ahro23

Yeah this guy posted about wanting one a little while ago

http://www.rwgforum.net/topic/167963-help-needed-omega-moonwatch-co-axial/

Basically you have to save up to get one. I own a gen (got it as an engagement gift from my awesome wife!) and I absolutely love it. I'm SO glad I went with it rather than the gen Panerai 312 I was considering

Yeah... doesn't look good at all

Thanks for the reply krpster, that's going to be super helpful! Can you please walk me through pulling out the rest of the stem though? I've never done anything like that before and it looks like a pretty tight spot to get a grip on what's left in the watch to grab it. Sorry if I'm asking a silly question

So I heard back from Andrew earlier this evening and he seemed confused when I told him there was no crown clutch. Would it help to send him a picture of the crown assembly I currently have? He did mention that any disassembly would void any kind of warranty I would have with him and this watch.

Crown clutch is gone. You will need a new crown. Email Andrew.

Just shot him an email and attached the photo. Thank you for looking at it!

Edit: So when/if he sends me a new crown, I'm assuming the tiny spring still needs to go on the little post, correct? I'll probably be bumping this thread again once I can get a fix.

I posted this in the repair subforum but wanted to bounce this one off you guys to see if anyone ran into the problem I'm having:

Just received my first new rep from Andrew this afternoon and was SUPER excited. I took a whole bunch of pics (which I'll post in a review thread later), set the rubber strap into the right spot on the deployment buckle then tried to set the time and that's where things went bad....

I opened up the crown guard and pulled out the crown to set the time. It came out but when I turned it nothing happened to the hands. I figured maybe I didn't pull it out enough, pulled a little more and heard a pretty satisfying click (as with normal watches) and the crown would turn with almost no resistance and nothing would happen to the hands. I took the crown guard off to see what was going on and the crown just came out along with a tiny spring:

I did a quick search about this little spring and I guess it's common with Panerais for water resistance? I picked the watch up over lunch so didn't really have a ton of time to play with it, but I'm really not sure what to do here. I'll try to put the spring back on the little post and see if I can line up the crown correctly but does anyone else have any recommendations? Thank you in advance! 

MODS: I'm sorry for creating this thread twice but I wanted to hit the Panerai crew too. Please feel free to move/merge as you see fit

Just received my first new rep from Andrew this afternoon and was SUPER excited. I took a whole bunch of pics (which I'll post in a review thread later), set the rubber strap into the right spot on the deployment buckle then tried to set the time and that's where things went bad....

I opened up the crown guard and pulled out the crown to set the time. It came out but when I turned it nothing happened to the hands. I figured maybe I didn't pull it out enough, pulled a little more and heard a pretty satisfying pop (as with normal watches) and the crown would turn with almost no resistance and nothing would happen to the hands. I took the crown guard off to see what was going on and the crown just came out along with a tiny spring:

I did a quick search about this little spring and I guess it's common with Panerais for water resistance? I picked the watch up over lunch so didn't really have a ton of time to play with it, but I'm really not sure what to do here. I'll try to put the spring back on the little post and see if I can line up the crown correctly but does anyone else have any recommendations? Thank you in advance!

I don't mean to tease you but I got a gen and love it. We're trying to help you out but you seem pretty motivated on getting as close to the real thing as possible. Definitely save up for one!

I'm pretty sure Andrew sells them at Trusty Time.