The bezel fell off my Rolex Submariner!

[philcray]

Had it for nearly 23 years since new, yesterday I knocked it on the corner of a table and the bezel pinged off.... Luckily I was inside the house so could easily find the bezel itself and the ring that goes inside, to my relief it just clicked back into place...

However it now rotates in both directions and does not "click" anymore, has anybody come across this, any fix or have I lost a piece/spring?

Thanks

Phil

[dom9]

You've lost the click spring, Phil

See how the inside of the bezel was sort of serrated?

Pop the bezel back off, and the friction washer, and look carefully round the crystal retaining ring and you'll see a little hole and relief.

That is where the click spring goes. Guessing it is a 16610 or derivative so: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256865841001

First genuine one I saw on a quick "16610 Click Spring" ebay search but you can probably find cheaper/more local.

Now you've put it back together, you'll easily be able to disassemble and reassemble yourself with the new click spring

[hidetheelephants]

The spring won't be far from where it popped out, worth looking for if a replacement is £60.

[dom9]

They're really quite small and hide-y little buggers... I have done the carpet crawl myself!

But, a magnet over the area might do the job!

[AlexC1981]

hidetheelephants said:

The spring won't be far from where it popped out, worth looking for if a replacement is £60.

It's not a spring, it's a delicately honed extrusion of unobtainium, lovingly handcrafted by time served Swiss artisans.

[zb]

Pinch one of her indoors finest hosiery (or your own, who am I to judge?) and place it over the vacuum cleaner nozzle, then carefully go over the area the bezel fell off at.

[Digger]

I once spent an hour in Hyde Park searching a 1m squared patch of grass trying to find BOTH of my soft contact lenses via my - 4 dioptre eyeballs.

Amazed I found both tbh

[philcray]

Thanks for all the feedback, unfortunately I fear the spring is now lost.... although you never know, it may be one of those random things you find in 6 months that you can't remember what they do but stick them in the "man drawer" just in case....!