Do you have an Invicta 8926 Pro Diver with a bezel that's hard to turn? Don't send it back or take it apart just yet. Try this quick, easy fix first. You may be pleasantly surprised.
Woe! What a lack of appreciation in some of the comments. That's the world we live in now, hunh? The world of the unthankful. A guy takes the time to make a video and post it, describing his initial reaction and subsequent attempts to fix a problem and then the solution, and it's a waste of time? I thought the descriptions in the video were excellent, letting me know that my experience was similar and thus that the solution was worthy of trying and likely to work. And sure enough it did. Thanks 3Ddash! I was about to return my watch, but now it works perfectly!
Oh man…thanks for your very helpful video! Today I received two Pro Divers from Amazon (8926OB and 9094OB). I was really happy with them but their bezels were extremely tight. I let both soak in lukewarm water in the sink then began rotating the bezels under the water. I worked at them for every bit of an hour. Now they work as they should. Much appreciated! 👍🏻
I took a brand new 8926 out of it's box this afternoon. Unscrewed the crown, set the date and time and faffed around trying to adjust the bracelet for the best part of fifteen minutes. Then I tried to rotate the bezel. It was not giving any indication that it was actually able to rotate. I even checked in the specs, online, that it had a rotating bezel and that mine wasn't faux. So I have a brand new watch that looks very nice and may have to go back because the only way that bezel was gong to budge was with a hammer and chisel. I'm writing this around six hours after initially trying the bezel and my finger tips are still sore. I do a quick search for bezels on 8926's, find this video, watch it, walk into the kitchen, run the watch under the tap for about three minutes, max and the bezel rotates perfectly with ease. I am indeed pleasantly surprised. This was not a long video, the information was of necessity limited and the result was a happy Invicta 8926 owner. Thank you 3Ddash.
10 years after this video I confirm that this video could just have been filmed today. I got my Invicta Pro Diver 3 days ago, today I just 'noticed' how hard it was for me to turn the bezel. Took it below the water source, helped myself with some fabric I had at hand, and turned it below the water. It softened out after the second turn and I am amazed how I can just turn it with two fingers and just the right strenght you might expect for a normal use. Note: I have already been to the beach and to the pool with it. It wast just about rotating it under water for a bit. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing this! I put mine in a bowl of lukewarm water for about 5 minutes and the bezel's already loosened up a bit. I'll see what it's like after a few showers. Thanks again!
WOW, 6 years later on this video and it definitely works! I got a scalloped Pepsi pro diver and could not budge the bezel. Took a shower, used the washcloth trick and 30 turns later, it rotates like butter. Definitely a problem with factory hygiene and probably post-manufacturing gunk that needs to get cleaned out and new parts that just need to rub against each other and break in. THANK YOU!
I've had my quartz Pro Diver for about 4 years and the bezel has always been very tight and difficult to set. I love it anyway but the bezel action has kind of limited the wearability. Now after using this tip it's like a whole new watch. Thank you!
This also worked for my GMT Master Red Blue Neiton 43mm watch. I simply ran it under the faucet for maybe no more than 2 minutes and it now rotates smoothly! I'm glad I found your video, thank you!
11 years later, just picked up my first Pro Diver & had the same issue. Can't believe it was that easy of a fix. Thanks for the video! Hope all is well with you after all these years
I had the exact same problem. After watching this video I put it on a bowl of water and used a towel to turn the bezel 10 or more times under water. And now it is smooth 360 degrees. Thanks for the help man!
Thanks for this! I had a stuck bezel and followed your tip and got it working again! I think I had some dirt instead of metal in there but after a bit of water and damp cloth to rotate, it worked!
WOW!!! Thank you so much for your advice which fixed my stuck bezel completely! Mine would only move 10-15 clicks, but once I spun it under water it's spinning smoothly now! I really appreciate your video. All the best!
