniff, they're just not desirable at the moment - the replacement really ticks all the boxes for most people.

[Maz_uk]

Wear it in the shower and turn the bezel whilst under it, mine goes tight once in a while especially after I've spilled any kind of booze on it or my little girl is sick on it!

Just wash it whilst turning bezel usually sorts.

[sneijder]

...And a once under with some dental floss.

[rat840771]

well i took the watch back into Mappin&Webb and they offered 2300 against the new SD4000. I think they are taking the piss but i also think that an offer of 4K is a bit high.

[coldsnap]

rat840771 said:

well i took the watch back into Mappin&Webb and they offered 2300 against the new SD4000. I think they are taking the piss but i also think that an offer of 4K is a bit high.

How come they dropped £300? 2300 is laughable.

Fwiw i took my p serial 16600 to a local jeweller who offered 3300, i put it on Ebay and had an offer of 3500, but not letting it go at that, i'll hang on to it for now.