I love how you keep upping the ante in the custom end of the business. Exciting stuff!!

As a still relatively new watch collector I really appreciated this video. Thanks Mark

This is my first time hearing about Sapphire bezel inserts. Very cool.

Thanks for the Watch and Learns Marc. Very appreciated.

A few months ago, I had the inserts and crystals on my Seiko SKX and Sea Urchin replaced with ceramic and sapphire. The watches were only 6 and 3 months old, and the Sea Urchin is my everyday work watch as a chef. Interestingly, the original bezel was almost ready to fall off from ingress of cooking oil, presumably. I've kept the 3 month old aluminium pepsi bezel as it has a nice scratched and worn patina to it, but I now wash my work watch daily under warm water to hopefully remove oil, as the adhesive used doesn't seem able to handle much.

Thanks so much for your series Watch and Learn. Some channels are just basically hucksters for Jomas Shop or Ali/ Banggood, whereas, not only are you an online retailer, you share the why without being a snob. Neither do you clickbait with false watch rants. Much appreciated. Your channel plus Teddy Bs. Channel are the best. The rest are Chinese watch knock offs--lol. Well done sir. Oh except Bruce Williams. His macro game is next level. Yep

Thanks Marc! Just the video I was looking for to brush up on my knowledge of bezels (I'm currently trying to decide between a titanium and a ceramic bezel for the upcoming Hamtun H3 release)

Very nice! I really dig the Watch & Learn series.

That "flawed" sapphire insert actually has an amazing effect.

That blue Saphirre bezel is very cool, no wonder the watch sold out. I hope there is a 38 mm Islander with a saphirre blue bezel.

Very cool bezel inserts, especially the backlit sapphire bezel insert! 🌟⌚️😎

I bought the blue Islander. It is stunning. It is also very cool at night!

I love your watch & learn videos. Would it be possible to make one on how to properly wind hand-wind movements? I want to get one, but I am a little hesitant as I don't wanna break it from over winding, so knowing how much to wind it would be very helpful!

Thanks, Marc, that was a good video on bezel inserts. I did not really know about the Saffire ones.

That "radioactive" look on the blue islander insert is amazing.

I was just looking at the triangle marker on my ISL05 insert the other day and wondering what would happen if I accidentally dragged something sharp across that filled-in lume space... It would scratch! The sapphire inserts you had made look absolutely fantastic.

Love the educational videos!

So you're telling me there's more to bezels than this? Very good video, thank you Mark

Very educational video -- thanks! Fascinating to hear about the manufacturing process for sapphire bezels. Would be great if you decided to sell sapphire bezels in red, orange, green, yellow, and gray as mod parts. And/or offer them as part of a "Your Islander Your Way" program.

Hooray! Sapphire/ceramic bezels are on the way for the Squale 1521. Thanks, Marc, for your advocacy on this.

Thanks for another great video and I love my blue Islander! Cheers!

Love the sapphire bezel on my Seaforth, nice to see them being offered in the Seikosphere now.

I have one of your Pepsi lumed ceramic bezel inserts. Yours was the only red I liked. Most were a burnt orange color. Also got my coin edge bezel from you for my mako 2.

That blue and grey islander is gorgeous, any chance of you making the smaller sized islander in this color way?

Awhhhh, I was really looking forward to hearing how one would go about choosing the right bezel insert size. It’s a cheap crappy watch I got and thus the bezel fell off one night at work.

Thanks, Marc. Love the instructional videos. I always look forward to them. Do you know if the SKX-sized inserts would fit my 300m Tuna (SBBN033)? I’d like to purchase one, but need to confirm they’re the same. Sapphire over ceramic for a tuna? Thanks, and keep up the excellent videos.

Liked it so much

Really like the Yachtmaster insert but will leave my SKX alone as it’s still pretty new. Good video though Marc.

Great explanation. I'm just curious. How are the ceramic and sapphire bezel inserts package during shipping? Are they placed in a protective case? Thanks in advance.

The Ceramic lume is much clearer. The Sapphire lume is a tiny bit brighter but seems blurry, probably from too much lume and 'bleed' - get the same effect from flashlights that don't have the reflector properly sealed and get light bleed. Are the Long Island sapphire bezels domed? I really like that effect with the Steinhart lime green diver. Great video.

Thanks Marc!

I have noticed that the markings on the lumed ceramic bezels are slightly sharper than the sapphire bezels I have, due to the back painting of the color and markers on the sapphire.

Thanks Marc, I needed that. You’ve answered some questions I’ve had rolling around in my head! I have a Sinn U1 SE The bezel does not appear to have an insert. The numbers are painted in relief but do not glow. The bezel is Tegimented submarine steel so it is quite hard.

The worst damage I've ever done to a bezelinsert was to a lumed ceramic one. Broke in 3 places and scratched pretty good aswell. Never really scratched up any of my aluminum ones. If there was a aluminum one on instead of the ceramic I've scratched, the result would be a scratched aluminium one, but it'd be cheaper to replace...

Hi Mark. Love your content! I know this is an older vid, but I was hoping you could help me find a lumed ceramic replacement bezel for my Orient Mako XL FEM75003B9. I am upgrading to a double domed sapphire crystal, and I would love to add a lumed ceramic bezel, but I can’t find one at any of the mod sites. I hope you can help.

Hey Mark, great video! That coke sapphire insert looks amazing... Any plans to eventually sell those on the website?

Good overview on the sapphire inserts. Never really understood the advantage of sapphire over ceramic. Nice job of showing how you can customize colors with back painting. Thanks for sharing!

I love that sapphire blue

A few days ago ordered an all black Islander, with the luminous bezel, in all black. Don't think there's much that compare for $350, of course that includes the support from your company. Really didn't want a bracelet, and quite sure that strap you provide will serve me well. I also like Random Rob's review of your blue and white Islander, he did a great job, and one of the reason's I decided on having an Islander.

