Problems re-inserting crown stem

[MasterMark]

Hello all. Been practicing my watchmaking "skills" on a cheap Asian automatic watch. I'm trying to slot the crown stem back in. It seems to go back in fine and the movement kicks in ok, but the stem isn't "fixed" - I can just pull it straight out again which obviously means it's not in properly. Does anyone have advice as to what I can try to sort this? If it helps, the stem was originally released via a small push button. Thanks!

[offshore]

Well it sounds suspiciously like our perrenial favourite, the keyless works!

Instead of attempting to explain things, can I suggest you type "keyless works" into the search area, top right, and browse through the 27 pages of answers you will find. Somewhere in there I am sure you will get an answer.

And if things are still not clear, by all means come back here, and ask again, and we will draft any one of quite a few members who have experienced this same malady (some more than once!) to sort it through for you.

Fortunate it is a cheap Asian, as it will now be in for at least a dial removal, so you are lucky that your skill set is about to improve further.

I'm actually surprised that this one is not part of Toads Noobs guide?

Good luck, and come questioning again, if you need to know more.

O/S

[MasterMark]

excellent stuff offshore, thanks. I did the search for "stem" but somehow didn't see the "keyless works" term (and obviously didn't know what it was). Looks like I pushed the push button too far down and it's now remained depressed.

Thanks for the info, off to read and learn a little more!