Beware of Ti bezel change
What I love the most about Helm watches is that you can completely change the look by swapping the bezel and the bracelet/strap. All steel look is my favourite and most of the watches has the option to buy the steel bezel. I regularly change the bezel on my steel vanuatu, komodo and khuraburi. I’m using a case opener knife, just like in their tutorial. But then this titanium beauty entered the picture this summer.
Helm claims the bezel removal and insert is challenging for this model, compared to the easy others. I can’t agree more. I managed to do 2 swaps, but I noticed it needed more force. I assume I had bent the Ti bezel the last time I removed, because when I tried to install it today, it was really tight and eventually stopped turning. It got stuck super hard. I could only remove it by basically butchering the watch and my hand with the tools. Luckily, the blue bezel still turning perfectly, but I lost my willingness to try with another Ti bezel in the near future.
Now, the watch is in fully functional condition with cosmetic damages. I keep the Ti bezel as a keychain. Both of these will remind me to trust the instructions and have tools matching the level of the challange.