Thanks! This worked for me! I have the same Invicta 8926 with a very tight bezel. I never get mine wet, and it was hard to turn. I ran it under cold faucet water for a few minutes while turning with a wash cloth, and now it turns easy.
Glad I found this, my bezel was stuck solid. Just went and submerged it in the kitchen sink and after a couple minutes it's turning freely, thanks 3Ddash
i bought my Invicta 8926OB a fortnight ago and had the same problem until I saw this video today. Your solution works! To think I was avoiding it getting wet. Thanks very much!
Thank you sir. My Invicta Grand master diver was stuck at 3 o'clock for the longest. Literally 20 seconds in a bowl of water is all it took. Thanks again sir.
I guess i got lucky with my F0066 (same watch only 47mm). My bezel works as it was supposed to. I'm glad to see you finally got yours in working order.
I’m gonna try this right now Edit: I’m back. It really worked and the watch I have is the Invicta Pro diver in gold and stainless with a blue-green face
Thanks a lot! I literally saw what looked like black metal filings come out as I turned it underwater. I spinned it at least 50 times to make the movement fluid
Great tip, it worked for me, mine was just like you described, soaked it for an hour, now it moves fine. I even called Invicta, they said to send it in. Thanks much!!
Worked a charm for mine, brand new watch and the bezel barely spam, cut my hands trying to get it to spin. Popped it in a bowl of water for 10 mins and worked great. Thanks!
I'd tried a drop of silicone oil (never use WD-40 as a lubricant, because it's not!). That didn't work. Tried immersion in warm water and presto... the bezel started turning less and less reluctantly and more how I would think it should turn. Thank you again.
I sprayed a little liquid wrench oil on the sides of the bezel and let it sit for a minute. After that the bezel has always turned very smooth. You might want to try that too.
Thank you! My invicta diver's bezel was extremely stiff... To the point it hurt my fingers to make it turn. After rinsing it under the sink for a few seconds while rotating, the bezel turns much easier.
Add my name to the list of successful fixes. Mine was a grand Diver with scalloped bezel. Really tight but used a latex glove under water does fine now. Glad I didn't use oil👍
I have 3 , but must be lucky , I don’t use the dials but they work fine , but glad I have seen your video for future reference, thumbs up 👍 cheers Shane uk 🇬🇧
Yeah, this really helped my pro diver with the scalloped bezel which was impossible to turn. Thanks a lot. But I don't know yet how it will turn when the water under the bezel dries.
mine would turn, but it was STIFF AS FUCK. put it in the sink, filled up said sink, got a washcloth and turned it, voila! Turns perfectly. thank you so much for the help.
might you have any advice for a problem with the bezel having play? in other words, when i push straight down on it, it has some movement. I've also realized that i meet some resistance when i pass the 50 minute mark when rotating the bezel from 12 noon. my watch is only about 3 weeks old. thanks for any insight you might be able to provide!
ALERT ALERT...THIS EFFIN WORKS!!!! i had watched this video once before prior to really having an issue other than normal new tightness. THEN i got this slightly higher grade big invicta automatic that i loved...and lo & behold it had the EXACT issue you mention here. at first it worked fine, but after a dozen turns or so it began to tighten up at one point going around the dial...i kept turning to wear it in & it got worse. so i must have used a full mini spray can of WD40, sprayed into a bottle cap & then applied with a toothpick to go under the bezel. this changed the problem to where the bezel slowed like before, but sent smoothly but very slowly around until it hit the 15 second stretch on the bezel, and was like molasses or glue. this morning i was about to put it back in the box to send it back to evine as it was within 30 days, but decided to google the issue again. i saw your video again, and watched it a second time. i was surprised to see that your issue was precisely now what i had. i know enough NOT to put a watch in very warm or hot water as it expands the case and water gets in, but i did what you said...ran it under a tepid water faucet, got it all wet under the bezel, with screwdown crown IN, and then i dried it with a watch chamois cloth, laid it on a table on one of the clothes, and with another started turning the bezel. almost immediately a difference, and within about 6 turns it was free and moving nicely throughout the full range of the bezel. now, as you yourself got laffed at for being longwinded, now that i had the exact same problem as you i appreciate how you went through it. the specifics all related. not all bezel issues will be this particular one, but in the case of invicta, where they keep the costs down, quality control may be cosmetically very good, but mechanical issues like this seem to crop up. so i appreciate your video. BUT seeing as i'm a writer by trade, i thought i'd give you a dose of your own medicine and write a comment about as long as your video. (a little humah...but thanks for solving my issue on a watch i definitely wanted to keep!)
