Thank you for the kind words from one of the most respected vintage rollie masters on here...
I think DW's new acrylic bezels (this current batch, at least) all suffer from this defect. I remember that Stephane's bezel is also like that. Hopefully DW's newer batches have this corrected. I've highlighted this to Spin too. But for me now, i'm aiming towards procuring a gen crown & gen T21. The stock bracelet is crap though. Looking forward to learning more from you, freddy...
I'd also like to add that I remember you mentioning pretty long ago, that the gen 78350 bracelet c/w 557 endlinks will fit , though 571 ones are the correct type?