Yes 9 times out of 10 it's coming off with the bezel whether you like it or not. I have removed noob bezels that are quite a loose fit. You can keep your thumb on the crystal and pull the bezel off.
Yes 9 times out of 10 it's coming off with the bezel whether you like it or not. I have removed noob bezels that are quite a loose fit. You can keep your thumb on the crystal and pull the bezel off.
Next, put a very fine layer of silicon around the inside of the bezel, you don't want to see any lumps of grease, just enough so you can see a shimmer
if i can save one snapped bezel it's worth it haha
Just received and installed my CF Bezel on my v.2.2 Noob, using this guide. Using a stanley blade and a 10$ press from amazon. Guys this is really easy, bezel came of with a bit of force (Use gloves so you don't cut yourself) and the CF bezel popped right on with the press without greaseZI/[/URL]
You can of course use the replica crystal gasket. To thin it, you can work it across a 240 grain piece of paper with a crystal installed on it. Make sure to get it equal width on all sides. You start with 2.5mm gasket, but thinning further than 2.3/2.25mm is not really necessary unless you machine down the rehaut and are ready to lower the handstack. It also pays off to smooth the outer portions of the gasket to allow the ceramic tachymeter to slip over it without too much force, and to inspect the gasket for any remaining splinters at bottom to be removed.
I did not notice the need for lowering the handstack, as the chrono second hand was below the top of the unmodified rehaut. The sides of these replica Daytona hands are pretty poorly finished, BTW:
Here you see the thinned gasket slightly elevated above the mid-case. No further thinning is necessary. The gasket will of course compress further towards the mid-case when the tachymeter is pressed over it, but unless one machines the rehaut thinner, there is a limit to how much one can really thin the overall width of the watch with this modification.
Final positioning. I left a little vertical portion of the crystal peak out over the tachymeter. Gasket is hidden from outside view. Final thickness is something like 12.52mm. The watch initially measured 12.86mm.
The ceramic bezel seems at most risk when reseating the cer bezel back on the watch: if the gasket is too wide, it can crack the ceramic bezel. ARF Daytonas are more prone to this than Noob ones. When reinstalling the cer bezel it is good to see first if it can be positioned about half way down with modest force before pushing it into final position. If the bezel seems to be a tight fit, then the gasket needs to be thinned crosswise a bit.
Thanks you. I always want to know this. Removing SS bezel can be done like this too?
Anyone tried to replace with a SS bezel? Is it possible?
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Glad it worked out
Thanks. Yep stock noob