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I removed it altogether and it works like a charm now. Tells me the washer will need some serious cut-down made to it. I get back from a trip next week and will play with it. This will do in the meantime. As to pushing down on the bezel, it wouldn't depress at all with the washer installed. I mean, not 1mm even. Definitely not right, but this will hold. Thanks again for your help. I had my physics warped as much as this washer.

That's good info to have, thank you.

Did that. I'll edit my OP as I should have mentioned what I've tried so far, but: I removed the insert to get a visual on the components. All appears normal. I removed the click spring and re-fitted the bezel to see if the spring was the culprit; no joy. I seems that the washer is maybe a little too large - and a little more reading finds this idea being shared - but I'm having trouble accounting for it being completely immovable since replacing the crystal, other than I wiped away the grease TC is now apparently putting on there (and that it shouldn't need). I also gave the washer a little OD sanding last night, though I didn't remove enough to be meaningful and saw no correction. Obviously, I would like to correct this on my own before sending off for another assembly and adding another $50-60 to this piece for a part I shouldn't have to replace. TC has done well with the V6 - and the new bezel is better-looking than the 2014 V6 I had - but if I had to take function or appearance I'd choose the former. Worst case, I'll sand the hell out of the washer and get a replacement if it doesn't work. C'est la vie!

SSTEEL, I have the removal tools. Taking it apart isn't the issue; it's getting it to turn. As soon as I got it, it was all I could do to make it rotate. I took it all apart to fit the gen crystal, and now - once in place - it won't even begin to turn. And I'm not a weak guy. So there's clearly something amiss under the hood, I just can't figure it out.

Brand-new out of the box TC 2015 V6 bezel won't budge. I've taken it apart to take a look at everything and nothing stands out. My speculation is an ID clearance issue, but I wanted to know if anyone has experienced the same and/or has a route to take to correct the issue. Thanks

Who even mentions TC w/o pics? C'mon man!

Mesmerizing

Dude.... Very much worth the wait! Killer job!

Worst thread ever! C'monnnnnnnnnn

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Wanted to post some updates to this, in the event that anyone experiences the same with their TC sub: I removed the bezel assembly to take a look under the hood. To get a better look at the mechanics, I removed the insert and then put the bezel back in place to see how it both rotated and bobbed (whatever you would call the movement when pressed, not turned). What I found was that the free-turning was caused by the click spring popping below the bezel and not going back in place until pressure was applied above the spring. I knew this to be the case before hand, but it was nice to see firsthand. So I removed the bezel again and took a closer look at all the pieces: bezel, bezel spring, and click spring. The bezel - to my untrained and half-blind eye - was in perfect condition; no deformities or irregularities, and the teeth all in good, clean condition. The bezel spring had a little deformity to it, but not enough to be of any issue or concern. The click spring, however, was immediately pegged as the likely culprit. If you look at the spring, it makes a left turn after the "L" that sits in the hole. It then wraps under the hood before making a turn out the meet the bezel, and should have a very slight downturn to it. Well mine appeared a little more than normal - again to my untrained and half-blind eye. Long and short: being a spring, it would be quite tedeous to bend just the tip enough to make an adjustment and not totally screw it up - or break it off. My poor-man's watchmaker solution was to put the click spring back in its spot, wrapped under the hood as it would sit in place. I then took my bezel removal knife, placed it underneath the spring, and bent it a tiny bit upward using my fine-tuned senses. Then I placed the bezel spring and bezel back on and gave it a whirl - and to my surprise it worked like a charm! The bezel would no longer come above the spring during wobble or rotation, and the "click" was both audibly and tactilely stronger, and the anti-rotation (rotation backward as the spring settles between the teeth after each click) improved as well. So there you go. If it happens to any of you, make sure all the pieces are in functional shape and then do some prying. And/or do what I did last night - replace the whole thing with Star Time parts. Night and Day tactile change for the better.

These have piqued my interest, but not enough really to go thru transactions and postage and resale if it's not for me (which, coming off a TC v6, is likely the case). But I really would like to get hands on one local if anybody has one. Coffee or beer on me! Any takers?

Real men, unite! I see your Frog, and I raise you a DW6900:

So where do we find the Mk XVII rep?

PM sent. Thanks