Opening SOSF

[Edwin25]

Yesterday i received my SOSF White face from another member!

I looks stunning and i like it alot.

There

[FxrAndy]

Try rubber kitchen gloves and your thumbs, or a roll of packing tape wrapped into a ball, (sticky side out)

[Edwin25]

Try rubber kitchen gloves and your thumbs, or a roll of packing tape wrapped into a ball, (sticky side out)

Tnx FxrAndy but,

How dow you mean.. i don

[FxrAndy]

Put on the rubber kitchen gloves and use your thumbs to unscrew the case back, you should be trying to turn it anticlockwise

[robertb]

Basically you are using something grippy to hold the watch and caseback so you can unscrew it. It should unscrew with a ball of tape sticky side out.

[blade007]

u could try sticky ball, or any other rubber ball for that purpose... i did the same

[Guest graphix1988]

actually will it be hard to unscrew?

[FxrAndy]

it all depends how tight it is

[robertb]

With these reps, sometimes I think it's harder to get them screwed back in than it is to get them out.

[Guest graphix1988]

cos i heard that there is lots of fake 2824 around in the market, so.. im worried if mine is a fake china eta.

so should i bring it to my watch smith?

[PAMman]

Some of the above methods should get the back off but I'm more curious about the 'movement' of the movement. Even if the clamps aren't tight or too short and not doing their job, when the crown is screwed in this should hold the movement firmly in place. If there is still a noise it may simply be the rotor spinning. When the crown is unscrewed the dial will floating about if the movement is loose so it should be easy to determine the problem without removing the caseback.