Moisture/condensation in My Hammy

[Utheman]

A question for the watch repair experts:

I Wore my Hamilton 42mm Khaki Field at the lake last weekend and it got condensation on both front and back crystals.
I removed the caseback and placed it in a sealed tupperware container w/ 2 small silica gel bags.

How long will it take for the movement to be totally dry? T.I.A.

[hiker01]

Try putting it in a soup bowl half full of rice, backside up and cover it with plastic!

 

Goodluck!

[Utheman]

Thanks guys.  I did put some rice in the container with the watch and now it seems as though all the water is gone.  I couldn't see any moisture in the movement, but that doesn't mean it's not there.

The [censored] of it is, I just got it serviced by Swatch about 1 month ago. It should still be under warranty still, but I'm not sure they'll believe me now that I've opened it and dried it out.

I think I'll leave it as is, put it together, get it pressure check and then monitor how it's running.  If any issues arise, back to Swatch it goes.

[madmole]

How will they tell the back has been off? they will only know if you tell them. Just say you put it in sealed container with rice until it was dry

 

Shoddy service, they need to do it again and properly, at a minimum they should have regreased the O rings and pressure tested it