BK YM Woes

[jdwango]

Hi Folks,

My BK YM has developed a serious defect. One of the hour indicators has come off. See picture.

Any suggestions on who can fix? Love this watch and would hate to see it disposed.

Thanks

JD

[Erict719]

Bk.....

[HartDoc]

Send BK a note.

 

He can fix you up

[ceocorona]

Hey now the YM is vintage! Ha, kidding.  BK will help you out!  

[tictoc21]

You can also send it to Vac.  He's worked on 5 of my watches, two of which had a similar problem and he has done an excellent job.  I also had an issue with a BK watch, which he took care of no problem; however, his watchsmith is in Asia, China I believe.

[jdwango]

Thanks Guys! Will PM BK.

[jdwango]

Have not received a response from BK. Anyone get a response from him?

[irolexu]

You can try mymanmatt. He is conus and is very well capable of that job.

[stratcat]

or PBdad. Excellent work.

[Tonyyammine]

Keep trying bk he will help u.

[TeeJay]

Do you have any experience with watch repair at all? This is something that, with the correct tools, you could do yourself in less than 30 minutes...

- Unscrew a link, or remove the fine adjustment spring bar from the clasp so the bracelet becomes two halves

- Unscrew case back (various tools available for doing this, personally, I use rubber gloves and thumb pressure)

- Unscrew crown and pull to the hand-setting position

- With appropriate tool (small screwdriver etc) carefully depress the stem release and carefully withdraw stem from movement.

- Unscrew any case clamps/remove plastic movement retainer

- Place closed hand over the open case back, then flip upside down to view dial. Slowly lift case and bracelet off of movement.

- Place empty case crystal up on clean work surface so as not to get dust inside the crystal

- Cafefully reposition the marker and press it back into place with a fingernail (while wearing glove/finger cots)

Taking special care to re-insert the stem carefully, so as not to foul the keyless works, reverse the steps, and job done

[Mike on a bike]

Yea Tee like I wouldn't "F" that up!

[TeeJay]

Yea Tee like I wouldn't "F" that up!

I had to do it to my birthday 1665 OOTB... Of course, if someone hasn't been 'under the hood' before, definitely best left to a pro, but, with the right tools and know how, it is a very straight forward and quick fix

[stratcat]

I'm not so sure BK will "fix you up". The last piece I got from him had a Swiss ETA 2836-2 with a Chinese GMT complication that slips. (Second time this has happened from him). I was pretty much told that I was on my own. The first time this happened, he replaced the movement with an ETA 2893-2, at my expense. Took months!