Any suggestions on how to stiffen the ratcheting action on a timing bezel?
I really enjoy my Islander Abalone Monster…except for one thing: the timing bezel ratchets with too litttle resistance than seems normal. I brought this to Marc’s attention at LIW after purchase, and his answer was…that as long as it doesn’t move if bumped a little…it’s fine. I accepted that; but I admittedly don’t wear the watch as often as it deserves because of its ‘non-resistant’ action.
I read on-line that one may feed some dental floss under a loose bezel which may stiffen it. I did this…which has increased the ratcheting resistance only slightly. Does anyone out there have any other tricks up their sleeve to help increase resistance?
Time dictates my linear path to its bitter end. My watches keep me one step ahead of time…and one foot out of the grave.
I think it might need a Bezel click spring
I would rather have a loose bezel that does not move vs a bezel that's very tight to turn. I scratched my Samurai trying to get the bezel out to clean. At the end just letting the watch sit in dishwash soap and hot water did the trick to loosen the bezel.
If the internal click spring is based of the same from what Seiko uses in the Monster, the bezel action is going to be less resistant. The Monster series bezel always had a very loose fitted bezel and just ratchets without any resistance.
I have the same situation with an Islander I have. It's not problematic, but my personal preference would be slightly more resistance. Was actually going to post a similar thread... I will be following this to see if there are any solutions.
I agree completely.
Like someone else mentioned, I’d remove the bezel and try and aftermarket click spring. Also the bezel o ring might need to be a tad larger to give it a smidgen more resistance
If the internal click spring is based of the same from what Seiko uses in the Monster, the bezel action is going to be less resistant. The Monster series bezel always had a very loose fitted bezel and just ratchets without any resistance.
Perhaps that is the issue then.