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Difficult to explain

It's difficult to explain. The Autavia bezel is two high quality machined pieces that are fitted together. My Omegas are one high quality machined piece and one metalized (read: lower quality) insert. Some Omega bezel inserts are plastic too, making them even lower quality and much less durable.

When I inspected the Autavia bezel from the top, it appeared to be a simple metal insert (metal label, if you will) that sat in a groove. When I took the bezel off, I discovered that the insert was not a simple label but a relatively compicated, machined piece that was pressed into the outer bezel. It is about 2.5mm thick, stepped, coned, and pvd coated. OUCH.
I was planning on having a 1mm thick metalized label made but that idea is out the window.

My latest thoughts are to remove the outer pvd coating (mine is practically gone anyway) and attach a .2mm thick metalized label. This is slightly thicker than the original pvd coating. Unfotunately, it will not pass as original under medium scrutiny (4X glasses). I was hoping for high scrutiny (10X loupe). ;-)

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