HaydenM Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Hi All, With christmas coming up I wish to give my mother the gift of a watch and have had a vintage Movado that I purchased a while back sitting in my desk for this. I am just wondering if anybody would have any idea how I would go about removing the caseback on this watch as I would like to give the dial and the inside of the crystal a clean before giving it as a gift. Thanks in advance for any help. Regards, HaydenM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Are there any witness marks from previous removals? I'd have thought a case knife would be required? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydenM Posted December 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 3 hours ago, kernow said: Are there any witness marks from previous removals? I'd have thought a case knife would be required? Hey mate, Thankfully I have found where to open the case back (just to state for the record there is a minute minute mark opposite the crown). Took it apart and cleaned up the inside of the crystal and most of the dial. Going to try to clean up the outside of the crystal now and should be ready to gift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Good stuff. Would be nice to see a photo of it opened up and also when finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydenM Posted December 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Good stuff. Would be nice to see a photo of it opened up and also when finished. I'll be sure to do so. It has a very cute movement inside. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydenM Posted December 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Some photos of it taken apart: And of course the obligatory wrist shot: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydenM Posted December 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Update: Something, somewhere in the movement is screwed up now, so the movement is currently in pieces. This will be interesting hahaSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Wow, that is nice. I would have thought it would have been Quartz but even better; a mechanical movement. I hope your mum appreciates it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydenM Posted December 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Wow, that is nice. I would have thought it would have been Quartz but even better; a mechanical movement. I hope your mum appreciates it. It's one of the old Zenith movements. I picked it up for a steal on eBay not knowing what size it was thinking that it was dirt cheap if it was a men's watch and still cheap of a woman's. Now I'll just have to do some movement work as it appears something isn't working properly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydenM Posted December 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Update: The watch is repaired after losing a single screw in my entire room and spending about an hour searching for it. Should be a good gift hopefully Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Well done. I hope it brings years of enjoyment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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