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Old 19 August 2019, 08:04 PM   #1
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16610LN bezels
Trying to find what bezels are on the 16610LN submariner by year if there was any changes like flat or pointed 4 and so on.
Have looked on TRF and google but cant find info.
anyone piont me towards the info please
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Old 19 August 2019, 08:36 PM   #2
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Trying to find what bezels are on the 16610LN submariner by year if there was any changes like flat or pointed 4 and so on.
Have looked on TRF and google but cant find info.
anyone piont me towards the info please
Think you mean inserts many font styles have been used on most all of the sports line up over the past 50 years.The so called flat four font was used on all the Sub SD range around 2002/4 perhaps later.And even replacement inserts from Rolex now black or green are mainly flat four font .But in the real world a insert is just a insert, whether pointed, flat four, or any other type on font.The aluminium inserts were made to be a easy cheap DIY yourself replacement no matter the style of fonts used.
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Old 19 August 2019, 08:43 PM   #3
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I have a late 2004 16610LN no hole SEL sub it has a flat 4 insert was trying to find out if it was right for the year
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Had a new bezel fitted when watch was serviced at RSC and it now does not have the flat 4 so it must have been wrong
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Old 13 November 2019, 12:42 AM   #5
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Had a new bezel fitted when watch was serviced at RSC and it now does not have the flat 4 so it must have been wrong
The pointed 4 inserts must be the ones that they currently have in stock.
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Your original was most likely correct. What Rolex uses as service replacements are no
indicator of what was original to the piece
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Old 13 November 2019, 03:17 AM   #7
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What was wrong with the old bezel from the picture it looks ok?

I have later 16610 it has the same original bezel as your replacement.
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Had a new bezel fitted when watch was serviced at RSC and it now does not have the flat 4 so it must have been wrong
Rolex does not fit what your watch was originally equipped with, they fit the latest example for the model number.

Flat 4's were used in 03/04, which is also the change-over era.
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