SKX007 Bezel: Diagonal Fluted Silver Blog Detail

Description

SKX007 DIAGONAL FLUTED SILVER BEZEL

The New SKX007 Diagonal Fluted Silver bezel is not a piece you want to overlook!

Material:
Stainless Steel 316L surgical grade
Design:
SKX007 Diagonal Fluted fixed bezel non-rotating.
Fitment:
Standard flat Sapphires as well as the standard Seiko oem flat hardlex

NOT suitable for a double domed sapphire

Press the bezel on using a crystal press as in some cases they can be tight, pressing on by hand is typically impossible.

Does not need a click spring

Finish: Polished Silver

APPEARENCE

The fluted bezel was first seen in 1926. However, it wasn’t the design you and I recognize today. Now, we bring you an even nicer designed bezel with the new Diagonal Fluted design by Watch-Modz

ORGIN

Rolex had the first waterproof wristwatch, and this was made possible thanks to the Oyster case structure. The fluted design sealed the case from the top as well as the bottom. Our Diagonal Fluted design draws inspiration from this iconic watch.

FUNCTION

In order to accomplish this, a middle-case was used to which the bezel and caseback were screwed down against the top and bottom. In order to screw down the top of the case, a new bezel was made to grip a screw down tool, which would eventually become the fluted bezel we know today.

MODERN FLUTED BEZEL

The modern fluted bezel is no more than a beautiful design that has stuck around for decades and became the modern design you and I know around 1945. In 2022 the new Diagonal Fluted design was introduced for Seiko Modding.

Read more about the iconic Seiko SKX007