sneed12 Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 A friend of mine asked me to look at his watch; he sent it into Citizen a few years ago for warranty work and it came back with the internal bezel slightly misaligned. It doesn't look as though the bezel/crystal assembly comes off from the front, Rolex-style. It looks like the crystal is a press-in and I need to access it from the back. I can get the regular stem out no problem (there's a hole with "PUSH" engraved next to it) but I can't seem to find a release for the secondary (alarm) stem. Anyone know where the release is? I don't want to start unscrewing anything else until I know what I'm doing. (In both photos, the primary stem release is a hole near the leftmost brass screw, almost overlapping. The black round thing on the right, near the "S" of "JEWELS" is not a hole or button and does not appear to be the release.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted July 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 No one has ever torn one of these down before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenTLe Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 Hi Sneed, yesterday I tryed to dig into the web for good 45 mins and didn't manage to find anything tech about it (just a bunch of user manuals). Looks like a quite rare movement... Are you sure the black spot next to the alarm stem isn't the good one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted July 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Yes, I'm sure! It's not a hole at all, that's why it can't be a stem release, it has a plastic plug in it. I guess next thing I'll do is start unscrewing the brass screws... thanks for your effort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraggle42 Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Have you tried to prise out that black plastic plug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted July 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 No, there's no way to pull it out without digging into it and I don't want to damage it. It also may not be a plug, just a black plastic piece under the hole for whatever reason. I think the next step is to unscrew those brass screws around the outside part and take the plate off and see what I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraggle42 Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Yes, I would say thats definitely the least risky way to investigate. There doesn't seem to be any jewels in that piece, so hopefully nothing will "ping" and go flying when you remove it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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