Porsche Design P6612 pusher replacement

[JoeSchmoe]

I had my Porsche Design P6612 titaniumn (Eterna movement I believe) completely overhauled and less than a year after, one of the button pushers fell out and got lost. How difficult is it to replace it myself (if i buy a new one)? Is it a problem to make one myself and put it in? What is involved with installing a new pusher on one of these watches?

Thanks a lot in advance!

[clockboy]

Welcome to the forum ,enjoy. Without knowing for certain what the movement caliber it is not possible to say if the parts required are available. It is possible to make pusher stems but you will need a lathe and preferably a watchmakers lathe.

Edited March 23, 2023 by clockboy

[watchweasol]

Hello and welcome to the forum, I believe that Cousins UK, Material house sell assortments but its a lottery finding one to do the job. As clockboy said we need more information movement make and caliber

[Kalanag]

Pushers are case specific items and therefore exist in thousends of variations. You should find a genuine spare part which is difficult.

The process of replacing the pusher is not to difficult.

Edited March 23, 2023 by Kalanag

[JoeSchmoe]

Thank you welcome and reply!

I see watch is a P6612.11/2 166.3854. There is 2894-2 on the movement - which would mean it is an ETA 2894-2 movement? It was advertised to have an Eterna movement and I never checked. I see checking the web, the 2894-2 was pretty standard on the P6612.11/2

[LittleWatchShop]

I see several on ebay that might work

[JoeSchmoe]

Thank you LittleWatchShop - I saw on Ebay and Chrono24. Whaqt is the process to put it in?

[LittleWatchShop]

6 hours ago, JoeSchmoe said:

Thank you LittleWatchShop - I saw on Ebay and Chrono24. Whaqt is the process to put it in?

I have never worked on that watch, so anything I would say would be a guess.  If the watch were in my care, I would remove the back and see how the other pusher is installed.

Some watches have a C clip that holds the pusher in place.  If that is the case, the clip is loose inside the watch...possibly damaging the movement.  However, the images on ebay do not indicate such a design.

You will just have to open it and explore.  Looks like an expensive watch, so be very careful.  Alternatively, order the pusher and take the watch to a watchmaker.

Here is @jdrichardinstalling a pusher of the clip style.

[squarecoats]

8 hours ago, LittleWatchShop said:

I see several on ebay that might work

Hi LittleWatchShop, could you send me a message with links to these? I have the same watch and need to find a replacement pusher. Also, could you recommend replacement crowns if possible? They don't have to be Porsche Design, anything generic that would match is perfectly fine. Thank you!

(p.s. I'm new so hopefully I'm not breaking etiquette)

[JoeSchmoe]

Thank you LittleWatchShop - I think the post and internal assembly is still attached securely and that the pusher assembly fell apart - when the button fell off, I must have noticed soon after because the spring was still sitting there. I still have the spring. There is a little post sticking out. If I push the pin, the pusher still functions I see.

Hence I was considering making a new button. I have some white gold tube that looks approximately the same size (or perhaps I can modify some bronze tube stock I have) and sheet stock to make a new button.

I am currently in Vietnam and they don't allow importing used watches or used watch parts - all of the pushers I see for sale are used. The part would get flagged at the border and I would never receive it if the customs clearing documents indicated a used watch part. If the vendor would mark the part as new, I could receive it.

Noticing the shody workmanship and lying when getting batteries replaced the few times I did, I wouldn't have any watch repairs made here.

The plastic dome fell off the crown, but I could remove the dome from the old scrown I still have from the last rebuild and attach it.

Edited March 24, 2023 by JoeSchmoe

[JoeSchmoe]

7 hours ago, squarecoats said:

Hi LittleWatchShop, could you send me a message with links to these? I have the same watch and need to find a replacement pusher. Also, could you recommend replacement crowns if possible? They don't have to be Porsche Design, anything generic that would match is perfectly fine. Thank you!

(p.s. I'm new so hopefully I'm not breaking etiquette)

Hello Squarecoats. I found a bunch of crowns and pushers on Chrono24 website and ebay - prices don't differ much, but Chrono24 has bigger selection of P6612 materials and finishes.

https://www.chrono24.com/porschedesign/partsaccessories--acc.htm

https://www.ebay.com/itm/363951080383?hash=item54bd2cc3bf:g:nC8AAOSwnDFi~z5i&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA8Gecihix6MfAyBy8lxNPszJK2pi3ok7IWNOl8AEY1k1dOQkbOdgIyM307z71%2B9avedzNOXmqlWDhidpoVmyY3uKw%2B3eJeQBiUiKsLvdZQfORfn%2Ft68sl7Tb0bQqvriOCFEocJIPK20RIh03p0dBBJeCkU1iHyf8y1PF9YSRc2ErKwwgW2uZL0%2BErxMzrACsf5rx%2F2ZwzKHh5w5h%2BWobBxx2r1za7%2F5hWitSwpFbgQQBjm22dsNIp3OdndpXXaJ%2BXW47T47POPpj9CJaXbTqNp%2FIrbqsxVStMfaaUvpysPuJrDjskiGcqVWFkHfO2G4sf9Q%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7qnndjhYQ

[RichardHarris123]

Hello and welcome.