Submariner stiff bezel
Discussion
I wear my Sub most days, and take it off at night. I certainly don’t dive with it - the only time it gets wet is in the shower.
I also never rotate the bezel. However, I’m a bit OCD and I must have knocked the bezel at some point, so the ‘pip’ wasn’t at 12 o’clock.
However, when I tried to reset it, the bezel was very stiff and when it eventually moved, there was almost no clicking.
It’s well overdue a service (9 years old now), so is it just best to send it into my local AD (WoS in Birmingham) or is there an easy home fix?
FWIW, I don’t think it needs a service - when I wore it 24 hours a day, it used to lose 3 seconds a day, but now I take it off at night, it gains 10 seconds a month, which I find amazingly accurate.
I also never rotate the bezel. However, I’m a bit OCD and I must have knocked the bezel at some point, so the ‘pip’ wasn’t at 12 o’clock.
However, when I tried to reset it, the bezel was very stiff and when it eventually moved, there was almost no clicking.
It’s well overdue a service (9 years old now), so is it just best to send it into my local AD (WoS in Birmingham) or is there an easy home fix?
FWIW, I don’t think it needs a service - when I wore it 24 hours a day, it used to lose 3 seconds a day, but now I take it off at night, it gains 10 seconds a month, which I find amazingly accurate.
dom9 said:
Which Submariner is it?
114060 from 2015As I don't tend to fiddle with the bezel, I'm going to try the warm water trick first (although I couldn't even turn the bezel in the shower last night...)
If that doesn't shift the gunk, I'll just wait until it eventually goes in for a service.
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