Just watched your Vid.Excellent I had a very tight bezel 120 clicks on an Android watch movement Seagull TY2809. Would only turn with brute force of a rubber hand mat, the type you would use for opening cans. I put it in 2 inches of tepid water for 45 seconds and voila works like new. The ingrates who abused you are exactly that . My term is pillock (British slang a stupid or annoying person)
Hair. Mine caught up with my own hair as Im the guy with some haircut of a rockstar cos I cant be one. I may cut my hair shorter but nahh, oh and some silicon lubrication may work perfectly for this application. It works with mine.
I think it only works with hot water. I first ran it under cold water, didn't work. Then i did warm and it worked fine. Maybe it would have with more time :)
I have had my Invicta 9094OB for about a year and a half now and, while the watch will of course collect swirl lines and all, what bugs me is how the bezel insert already has its fair share of scratches, three of which are quite deep or easily noticeable. I wanna replace the insert but I don't live in the US and I don't know where to get a replacement insert that's got the same kind of blue color as the dial. AFAIK Invicta doesn't have an official presence here either so I can't buy directly from them, if they actually sell replacement parts to end users. Any help would be appreciated.
Woe! What a lack of appreciation in some of the comments. That's the world we live in now, hunh? The world of the unthankful. A guy takes the time to make a video and post it, describing his initial reaction and subsequent attempts to fix a problem and then the solution, and it's a waste of time? I thought the descriptions in the video were excellent, letting me know that my experience was similar and thus that the solution was worthy of trying and likely to work. And sure enough it did. Thanks 3Ddash! I was about to return my watch, but now it works perfectly!
I was impressed by how people did thank the person who submitted this.
Oh man…thanks for your very helpful video! Today I received two Pro Divers from Amazon (8926OB and 9094OB). I was really happy with them but their bezels were extremely tight. I let both soak in lukewarm water in the sink then began rotating the bezels under the water. I worked at them for every bit of an hour. Now they work as they should. Much appreciated! 👍🏻
Great tip just got a drive watch with the same problem 8 year old video still helping people 👍
I took a brand new 8926 out of it's box this afternoon. Unscrewed the crown, set the date and time and faffed around trying to adjust the bracelet for the best part of fifteen minutes. Then I tried to rotate the bezel. It was not giving any indication that it was actually able to rotate. I even checked in the specs, online, that it had a rotating bezel and that mine wasn't faux. So I have a brand new watch that looks very nice and may have to go back because the only way that bezel was gong to budge was with a hammer and chisel. I'm writing this around six hours after initially trying the bezel and my finger tips are still sore. I do a quick search for bezels on 8926's, find this video, watch it, walk into the kitchen, run the watch under the tap for about three minutes, max and the bezel rotates perfectly with ease. I am indeed pleasantly surprised. This was not a long video, the information was of necessity limited and the result was a happy Invicta 8926 owner. Thank you 3Ddash.
10 years after this video I confirm that this video could just have been filmed today.
I got my Invicta Pro Diver 3 days ago, today I just 'noticed' how hard it was for me to turn the bezel. Took it below the water source, helped myself with some fabric I had at hand, and turned it below the water. It softened out after the second turn and I am amazed how I can just turn it with two fingers and just the right strenght you might expect for a normal use.
