Help: BP 16610 bezel

[aodaodaod]

The retaining ring is just like any other 16610 ring - you need to get a thin flat blade under it and work round it, prising it up. It’s tight and probably very well seated, so you might have to start off tapping a razor blade in between the case and ring.

The bezel is fun to reassemble - if you disassembled it correctly then it should be quite easy to understand the principle, but maybe you managed to force it off without removing the wire circlip first? (Although I’ve never managed to do that - I have bent two bezels while trying though). Anyway, to reassemble I find the best thing to do is bend the long click spring into position inside the bezel, and then place the spring/bezel assembly in position, relocating the end of the click spring in its hole. Then, the bezel is secured in place by feeding/bending/clipping the circlip back into its location in its grooves under the retaining ring and in the bezel.

There’s probably a pictorial guide on here somewhere… because a picture paints a thousand words and my rambling explanation may not have helped much… I had a quick search but couldn’t find one. But I know I posted some pics myself somewhere, when I bent my BP bluesie bezel.

Good luck!

I really want this kind of steel bezel. Pls let me know where I can buy this steel bezel.

 

[KJ2020]

I really want this kind of steel bezel. Pls let me know where I can buy this steel bezel.

Quite unlikely you will find it as a standalone part from any vendor. It isn't a gen-spec part and while many inexpensive rep cases use similar construction, even buying another case in the hope of scavenging the bezel is far from a sure thing solution.

Often the only source for these types of proprietary parts is the rep factory that made the watch. But very few of them will sell these parts separately. Dials and hands, bracelets yes but not bezels. To top it all off BP is now using a different bezel assembly altogether, similar to 6 digit construction. It would not be compatible with the previous generation case.

Your best option would be to buy a previous generation case M2M and either use it as is or scavenge the bezel from it. Be sure to remove and replace a bezel like this in a way that doesn't destroy the parts.

How to remove a bezel attached by a wire clip

 

[Rolexmike69]

Do you know where I can buy the steel bezel ?

With click spring for Gen spec case? Or the one that was discussed above bezel and cir-clip?

 

[aodaodaod]

With click spring for Gen spec case? Or the one that was discussed above bezel and cir-clip?

I'm referring to the steel bezel's picture as shown on the first post. My steel bezel was damaged and need a replacement part.