Water in rep

[Bryce86]

D'oh! Girl was in the shower and I reached in to adjust taps and got my panerai wet... Though nothing of it but half an hour later the dial was steamed up and it seems to be out of time now.

Fixes or is it fff'd? and unfortunately I don t have pictures..

Edited December 24, 2011 by Bryce86

[mikellem]

Can you open the back and do you have any silica gel packets?

If so.. put in a baggie the watch and silica gel packets.

Also is you get the back off, use a hair dryer on very low heat and

how air..

OR do you have a watch guy that will look at it today?

Good Luck.

MM

[Bryce86]

Thank you. Unfortunately I dont have the correct tools, can it be done with any other tools? I have a reasonable selection.

[mikellem]

Since the watch is new, I would not take the risk of

scratching the watch...Put the watch in silica gel if

you have any.

Otherwise I would not touch it if the watch is brand new.

If you scratch it up, the watch dealer will not exchange

it. they will send it in for repair, if new. demand

a new watch even if they have to order one!

MM

[Bryce86]

but its replica? I didn't think they were waterproof?

[Jkay]

A replica can be waterproof. All it takes is a good design and good QC.

Do you have dry white rice? if you cant get silica gel paks then you can always use a sealed container with dry uncooked rice to suck out the water from the watch.

[mikellem]

Good one Jkay...

actually forgot about the rice~

You are smarter than me anyway..

Cheers,

MM

[asf]

but its replica? I didn't think they were waterproof?

Do what they guys here are saying to do.

My rep AP Diver under water

[Bryce86]

Thanks for the advice lads.

So should my pam have handled a splash in the shower?

[TeeJay]

I've had maybe 2-3 watches out of at least two dozen which I wasn't able to get wet, but other than that, my watches have all been dunkable, stand up to showering, bathing and swimming without issue I know other folks haven't always had the same luck as me with water-resistance, and this really is one of those YMMV subjects, but for the most part, I think it is a reasonable (and fairly safe) expectation for a watch which is historically a diver's watch, to be water-resistant out of the box

[Adeodatus]

A replica can be waterproof. All it takes is a good design and good QC.

Do you have dry white rice? if you cant get silica gel paks then you can always use a sealed container with dry uncooked rice to suck out the water from the watch.

Great advice. I'll have to remember it.

[Jkay]

Thanks for the advice lads.

So should my pam have handled a splash in the shower?

The real problem is the lack of quality control at the watch factory. Your watch might be designed to be waterproof but if the assembler forgets to put in your rubber gaskets ... oops! There is no inspector to find this fault.

Modern high quality replicas with screw-down (or lever sealed like PAM) crowns can be made waterproof. Its just a matter of proper gaskets. They normally have these in place but there is no guarantee.

[Bryce86]

Took the case back off, gentle heat with hair dryer at distance and then sealed bag for a few hours with silica gel. Now bone try and running sweet - thank you all!

How could I find out if the gasket is in there?

[FxrAndy]

You should see the gasket/oring on the case back or the case when you opened it

[Bryce86]

There was an O ring on the case back, but how about the crown/stem?

[FxrAndy]

you would have to remove the crown, another regular souce or leaks is the crystal, and crystal gasket, i have had watches with non round crastals in the past that would not be water restistant no matter what, other s with crushed and deformed crystals gaskets