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Fixing this for my neighbor who is brutal with watches.  I tell him: "You are where watches go to die."  He is a Lt. in the local Sheriff's department.

Already fixed this once.  I glued the bezel ring in with GS Hypo.  It fell out and the dogs chewed it up.

I got him a new bezel insert.  This time I am gonna use superglue if no one objects.

 

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2 hours ago, LittleWatchShop said:

  Not sure why GS Hypo failed.G

GS It's not for metal at least not for strong bond. Neither is polivynic white glue. What works, I don't know how is called in the US, it the most common, universal glue that smells like solvent. You can help adhesion roughening surfaces first. 

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On 2/26/2022 at 11:38 AM, jdm said:

GS It's not for metal at least not for strong bond. Neither is polivynic white glue. What works, I don't know how is called in the US, it the most common, universal glue that smells like solvent. You can help adhesion roughening surfaces first. 

Maybe "contact cement"? Where you apply to both surfaces, wait for it to set, and then mate them.

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