mymanmatt

Use one of those big red candle lighters. Put a small piece of cardbord around the edge of the crystal, side opposite of the cyclops, and hold it with a small pair of pliers. The cardboard keeps the pliers form absorbing the heat from the crystal. Heat it under the cyclops for about a minute or until you see the cyclops pop. Then push it off, lay the crystal down and let it cool. Clean the residue with a single edge razor blade, windex the crystal, your done

For people that work on watches, it IS a simple repair. However, trying to repair it yourself can complicate the repair. What has happened is, someone has disloged the set lever. The movement needs to come out so the repair can be done from the top. Takes around ten minutes. Look for another repair shop.

Same principal. Slightly bend the skinny side. When she closes it, use a rolling motion instead of pushing straight down.

I keep them in stock. $28.00

Ladies dials do not sell quickly. Ive had some for years, no interest

Lots of reasons for it not to be running, some of them very costly. I would at least try to find a working movement. Then a minor service could do the trick

I don't think thats a good idea

I only see 1 screw, it has 2. Where is the other one?

It does work

I can get them

a slight tap on the side may reposition the balance staff, if thats whats wrong. If it was dropped while running that will happen. If doesn't start, service it.

I have some. Can you be more specific

I have them in white

Im guessing your talking about a ceramic. Is it blue? I just repaired one with the exact same problem. Let me know matthew.wright@sbcglobal.net

I have gen rolex cyclops

looks gen to me

Good advise. Do not wear it, the screw that holds the rotor is rolling around inside your case. If it wedges under the hair spring, it can do major damage. Be sure and loctite it when you reinstall it.

Wow. In all my years I have never seen a bent lug. I have even seen them after they were droped into a garbage disposal. ( yes it was on ) and the lugs were gouged, but not bent. Good luck with repair. You might want to trim the bracelet end piece instead of the lug

One way to to tell for sure is to rub your fingernail around the cyclops. The gen is very smooth on all sides. All the aftermarkets have a noticable roughness to them on the very lower edge. The aftermakets are not polished there. You will notice that on the clark crystal also.

irolexu forgot how we do it. Install all of your bearings and springs first. Then set the bezel on top of them. THEN put your retainer ring on with the skinny side down. Then press the retainer ring into position, gently. You can use a bezel from a datejust, turn it upside down, if fits perfectly over the crystal. Press it down gently until you have the correct tension against you bezel. Install the insert and you are done

No it has nothing to do with the dwo alignment. Remove the old dwo, be sure the calandar wheel is clean before you install the new one. Use you dial to align the new dwo. Move it up or down or left or right to align in the window properly. When you are finished, pull the stem to set time position and move it slowly until the date changes, then install your hour hand, roll it to 6 oclock, then install you minute hand. done

In guessing you have the wrong case tube. Yes you can brouche it and it may work. Be careful and don't take too much out. I have had many aftermarket case tubes Ive needed to do that to.

Lets see those pics and maybe we can solve your problem

Yes there is a bezel tightener tool. However, it is not made for stainless bezels

Most of the time the dial is glued to the dial ring. The dial ring sometimes will rotate on the movement, misaligning your window over the dwo. Remove the the dial from the movement and verify the the dial ring is glued onto the dial. Take a small pair of needle nose pliars and slightly, and I do mean slightly bend the dial ring In about 4 places equal distance apart. This will hold your dial in position until it is completly mounted. The tabs put pressure against the dial and keep it from moving in the case.