AFAIK there's THREE recent bezel insert versions worth mentioning:
1) for lack of a better term, the "noob" version, with the characteristic round top triangle. May have a decent enough pearl; depends on luck of draw. Most dealers carry those DSSD, and I doubt it is a problem to get such a bezel insert. But IMHO this triangle is so far away from the gen look, that it is a deal breaker. Plus, numbers / engravings are still too thin and not deep enough, all the more if not modded. It is obvious on first glance compared with gen IMHO. Example:
http://www.puretimewatch.com/product/sea-dweller-deepsea-116600-11-a3135-best-edition-correct-10/
2) the "trevor" bezel insert. You ask me, all in all it's the better insert. Flat top triangle; resembles the gen triangle much better than above version, although gen triangle is in a league of its own, it is not really flat top and not really round top, it is somewhere inbetween. It is a little wider than trevor's, and a little narrower than the noob version's triangle. And the gen pearl....my oh my :wub:. Trevor insert's pearl is a bit over the top, it is too large, too white, and it is flat. So, noob pearl tends to be a bit better IMO. Nevertheless, trevor insert's got pretty deep, fat, crisp, white engravings. Nothing comes really close to gen, but it is better than above mentioned noob version. You get the bezel from Trevor, no problem. Example:
http://www.puretimewatch.com/product/sea-dweller-deepsea-116600-v7-a2836/
3) king watch special DSSD, with pearl mod.
http://kingshowbox.com/goods.php?id=4463. You ask me: Bloody fan-fücking-tastic! Insert looks a lot like trevors version on first glance, but I assure you the pearl is not, because I got it myself, and I also have a spare trevor insert lying around to compare
IMHO it is the best rep insert & pearl I've seen so far (apart from Darth Alex' great pearl mods
). The pearl is translucent in a way, and does not look like a zit of epoxy, or white plastic. It kinda looks like a real pearl (even though gen's not a real pearl either
) Here's a pic: (Sorry for the blurry image, but I don't have a cam here, and my Blackberry sucks big hairy balls when it comes to photos...but I hope you can catch the essential looks of this kingwatch pearl/insert):
Oh, and I think on Watch Eden's website they had some promising looking inserts in some of their DSSDs - but I'm more than unsure that dealing with them will pay of in what you envision. At least, I haven't seen anybody around here showing off with a WE DSSD as to how cool his/her bezel insert was.......go figure
HTH,
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