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Crown "wobbling"?


atomic_doug

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Has this ever happened to anyone else?

I have a never ending Pre-V 201/A project going and in doing a test-fitting, I had to button everything up.

The case is an older 111, the crown tube is DSN.

The crown is currently one of DSN's newer spring-loaded crowns.

The stem is straight and squarely installed in the crown.

The movement is well-secured and lined-up in the case.

Yet, when I wind the watch, it's obvious that the crown appears "tilted". It looks like it's wobbling on the axis of the stem. When the crown guard is in the closed position, the crown sits perfectly flush.

Moreover, when I get near the end of the winding, the crown feels noticeably harder to wind at a certain point in its rotation; additionally, when I completely un-wind the movement and let the crown spin freely backwards, it doesn't unwind smoothly, hesitating at a certain point in the crown's rotation.

If, while winding the watch, I let go of the crown when it's in that certain stiff position, it will turn itself back a few degrees, as if it's been left under tension.

Could this be a function of the crown tube being crooked? The crown itself is defective? Is it something really obvious that I'm missing?

I'm puzzled by this one. Any help, fellows?

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Either the crown stem is loose which is an easy fix or the neck of your corwn is broken which means you need a new crown

Impossible to tell without taking it out and inspecting it. If you can not do so then send it to The Zigmeister

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Stem screwed into the crown but I doubt that is the issue. 99% of the time a wobbly crown means the crown neck is broken and you will need a new crown. Again impossible to confirm without a picture

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