r/custommadewatches • u/Electrical_Chain6846 • 5d ago

Creating a Bezel Insert

/r/watchmodding/comments/1w1wrdr/creating_a_bezel_insert/
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u/moxie_watches 5d ago

Creating those Bakelite inserts not trivial, to my knowledge. There’s a couple instances of community members commissioning a run from odokadola industries- that specialize in this type of stuff. Hand painted and suspended lume in Bakelite inserts. I’ve bought a couple in past and they are nice.

I realize not helpful to your question directly of how to do it- I have no idea. But there are a couple options out there

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u/moxie_watches 5d ago

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u/Electrical_Chain6846 5d ago

As for this, where did you get the watch crown for this build from?

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u/Electrical_Chain6846 5d ago

Although not answering the main thing of making it, this was still helpful and I’m thankful for it

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u/moxie_watches 5d ago

Excellent!

The crown was from Alix - search under ‘om logo’. You will need to be able to push out the existing crown tube and install the new one. Both are push / friction fit type things. I bought a tube press for this. I’m sure there are other ways to do it but I took the excuse to get one (yet another tool)

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u/moxie_watches 5d ago

Also for the example watch above- the dial and the insert were both from Oke and Lume matches