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Hi there. Looking into the Green Tint Milgauss from Josh. Anyone have any experience with this one? I love the gen!!!

Nothing like a little SoCal Rockin' & Rollin!

Wow!!! That is really stunning work! Ubi you did a fantastic job. Is this the watch that was in your other thread on the weekend?

Hi fellow SoCal members. Thought I would start a new thread to see who is around in Souther California. So far from the other thread we have: Ztech shafto chronoluvv avitt wwarren and Me :-)

Oh ok.......sent you a pm

So are there only four of us in SoCal? Me, shafto, chronoluvvv and Ztech? Surely there are more than that?

Just for general interest, I was looking for some sort of container I could use to store the movement and dial while I await my new tools. I found that the little plastic containers you get when you buy fuses works perfectly! Also, thank you to Birdman for the wonderful green Anti-Static mat. It is a perfect work surface and great price too!

Here are some more pictures of the disassembly in progress. I have placed an order with ofrei to get more tools so I can continue to disassemble. I need some smaller screwdrivers so I can removed the date wheel. Here is the movement with hands removed: Here is the watch dial, movement and hands removed: Here is a close up of the stem in tact at the 6 o'clock position Any further suggestions anyone can offer up would be greatly appreciated.

Ok, so I found another post online that helped out. I got the dial off and now I am looking at the date wheel. There are three, very small screws holding down the SS thrust plate. I am going to guess that I need to remove these in order to get the date wheel off? I have been taking pictures along the way but unfortunately I do not have my cable to get the pictures off of the camera. I will post pics soon.

One more of probably several questions to come: on a quartz movement like the OS10, how do I remove the dial? I don't see any dial screws on this, so am I to assume that the dial is glued on? If that is the case, then are the hand stems the only thing I have to use for the re-alignment of the dial when I put it back on? I just want to make sure that when I put this one back together (or put the dial on a new movement) that I do it right. The last thing I want to do is get that wrong and then just sit there staring at it and cursing at myself for not thinking about that before hand! Also, if it is glued on, then what sort of glue should I use to re-attach the dial later on?

Not too much is beyond my comfort level. And tools can be purchased I just need to figure out which ones. I have been looking at screwdriver sets and as much as I would love to pick up a Bergeon set, that may be a little hard to justify $$. But I am game to keep going with this watch. I am thrilled to hear that I most likely didn't kill it. I found a brand new Miyota OS10 movement on the bay for $27 so worst case scenario I will learn how to replace an entire movement.

Not sure if it was my photo or not, but it seems as though, under magnification that the post is there and in tact. I have managed to replace the hand as well as remove and re-straighten the hand at 12 o'clock. Now I seem to have a much bigger problem. The stem push lever to remove the crown/stem assembly does not seem to work. Under magnification, I don't even see a lever in there anymore. Is is possible that I broke it using the thumb tack? I don't remember using that much force, but for the life of me, I cannot get the stem to come out so I can put the movement back into the case. FYI, this watch has a quartz Miyota OS10 movement (from what I can read on the back). Anyone have any helpful suggestions? Have I killed my first watch? Is there any hope of rebuilding this? Also, is there a special tool anyone can recommend to use to push down the stem release? Thanks for all your help guys! It definitely makes me love coming to this place more and more each day!

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Got my Narikaa PO, black bezel, rubber strap today!

It was the only thing small enough to release the crown and stem assembly. I have more tools on the way, but in the meantime, that will have to do! Definitely not ideal, but it worked out ok so far. I wouldn't use that on a more expensive watch though, that's for sure.

So I am super excited. I just took apart my first watch! I bought this a couple of weeks ago and I guess due to the nature of shipping and the quality of the watch, one of the small hands fell off. I was going to try and find a rep friendly watch smith and then I decided to just try it myself. Thanks to the member who helped me start this off (you know who you are!). Once I get it fixed and assembled I will post more pics.

Depending on the rep, I believe it should have some small Hex Screws that screw in to the bar. Unscrew those and pull it out. I could be wrong, but that is how mine is.

Awesome! Glad to hear that worked out for you!

I'm still looking for someone in the LA area as well, but if someone has a good recommendation in the OC, then I wouldn't mind the drive. In the meantime, I am going to start learning to fix them myself. (or at least try )

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Steph, I am in front of Outlook 2003 now. I don't see any settings as P4GTR mentioned. I would be that, even though you are virus protected, you may not be spyware protected. Most of the virus software simply cannot keep up with the spyware and adware programs that viciously attack the PC. I would download ad-aware from lavasoft. You can get it from download.com for free. That is a great program and once you have it running and installed, you will be surprised, if not down right shocked at the amount of stuff installed on your computer. Note: if you already have ad-aware, or something like it, do not think that it is magically going to prevent spyware from being installed. It needs to be updated and run on a regular basis. It is not automatic by any means. While spyware may not be a virus, it can still wreak havoc on your system and do things just like you described. Hope that helps! If not, don't hesitate to PM me or ask any other questions. RED

Hello. My name is RED and I am a watch addict! I just can't seem to stop buying all of these great reps!

Well, the downtown folks are an option I suppose, but considering the quality of what they sell, I don't know that I am too keen on letting them try and fix their own junk. I think I will just take the watch repair course and I already bought some new tools. Time to start learning how to do it myself! I'm pretty handy with mechanical stuff so I think I will be able to figure it out. I have at least one good "project" watch to practice on and the online courses that include the movements will be a good place to learn what I need. Can anyone suggest some good watch repair books/guides for me to look into? If there aren't any good, rep friendly repair folk here, maybe I will just have to become one myself!

Yeah, I guess it's just a little too speedy! Oh well, I am happy to have a new "project" watch that I can dissect and figure out!

Thanks Toad. That is exactly what I was thinking. No loss if I damage it, and if anything else I can certainly learn a lot about it. I already dove in and purchased numerous watch repair tools and I have a huge collection of fine jewelers tools for my everyday job. Really getting excited about getting in the new tools so I can crack this baby open! I did check out your noob guide (which is EXTREMELY informative!) but I think that this particular watch may be well beyond just a simple adjustment like that.