Note: I have already been to the beach and to the pool with it. It wast just about rotating it under water for a bit.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope you can see this comment. It worked. I am comment you from Dominican Republic. I want to thank you. God Bless you!!!
Got mine today. I followed your instructions and it fixed. Thanks
Thanks for sharing this! I put mine in a bowl of lukewarm water for about 5 minutes and the bezel's already loosened up a bit. I'll see what it's like after a few showers. Thanks again!
WOW, 6 years later on this video and it definitely works! I got a scalloped Pepsi pro diver and could not budge the bezel. Took a shower, used the washcloth trick and 30 turns later, it rotates like butter. Definitely a problem with factory hygiene and probably post-manufacturing gunk that needs to get cleaned out and new parts that just need to rub against each other and break in. THANK YOU!
I've had my quartz Pro Diver for about 4 years and the bezel has always been very tight and difficult to set. I love it anyway but the bezel action has kind of limited the wearability. Now after using this tip it's like a whole new watch. Thank you!
Thanks man!! Great help! 10 years after the video was posted but still helpful.
Excellent video commentary and fix ! Now to take my weekly shower a few days early lol.
This also worked for my GMT Master Red Blue Neiton 43mm watch. I simply ran it under the faucet for maybe no more than 2 minutes and it now rotates smoothly! I'm glad I found your video, thank you!
11 years later, just picked up my first Pro Diver & had the same issue. Can't believe it was that easy of a fix. Thanks for the video! Hope all is well with you after all these years
Awesome! Just got this watch and was wondering if it was defective. Your solution worked! Thank You Again!
I had the exact same problem. After watching this video I put it on a bowl of water and used a towel to turn the bezel 10 or more times under water. And now it is smooth 360 degrees. Thanks for the help man!
This is a MIRACLE!! Worked great for me.
Thanks for this! I had a stuck bezel and followed your tip and got it working again! I think I had some dirt instead of metal in there but after a bit of water and damp cloth to rotate, it worked!
WOW!!! Thank you so much for your advice which fixed my stuck bezel completely! Mine would only move 10-15 clicks, but once I spun it under water it's spinning smoothly now! I really appreciate your video. All the best!
Thank you very much for the video, my bezel's been stuck ever since I got my watch almost a year ago, works fine now.
Tried this with my Invicta Intrinsic Pro Diver and it worked great! About 30 turns did the trick, and now the bezel turns easily. Thanks!
The bezel on my Seiko skx013 is tighter than a gnat's chuff.
I know this video is 6 years old, but I can say this still works with new invicta 8926OB. Just tried it. Worked like a charm!
Thanks! This worked for me! I have the same Invicta 8926 with a very tight bezel. I never get mine wet, and it was hard to turn. I ran it under cold faucet water for a few minutes while turning with a wash cloth, and now it turns easy.
9 years later!
Thank you very much for this video.
Glad I found this, my bezel was stuck solid. Just went and submerged it in the kitchen sink and after a couple minutes it's turning freely, thanks 3Ddash
i bought my Invicta 8926OB a fortnight ago and had the same problem until I saw this video today. Your solution works! To think I was avoiding it getting wet. Thanks very much!
This worked really well. I had the same problem with two of watches an Invicta and a Casio. Thanks for posting this.
Was this the Case Duro? I'm having problems with it rn
Thank you sir. My Invicta Grand master diver was stuck at 3 o'clock for the longest. Literally 20 seconds in a bowl of water is all it took. Thanks again sir.
Worked instantly. Thanks for such a common sense way to get that thing moving.
Um, ok, this worked for the quartz version too, which is Invicta 26970. Thank you!
Worked out exactly as you described, it was driving me nuts that it would not turn. Many thanks top tip.
Worked like magic! Thanks!
I guess i got lucky with my F0066 (same watch only 47mm). My bezel works as it was supposed to. I'm glad to see you finally got yours in working order.
