Thanks for the information. I also did the same thing with the Goo Gone on one of my higher end watches. Just turned the watch over onto its face for less then 24 hours with the bezel barely submerged in the Goo Gone and my insert slid right out the next morning. Easy and didn't risk scratching my case or crystal. Keep up the videos !!!!!
Many adhesives, but especially double-sided adhesives, are synthetic solvent-based adhesives. Therefore, they dissolve with a synthetic solvent. The strongest of the synthetic solvents and the one that does not harm the material is the synthetic-based thinner. I do the same process in 2-3 hours. I don't need to wait 24-48 hours. Likewise, when I take the watch 2-3 hours later, which I left in a very small amount of synthetic thinner with the bezel down, the watch and the bezel insert are already separated by themselves. The worst part of this process is that synthetic thinner is harmful to human health and smells bad. For this reason, this process should not be done inside the house, but in the garage or on the table on the deck. The watch inside the synthetic thinner and the container in which you put it should stay outside in a ventilated place for 2-3 hours. When the process is over, both the watch and the bezel insert and hands should be washed several times with plenty of soapy water. In other words, it is very easy to separate the bezel insert from the watch, but the stages of attention to health and cleaning are more difficult. Here, I should emphasize that the thinner to be used is SYNTHETIC THINNER. NEVER USE CELLULOSIC THINNER. THIS VARIETY OF THINNER IS BOTH MUCH MORE HARMFUL TO HEALTH AND SERIOUSLY DAMAGES THE WATCH BECAUSE IT HAS A VERY THIN STRUCTURE AND IS VERY SHARP.
Many watches are waterproof, but that doesn't mean they are resistant to everything. Sometimes different solvents will have different surface tensions and different interactions with material interfaces, which can bypass the "waterproof" barrier. The vapors can slip through the seals and dissolve grease on gaskets or lubricants in the movement. It can also move grease/lubricants around to places they aren't supposed to be. I would strongly recommend just popping the bezel off and only soaking that part... It's quite easy to do
Or, for misaligned bezel inserts!. Which i am doing right now for my orient star diver. I used goo gone for my insert removal. Than will place it back correctly. Hate looking at a misaligned insert.
