Rolex GMT Master IIc Crown & Stem

[willzy]

Hi All,

 

Yesterday I received this watch a Rolex GMT Master IIc - Nickle Plated Asian Eta 2836-2 Modified to Rolex Calibre 3187 Markings and Bridges, Automatic Movement, 25J, 28800bph

 

Today I realized the GMT was falling behind so I adjusted it to the correct time to the bezel.

 

When I tried to screw the crown back in, it doesn't screw in anymore and remains popped out in the winding position.

 

Any idea what's wrong? and what needs to be changed to fix it?

 

Many thanks,

 

Will

[willzy]

I had a closer look at it looks like the crown tube has gone missing??

 

 

No idea what happened, this is less than 1 day old..

[willzy]

I'm thinking one end of the tube is still in there and the end that the crown screws on has snapped off some how..

 

Is this an easy fix? 

 

The dealer will be sending me the parts and I'll try and fix it myself.

[kbh]

if you can get the crown and stem out without gumming up the movement, it shouldn't be a problem. Use an EZ Out screw extractor to get the rest of the tube out.

[willzy]

one end of the tube is in the crown, other end is still in the case.

 

I've managed to extract the tube from the crown. 

 

just need to extract the tube from within the watch.

 

anyone know where I can get a replacement tube?

[kbh]

There are several different size crowns and tubes. It might be easier and safer to just buy them both at once, other wise you may end up with different threads on the crown side. I'm currently looking for a crown for a SSD and I've got 3 different old ones that don't fit the existing threads.

 

BKLM1234 is one possibility if your're in US.