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Rolex 5513 Bezel & Insert Advice Please
Mar 18, 2021,04:47 AM
Hi Everybody!
I am seeking some adivce please! I have a 5513 submariner year circa 1968. Unfortuntley I sent the watch to a highly incompetent watchmaker for a service. Long story but it was returned to me with a badly damaged bezel and insert and I am totally devastated. I have been looking for a replacment for the a whle now and I have stumbled across someone who has the below bezel and insert available. He claims it is from a 1680 from circa 1970 and it has the fat font with the tritum insert. He is certain it will fit my watch and the font matches or comes close to the font used in that era i.e 1970. Unfortunatley I am not equipped with the knowledge or skillset to decide of this is a good buy or not. It is very expensive around €1400 (insert and bezel) and understandably I dont want to make a mistake. I would really appreciate your comments please and if you think the below insert looks genuine and is in fact from the 1970s era and the font looks genuine etc. Thanks Darren
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Rolex 5513 Bezel & Insert Advice Please
By: dazza1210s : March 18th, 2021-04:47
Hi Everybody! I am seeking some adivce please! I have a 5513 submariner year circa 1968. Unfortuntley I sent the watch to a highly incompetent watchmaker for a service. Long story but it was returned to me with a badly damaged bezel and insert and I am to...
This is not aesthetical damage
By: dazza1210s : March 18th, 2021-05:21
Theinsert is now popping out of the bezel it needs to be replaced, bezel and insert significantly damaged
Ouch!
By: LS : March 18th, 2021-07:00
My apologies, sir! Good luck finding a replacement.
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By: dazza1210s : March 18th, 2021-09:18
Mary ann please see the mess that I was left to contend with, he could not get the inster back in to the bezel and from what i can see he tried to file it or pear it down, he also did a job on the bezel itself it is bent out of shape and can no longer hou...
Thanks Bill
By: dazza1210s : March 18th, 2021-09:13
Bill yes when I was researching this I stumbled on your article and it was why I signed up to this thread! Extemely informative article my guess is it is a fat font Mk3? but i am really struggling to commit to be honest, Maybe i have got this completley w...
Further pictures
By: dazza1210s : March 18th, 2021-10:20
Bill attached picture, as you can see damaged insert keeps popping out of the bezel it no longer stays in. Again i would really appreciate your advice on the the bezel im looking at? I dont have a clue to be honest. The bezel im looking at is on ebay in a...
Thank you Bill
By: dazza1210s : March 22nd, 2021-01:55
Much appreciated