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I'm convinced it's a front loader. There are no seams whatsoever on the back. I've been wrong before though... Here's where I am, loosened the clamp 100%, then brought it back to the second step on the glass. The watch dropped down, as you said. I then examined that it was uniformly even around the glass. Tightened it to one hand tight. Tried a pull and could see the clamp slip. Then tightened to uncomfortable tight with two hands. I begin to be nervous. Pull at the clamp, and same thing, the clamp slips of the glass (not all the way, I'm using small movements). Tighten a little more, now I can rotate the glass... Just a little... Risk tightening further? Your trick did it!!! It's off. Ok, I examined around the dial, looking for something that might indicate how to get the stem off and the movement out. I see no lever. What I observe is damage to the dial right next to the stem, no where else. It looks like tweezers pressed up against that dial, causing the indentation. My thought is the crown needs to be removed? -
A friend of a friend has entrusted me with the service/restoration of what was his grandfather's Breitling Navitimer 806. It was just lying around in a drawer, missing its glass and two of the hands, but incredibly it runs and the Chrono seems to function. I've started dismantling it and have learned that I'm not the worst amateur watch fixer in the world - the dial had been glued down! I'm planning to strip down and clean the movement - I should be competent to do that. Clean and re-lume the hands. Source a new glass - acrylic I think - and do very little to the dial apart from maybe a cotton bud and water. Any advice from the good people here before I crack on? I did tell him the potential value of this and suggest he might get a proper watch maker to sort it. I've offered no guarantees apart from I shouldn't make it worse. -
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By spectre6000 · Posted
Cousins has an aluminum case with a bunch of small circular aluminum canisters with glass tops. I keep dead movements in those. Like movements together. Assembled as far as they'll go. Jewels, screws, springs, and who knows if you'll come across another of the same movement needing attention, or a forum member needing a part.
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