Reluming a bezel insert pearl with epoxy

[Francisco]

Some times the pearl of the bezel insert disappears. Follows a Seamaster GMT with this problem:

There are two main options to repair it:

1.- Common relume. Mixture of varnish and lume. The problem is that the final pearl will be a bit weak, and there is a chance of loosing again the pearl.

2.- Employing epoxy. The final pearl will be stronger, and, of course, will better glued to the bezel insert.

This tuto shows the second option, and SHOWS THREE TRIALS, each time with better result.

First trial. Dark pearl.

Materials. 5 minutes Araldit epoxy and lume.

I employed, more or less, the same amount of the two epoxy components and lume:

Firstly, the epoxy is mixtured:

And then the lume is mixtured to the epoxy:

The final mixture is promising, very good lume:

And now time to relume. Picture shows that I have used to mixture and to apply the lume a tool to remove bracelet

[Andei3000]

Thanks Francisco, another thing added to my todo list.

As always, great tutorial!

thanks

Andei

[Francisco]

Thanks Francisco, another thing added to my todo list.

As always, great tutorial!

thanks

Andei

Thanks there

[RWG Technical]

Well done.

Great post as always, very well written with great pictures that show the whole process.

Thanks so much for taking the time to make this up, and for sharing your expertise with the RWG members.