I’m gonna try this right now
Edit: I’m back. It really worked and the watch I have is the Invicta Pro diver in gold and stainless with a blue-green face
Worked perfectly. A bit of soap and water and the bezel now works as it should
Thanks a lot! I literally saw what looked like black metal filings come out as I turned it underwater. I spinned it at least 50 times to make the movement fluid
A friend of mine just gave me a 9403A with no movement of the bezel at all. Soaked it in warm water, and bam it turns.
Thank you for the suggestion!
Great tip, it worked for me, mine was just like you described, soaked it for an hour, now it moves fine. I even called Invicta, they said to send it in. Thanks much!!
thanks for sharing... worked for my Invicta Women's 4867 Pro Diver Collection Swiss Quartz
Worked a charm for mine, brand new watch and the bezel barely spam, cut my hands trying to get it to spin. Popped it in a bowl of water for 10 mins and worked great. Thanks!
Thank you for this! Worked perfectly
Thanks man!!
Had the same problem with my 8926OB. Your method did help me.
Thanks for help
It worked for me! Now I don’t have to have raw fingertips anymore, I was actually going to use dental floss before I watched this video. Thanks!
Thanks, worked on my orient ray 2. Rotates much better.
I cant believe this actually worked. Its turns great now 👍🏼. I thought ni way, but it actually fixed my issue
I'd tried a drop of silicone oil (never use WD-40 as a lubricant, because it's not!). That didn't work.
Tried immersion in warm water and presto... the bezel started turning less and less reluctantly and more how I would think it should turn. Thank you again.
I sprayed a little liquid wrench oil on the sides of the bezel and let it sit for a minute. After that the bezel has always turned very smooth. You might want to try that too.
Your method really work, thk you so much.
thank you for taking the time to make the video to help others out, don't waste your time to respond to the comment below.
Worked on my 8932OB. Took about 10 minutes in warm water. Thanks.
Fixed. Good video. Thumbs way up!
worked for me perfectly, thanks a lot
Awesome. I tried it too & it worked!
worked for me! thank you so much!
Thank you! My invicta diver's bezel was extremely stiff... To the point it hurt my fingers to make it turn. After rinsing it under the sink for a few seconds while rotating, the bezel turns much easier.
Thanks a lot - it worked a treat! (It is a diver's watch after all)
thanks so much man it worked for me! took a few showers to get it to the right turning but it works great now! thanks!
Worked on my week old Pagani Submariner homage, thanks!!!
Add my name to the list of successful fixes. Mine was a grand Diver with scalloped bezel. Really tight but used a latex glove under water does fine now. Glad I didn't use oil👍
thanks for the tip,got mine working good now,awesome
It worked thanks
Wonderful..! Thank You so much. My stuck bezel got fixed. Maravilloso...! Muchas Gracias. Mi bisel atascado se arreglo.
Holy crap! That worked perfectly. Cheers!
Thanks so much for the tip, it worked perfectly!
hey men!!! thankyou. youre awesome! happy new year!!!
OMG!! I just tried it and it worked!!! Thank you sooo much!
Thank you, very helpful worked for me as well!!
thanks I just rinsed it under water maybe about ten minutes and it works
Good fix it works great
Yep - worked perfect-thanks
Finally my nails won't be jagged. The missus says thanks xD
I have 3 , but must be lucky , I don’t use the dials but they work fine , but glad I have seen your video for future reference, thumbs up 👍 cheers Shane uk 🇬🇧
Thanks bro I have a S1 racing model 2311 watch and this worked amazing
Thank you so much! Worked on mine.
thank you did the trick.
Yeah, this really helped my pro diver with the scalloped bezel which was impossible to turn. Thanks a lot. But I don't know yet how it will turn when the water under the bezel dries.
Thanks. Seems obvious now but it took you to tell me!!!! Cheers
I stopped reading comments after 10 replies. 100% success rate gonna give it a go on my Steinhart.
If it works or not thanks for posting anyway.
washed mine under tap next day sorted thankyou
Thank you, it worked for me too!
