Good starting point for home made one. I'd replace adjusting screw with small headed one, close all the way and invert on some sandpaper to bring down the curved tops. Just use figure 8 pattern and once totally flat, polish to a mirror shine.
Why would you do a figure 8. I mean you have a really teally hood idea , but id use one of my cheaper coarse stones and just rune even strokes taking off material while pulling back .. but you gave me that idea do ty
I have exact tool in silver. I had to raise the blades on washers. Was not deep enough. I also bench grinded the top middle of the cross bars between blades. Looks & works perfectly now.
I’m encountering the same problem. My Orient Kamasu’s bezel doesn’t have enough clearance between the blades and cross rails. I’m going to try some stainless washers, hopefully that will solve the problem.
There is one more difference other than the second (left side) "bridge" that you mentioned - the Horotec tool has bushings installed inside the moving part which closes and opens - so that the it travels very smoothly and probably with zero wobble on the shafts (also make it more durable). I can't understand why the Chinese did not copy this since we are talking here about maybe 40-50 cents more in material (per tool) just two thin bushings pressed into the aluminum part to allow much smoother and precise travel on the two static shafts
Thansk for the vid. I just had to remove a seiko 5 pressed on bezel and it was a total pain in the ass with a razor blade and i slipped and gouged the case twice. I'm thinking this is probably a much safer option. I would love to see a vid of how you typically do it though. There's such little info on removing these flush friction fit bezels where there's barely a crack to get a blade into.
The ones on Ebay UK state that they are suitable for watches in the 38 to 40mm diameter range. I am amazed at this limitation. A lot of vintage watches are a bit smaller than this. Do you know of anywhere that supplies different blades to accommodate smaller watches? On the other hand do you think longer blades tapered toward the leading edge would do the trick?
Hello Chris. I just used it on a 32 mm ladies Datejust last week. The size is rated up to 40mm but can do smaller. Are you working on smaller than say 30 - 32mm? It's does the same size as the Horotec. I haven't confirmed but the replacement blade hole positions seem close to the swiss ones so there may be other blades available to fit. It is made of aluminum and given the inexpensive price another option may be drilling and tapping another inward blade mounting screw hole for each blade to move them in a bit more.
Excellent video. Would you use/recommend this in the process of removing a bezel from a watch like a Steinhart Ocean Two Premium? I 'd like to adjust the spring tension without breaking the bank. Cheers
It’s really unfortunate that American made watchmakers’ products that could compete with Swiss made ones are virtually non existent. Even as a hobbyist I would buy and support American made products if they were available before I look anywhere else.
Yes, have used it several times and it works well however I did stone down the top of the blades. It removed the sprin bezel off 4 watches. You do have to use a Razor blade on Rolex crystal retaining rings to first create a small gap.
I have one...... TOTALLY worthless out of the box. Blades do NOT align. Once one side the the bezel/case are aligned properly the other side isn't close.... aligned into the middle of the bezel. At a result it's worthless at present.
@@24hourgmtchannel64 I'm sure it can and I'm going to give it a good shot.... 😉 The problem is the two that aren't aligned are actually misaligned by differing amounts. I'm going to have to TRY and thin the blades down differing amounts to fit OR raise 2 blades by shimming them, but, slightly different amounts.
Have you ever tried the HOROTEC AUTOMATIC WATCH CASE OPENER MSA07.004? I was just wondering how it compares to this and if it might be a better choice?
