Adjusting askew bezel on GF SOH II

[Ishmael]

Anyone here have experience removing and resetting the bezel on these watches? The bezel clicks don’t line up with the markers so it needs to be adjusted, but idk if you pry off the bezel like with Rolex, or if you’re supposed to use the screws on the side of the bezel, or what.

Any help appreciated! Here’s my watch:

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[Thatwatchguy]

You should be able to via the screws, I’ve unscrewed a few when I had mine but not fully removed as the thought of lining them back up to re assemble put me off.

 

[Ishmael]

You should be able to via the screws, I’ve unscrewed a few when I had mine but not fully removed as the thought of lining them back up to re assemble put me off.

Appreciate it thanks, I'll give that a shot. I've read that on older SOHs the bezel screws were merely decorative, so wasn't sure if that was the case with these newer ones.

 

[Ishmael]

Well lookie there, undoing the screws it came off easy as pie!

Now the hard part...

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[Ishmael]

So it appears the bezel mechanism is designed (at least theoretically) so that the screws line up perfectly with the markers, which in turn means the insert needs to line up perfectly with the screws in order to not be off. It’s not just a matter of “adjusting” the bezel so it’s lined up. At least on my watch, the screws line up with the dial markers - it’s the insert that was seated off center. So, theoretically, if I can manage to remove the insert without cracking it, I can reapply it evenly with the screws and voila.

Here shows the insert not matched up with the screws:

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[Thatwatchguy]

I would think this is an assembly issue not being aligned, mine was fine and there has not been any feedback on the issue. Maybe just unlucky.

I don’t envy you...and I wish you luck with it

 

[Ishmael]

I would think this is an assembly issue not being aligned, mine was fine and there has not been any feedback on the issue. Maybe just unlucky.

I don’t envy you...and I wish you luck with it

That could be... honestly I was a little gun shy about trying to remove and reseat the insert, so I decided to take out the thin machined piece that controls the bezel clicks, and just screwed in the bezel by itself so now it spins freely, so I can “micro-adjust” it perfectly straight. My issue was the look, and now my OCD is assuaged. The screws act as tension so it’s pretty tightly secured, and it’s flush to the case so you’d never know it to look at it. Works for now.

 

[Slanglican]

This has been VERY helpful to me as I’m about to be changing out a chronomat bezel and I have a superocean with the same dang issue and was wondering how or if I could fix it...

 

[Haltec]

My problem yould be this :

Bezel insert looks to high on those reps. First photo is GEN second one is from forum (REP)

Anyone with same opinion ?

 

[Thatwatchguy]

My problem yould be this :

Bezel insert looks to high on those reps. First photo is GEN second one is from forum (REP)

Anyone with same opinion ?

My 42mm rep was good, flush like my gen 46mm version

 

[Naths63]

What would happen if you bent the little stuck up bits,( if you know what I mean) on the click spring up a bit more??...anyone know?


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[Madcap]

just be careful, the screw are soft and u need a good pair of screwdrivers to get them out properly, i messed up 1 screw on my GF blackbird V4.

 

[Naths63]

Iv taken my bezel off and screws are fine, I was wondering if by lifting the tabs on the click spring slightly would move the bezel click position back slightly to centre it?


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