INTERCHANGEABLE BEZEL OPTIONS

Since the bezel became the main focus of this design, it would be possible to offer the user something that would feel like a different watch if the bezel could be interchanged. Since resin combines with different materials in countless different ways, the permutations and combinations would be endless. If the user wanted to opt out of resin completely, an option could be arranged to create a steel, gold plated or ever a ceramic bezel.

One would think that a simple no fuss solution to this problem would be to use magnets. However, magnets interfere with the accuracy of the watch moment. A quick prototype made from the base and cap of a water bottle (Figure 188) made it possible to test an interchangeable bezel system in a way that is as simple as swapping the bottle caps from different soft drink bottles. Thus, in the final design, an interchangeable bezel system is made possible by using a screw on mounting system.