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==Bezels==

Four production-era bezel variants and one service bezel cover the run. The bezel is part of the steel case top, machined and engraved with the 24-hour markers, so there is no insert at all; the numerals and indices are cut straight into the steel and filled with black paint. The 1655 bezel is far more durable than an aluminum-insert GMT-Master bezel ~~for it~~, and it never develops the fade and patina that turn vintage GMT inserts into collector objects on their own.

Four production-era bezel variants and one service bezel cover the run. The bezel is part of the steel case top, machined and engraved with the 24-hour markers, so there is no insert at all; the numerals and indices are cut straight into the steel and filled with black paint. The 1655 bezel is far more durable than an aluminum-insert GMT-Master bezel, and it never develops the fade and patina that turn vintage GMT inserts into collector objects on their own.

The four production variants differ in numeral font weight and in how the indices are spaced around the ring. No collector system labels them cleanly as Mark 1 through Mark 4 bezels the way the dials are labelled. The service bezel gives itself away through different numeral proportions on one or two indices, a product of service-era tooling. Bezel and dial generations do not lock to each other. A Mark 3 dial on a Mark 2 bezel is period-correct if the watch was delivered during the transition window.

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 ==Bezels==
-Four production-era bezel variants and one service bezel cover the run. The bezel is part of the steel case top, machined and engraved with the 24-hour markers, so there is no insert at all; the numerals and indices are cut straight into the steel and filled with black paint. The 1655 bezel is far more durable than an aluminum-insert GMT-Master bezel for it, and it never develops the fade and patina that turn vintage GMT inserts into collector objects on their own.
+Four production-era bezel variants and one service bezel cover the run. The bezel is part of the steel case top, machined and engraved with the 24-hour markers, so there is no insert at all; the numerals and indices are cut straight into the steel and filled with black paint. The 1655 bezel is far more durable than an aluminum-insert GMT-Master bezel, and it never develops the fade and patina that turn vintage GMT inserts into collector objects on their own.
 The four production variants differ in numeral font weight and in how the indices are spaced around the ring. No collector system labels them cleanly as Mark 1 through Mark 4 bezels the way the dials are labelled. The service bezel gives itself away through different numeral proportions on one or two indices, a product of service-era tooling. Bezel and dial generations do not lock to each other. A Mark 3 dial on a Mark 2 bezel is period-correct if the watch was delivered during the transition window.