Does the SRPD bezel/bezel insert match the SKX bezels? (Looking at your options now to replace my scratched SRPD bez insert.

Mark can u do a video on how to mod a bezel on a stock turtle, recently bought one but am afraid to mod it to a lumed one

I was really hoping to find out what the difference is between a flat bezel insert and a slanted one. Is there an advantage to either? Do they install the same way?

Mark! when will that red and black sapphire be available on the website?

Marc, would you have a lumed bezel insert to fit the SUN065 PADI kinetic GMT?

Ha! Did my Islander Batman mod inspire this video! ... Lol Now considering ordering another coin bezel/ceramic insert from you for my 009.

im looking for a grey ceramic bezel for the new seiko sumo 200m.

More awesome content...so you're teasing us with your blue islander? Do you know when they'll be back in stock?

Please how to order the correct size insert replacement. Thank you!

I have the Mako II and want to do the Seiko bezel update along with the sapphire update. But i also want an Islander. UGH!!!!

Mark, where can we get the embossed ceramic inserts??

Hi, why is the insert on my sea urchin have a dome effect where as the insert from a SRPD79 is completely flat?

Thanks for the bezel info Marc! I have ceramic ones but not any sapphire ones. Would ceramic be more apt to crack over sapphire? 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸

Do you do Domed Sapphire Bezel Inserts?

38mm islander bb36 style plsssss

I like the Detroit Lions bezel.

I'm not sure what this video was about .. because I spent the first few minutes admiring the clock top left !!

Hello, i am looking for a Bezel Insert replacement for my Tudor Pelagos (blue). Pls help

Who is making the sapphire bezel inserts? I need a replacement insert made for a vintage Seamaster and am having zero luck

I would like to change my insert.. how do I know the size to buy? I have oris tt1 diver..would you happen to know? Its the 44mm case

By the way, for the orient triton?

do you know if bezel insert glycine airman can be purchased? instead of the 24hour, i want a 60 min countdown ?

Question can you replace an aluminum insert on a citzen fugu ( not the bezel just the insert)

Marc are you going to do an all blue sapphire bezel without the grey?

I can see a whole market of color combinations for university colors

Call me old school but I love aluminium and how it ages over time

Something like Aragon watch?

7:55 for some reason something you said here caused my Google assistant to pop up. Lol

Learned :) Marc, why don't you sell the math watch in your store as well?

Do you have inserts for Casio Duro

Thanx Marc!!!! GMT in the works?

So, am I right in that sapphire also has a "reliability/longevity" advantage in the lume, because it's not "exposed" to UV or whatever, unlike ceramic would be ... given that the lume in ceramic is installed on the _front_ side? I'm not explaining things well tonight, sorry. Also, related side note question. The bezel inserts for the SNZH "Fifty Fathoms" Seiko homage have a *gloss* to them. Do they have plastic on top of an aluminum bezel? Or ... are they acrylic bezel inserts, like way-back-when? (It's my understanding that what's old is new ... that old watches with acrylic bezel inserts could have lume on the numerals? Vietnam-era Benrus military etc.)

Make seiko monster kinda bezel for skx .....

I don't get the patina subject. Example, if you owned let's say a vintage Ferrari would you like it A, pristine condition with minimum defects ? or B, scratched paintwork, ripped leather seats, curbed wheels and a aroma of Vomit. I'd go for A every time. I think patina is used when it suits. For instance if you part x a watch they check for any slight imperfections, minor scratches, dings, crystal damage, band stretch and so on. They will then give you a reduced price and indicate it's been well used hence the lower price offer. They will then sell it as used with the selling point of patina is a wonderful thing that indicates it's history, I just don't buy into that. Great video man.

please HELP! can't find a glycine combat sub 42 bezel anywere :( any idea's? SOS

Timex T2M517 watch parts video please

When are you getting the white dial light blue bezel islanders back in? Good looking watches man. 😃

Great video. How do you affix the insert tot he bezel?

Hi good morning from Athens.I OWN A SEIKO 7S36 sports i bought it recently, it is black and comes on a white and blue bezel insert.No loom though.CAN I ADD another loomed insert?Have a nice day seiko 7s36-04n0

I need inserts for citizen promaster ny0040

Need a bezel invicter 177884

Late to the party. So is the lume material exposed to the elements on the ceramic bezels?

The problem with ceramic is after a couple of months the paint starts falling out of tge numbers.

With Ceramic bezels can the lume be damaged since it is exposed? Just a curiosity

HI EVERY ONE...PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR INFO ABOUT GLYCINE COMBAT SUB GL0087 CERAMIC BEZEL INSERT.WHERE I CAN BUY IT? WHAT SIZE? THANKS BEFORE FOR YOUR INFO

Islander MONSTER in blue and white maybe?

Flashbacks of 'nam @4:05 😂

hello there!Can you send me please a dark blue sapphire insert bezel and sapphire crystal for my Seiko padi solar SNE549 ?

Angled bezel?

I want 40mm automatic with double dome watch Make it happen mark.

Any 12h Pepsi bezel inserts coming sized for the skx007?

The only thing I don’t like about the ceramic and sapphire inserts is the gloss finish. I’m sure the pros outweigh the cons.

Sapphire is a type of ceramic.

Why sapphire? For a different look or is it easier/less expensive to produce?

Have you got bezel for orient kamasu or bezel insert?

Triton insert?

"are you looking to buy a quality watch for under 200 bucks?"

Marc... your link is broken in the video description.

Mr.Bean!

:)

6:54. “An anular ring”. Sorry, but when was there ever a ring that wasn’t anular ?