Mine is impossible lol just got it today though so i will definitely be trying this thanks for the tip
7:35pm 9-1-23. PB Blaster. Let stand for 10-15 minutes. Will spin nicely!
mine would turn, but it was STIFF AS FUCK.
put it in the sink, filled up said sink, got a washcloth and turned it, voila! Turns perfectly.
thank you so much for the help.
this works.
It worked extremely fast
It worked!!!! Thank you!!!!
Great vid. Thanks!
Polishing compound maybe??
Maybe water salable??
Great idea to get it wet…
Thanks…
might you have any advice for a problem with the bezel having play? in other words, when i push straight down on it, it has some movement. I've also realized that i meet some resistance when i pass the 50 minute mark when rotating the bezel from 12 noon. my watch is only about 3 weeks old. thanks for any insight you might be able to provide!
ALERT ALERT...THIS EFFIN WORKS!!!!
i had watched this video once before prior to really having an issue other than normal new tightness. THEN i got this slightly higher grade big invicta automatic that i loved...and lo & behold it had the EXACT issue you mention here. at first it worked fine, but after a dozen turns or so it began to tighten up at one point going around the dial...i kept turning to wear it in & it got worse. so i must have used a full mini spray can of WD40, sprayed into a bottle cap & then applied with a toothpick to go under the bezel. this changed the problem to where the bezel slowed like before, but sent smoothly but very slowly around until it hit the 15 second stretch on the bezel, and was like molasses or glue. this morning i was about to put it back in the box to send it back to evine as it was within 30 days, but decided to google the issue again. i saw your video again, and watched it a second time.
i was surprised to see that your issue was precisely now what i had. i know enough NOT to put a watch in very warm or hot water as it expands the case and water gets in, but i did what you said...ran it under a tepid water faucet, got it all wet under the bezel, with screwdown crown IN, and then i dried it with a watch chamois cloth, laid it on a table on one of the clothes, and with another started turning the bezel. almost immediately a difference, and within about 6 turns it was free and moving nicely throughout the full range of the bezel.
now, as you yourself got laffed at for being longwinded, now that i had the exact same problem as you i appreciate how you went through it. the specifics all related. not all bezel issues will be this particular one, but in the case of invicta, where they keep the costs down, quality control may be cosmetically very good, but mechanical issues like this seem to crop up. so i appreciate your video. BUT seeing as i'm a writer by trade, i thought i'd give you a dose of your own medicine and write a comment about as long as your video. (a little humah...but thanks for solving my issue on a watch i definitely wanted to keep!)
Great tip. But it was just really long.
Just watched your Vid.Excellent I had a very tight bezel 120 clicks on an Android watch movement Seagull TY2809. Would only turn with brute force of a rubber hand mat, the type you would use for opening cans. I put it in 2 inches of tepid water for 45 seconds and voila works like new. The ingrates who abused you are exactly that . My term is pillock (British slang a stupid or annoying person)
Hair. Mine caught up with my own hair as Im the guy with some haircut of a rockstar cos I cant be one. I may cut my hair shorter but nahh, oh and some silicon lubrication may work perfectly for this application. It works with mine.
I think it only works with hot water. I first ran it under cold water, didn't work. Then i did warm and it worked fine. Maybe it would have with more time :)
I have a battery operated gold Invicta I don't see the battery operated on here when did they quit making them?
Oops, I talk too fast, it's hard to turn again. I am going to return it.
I have had my Invicta 9094OB for about a year and a half now and, while the watch will of course collect swirl lines and all, what bugs me is how the bezel insert already has its fair share of scratches, three of which are quite deep or easily noticeable. I wanna replace the insert but I don't live in the US and I don't know where to get a replacement insert that's got the same kind of blue color as the dial. AFAIK Invicta doesn't have an official presence here either so I can't buy directly from them, if they actually sell replacement parts to end users. Any help would be appreciated.
Could you not have just said get it wet, without the life story?
it didnt work for me