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Jan 21, 2015, 08:07 PM
#1
Bidirectional bezels?
Does anyone still make watches with bidirectional bezels like the old Rolex bezels? Not like the Amphibians where the can rotate freely but a system where you have to press down on the bezel to rotate them. http://www.rolexephemera.com/mil-how-it-works.htm
Just curious cause I hate unidirectional bezels.
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Jan 21, 2015, 08:15 PM
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Bone Collector
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Jan 21, 2015, 08:22 PM
#3
Swiss Watch Enthusiast
A regular Ploprof has a bi-directional button that you press the orange button to turn
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Jan 21, 2015, 08:22 PM
#4
Think the PolProf has one, with a release button.
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Jan 21, 2015, 08:50 PM
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Jan 21, 2015, 09:02 PM
#6
Squale features a push-down bi-directional bezel...
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Jan 21, 2015, 09:59 PM
#7
My Damasko is also bi-directional, which makes perfect sense since I ordered the 1-12 bezel to use as an inexpensive and easy second time zone. I wear it on planes for overseas trips so I don't smash up my JLC Hometime, which stays safe in its case until I've landed.
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Jan 21, 2015, 11:13 PM
#8
Are you talking only on dive watches
MB2, SOH, Aquascope, Tangente, MM300, Blackbay, North Flag, Officer, Visitor.
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Jan 21, 2015, 11:25 PM
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Watch Geek
Yeah, probably not what you're talking about, but Breitling's Navitimer has a bi directional bezel. Not a diving or timing bezel though, it's part of the E6B flight computer.
Regards, T Bone
Even a broken watch shows correct time once or twice a day. I ought to know, I have a few!
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Jan 21, 2015, 11:52 PM
#10
Ich bin ein Ebeler!
Not in current production, the Porsche Design P6780 (or it's predecessor Eterna KonTiki Diver) has an internal bidirectional bezel. Diver heresy, I hear you say, but no! .... the diver unlocks the case from the titanium cage and tips up the case to unlock the bezel. Once the bezel is set, the case drops back into the cage and the bezel is locked so no danger of mistiming your dive accidentally (not pushing the limits of your gas is another thing entirely....)
Last edited by WWII70; Jan 22, 2015 at 01:54 AM.
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