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Yep - have a pretty decent screwdriver set. Just not enough room even for the tiniest/skinniest. I'm going to give it some wrist time as is. It's pretty close and I'm just not willing to f it up for a minor tweak. Thanks for the suggestions.

Offshore - thanks for your reply. I was hoping that there was a trick I might have missed before resorting to blacksmithing . Hate to inadvertently leave any marks. The clasp is a fairly thick stamping.....would take a bit of force to get it to yield me thinks.............

I need to find a half link worth of adjustment on a Milgauss bracelet. It appears that can be had within the clasp. I believe that is a spring bar in the photo with 2 alternate pin detent positions. On this bracelet, every tool I have (not great tools) is too thick. Heck, I even tried a razor blade....too thick. This thing is TIGHT! What's the trick/tool needed? Pictures below.

Yep, see it. Took it apart again. Got it. Did it. Done. Didn't realize that little silver disk was a cap glued onto the head of a screw. Thanks!

OK - First attempt at watch photography and posting from photobucket...crossing my fingers (thanks Pugwash/Toad):

Thanks for all the quick advice. Very cool. Not being one to sit on my thumbs, I decided to dig in. I have pictures, but don't know how to post - I do know how to email pictures if anyone is interested. I don't know all the proper watch component vernacular, so I may make words up as I go along. I disconnected the bracelet and removed the case back with the sticky-ball-o-tape trick. At that point I was expecting to see the watch movement only to discover another cover.....that must be the rotor cap. I removed the cap with another ball-o-tape to find, indeed, the rogue displaced rotar. Being extremely careful and deliberate at this point, I removed the rotor and looked for fastening component like a tiny screw, etc. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Looking at it, I'm not really sure what or where a fastening mechanism would play a role in holding the rotor in place(?). It appeared to me that the rotor just sits in place in the center of the mechanism in its obvious location and the center of the rotor (rotor hub?) acts as a stand off or shoulder that is held in place by the rotor cap. In turn, the rotor cap is held in place by the screwed on case back. Anyway, that was my rookie wack at it. Given that, I reassembled everything. The trickiest part was keeping the o-ring in place. To make a long story longer, one hour later the rotor is staying in place (after some exaggerated jostling) and making a faint, normally-behaved-rotor noise, the stem functions fine and the watch is still doing its job of moving the hands in the right directions with proper etiquette. Of course, I must have missed something or the assembly must have been missing something because there is still that nagging issue about a "screw".................?

Thanks for your reply. So if it is a detached rotor, what can I expect to find and what is the fix? If you would like to PM me a short tutorial or have a link that might be helpful, that would be great. My last message back from the dealer implied nothing can happen for another 10 days because of Chinese New Year. No return info provided yet.

This isn't an attempt to bad mouth anyone and I am sure it will be taken care of one way or another. I just received a Milgauss from a preferred supplier here. Upon opening the box, it sounded like a loose marble was rolling around in the case. I did not unwrap it - I contacted the seller and we are exchanging emails as I type this. His first suggestion is to remove the case back and check to see if the rotor became unattached. This is the version with a 3131 type movement. How big of a deal is that? I'm new to this as you can tell by the number of posts, but I'm not timid - if it is a simple deal and the dealer will stand behind it (still waiting to hear back), I would be willing to take a shot. At this point I have not even removed the plastic for fear of not being able to return it. If he asks me to ship it back, what are the issues that I should be aware of if any? What do you think the shipping costs might be and should a good dealer be willing to pick up the shipping costs since the watch as received is defective? Any advice appreciated.

I spotted that one too. But then I was thinking that (from what I've read here) that the higher end rep of this watch is very, very good......so maybe buy the rep and use the other $1200+ on another nice used gen that harder to rep and/or several other good reps(?).

I will be watching for you on TV. You'll be the one with the nice watch, right? Real money out there.....and LOTS of nice watches....and great cars! From one car guy to another...have fun!

Thank you from someone on the other end of your stay here - the front end. I too have just dropped in for my first rep and have enjoyed MANY of your posts. My 1st is on the way.....hoping for a good experience. Who knows.....maybe I'll be around here longer than I first anticipated also. I feel a twinge of a habit coming on...........

It's working again.

A few of us have been having problems accessing Joshua's site looking for tracking information. Anyone know if he is going through another domain change. Looking at his history, this seems to have happened a few times in the last several months. Is this common? Part of the nature of this industry? New here, so just wondering. He seems to have a good history, so no worries at this point.......

Yes, I understand. I just haven't made the leap yet to seeing big watches on smaller wrists as being a look I'm comfortable with. My wrist is about 7.125" - just seems like the Cockpit Chrono has better balance and proportion. I guess the good news is that a gen Chrono Cockpit being sold as used is likely to be, in fact, a gen.

Does anyone make a Cockpit Chrono rep?