Just Thougt U All Would Enjoy The Wonderful World Of Genuine

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basically doing a transformation for another customer , he sent me his genuine watch and asked me to swap it out for him and his stem would not lock properly , so i figured out why , and thought i would share with u what all u have to tear down just to get to the screw that releases and locks down the crown stem , enjoy!!!

basically u r looking at a 1570 rolex movment most common in your 1680 vintages that we have come to love , well real rolex lovers do anyway, lol

well i dont usually work on movments but i have over time had to , just like this one, mainly its not something i enjoy to do , basically it is a micro puzzle in 3D for me , if i were to do it i feel i would be pretty decent at it and i have taken some movments all apart and put it back together again fairly easily , just tidious is all

however this one is a genuine and i really didnt feel like buying my customer/friend a new movment , lol but he said fix it so i am , all im waiting for is the part to come in now but i thought u guys would like to see how different the genuine 1570 movment locking mechanism is and what all it takes to get it out , i believe the professional term is a decanter , i may be spelling it wrong , lol (i know what all the little parts do but i cant tell u the real names of them all basically) lol

this pic is of the front of the movment , to me and u it is the back of the movment where the winder is but as i have learned professionals call this the front and what we call the front they call the back, hmmmm i knew i was ass backwards but now im confused, lol

oh yeah if u attempt this at home please dont forget to let down your mainspring , also try and keep the screws that came out each areas together with that area , it will make it easier to assemble

also just wanted u to see the winder and how different it is compared to those chinese copies that have the pink wheels, basically all the ping wheels u see on genuine r part of the winding wheel as u can see it is all together and is assmebled on top of the movment , but on those eta with painted wheels to basiclaly look similar they r part of the movment and to me that paint will come off eventually and get in your movment so for me why bother ? lol

and here is the little bugger that is broken, at the end of it it should have a tiny piece of threads on top but it is gone basically broken off and sitting in the part above (very first picture) that looks like a small arm and it is actually called that decanter name or something like that , lol and yes i have to remove that threaded part so the new little piece can screw into that

how it works is when u screw it down it pushed the little arm away and there is a post underneath that closes in between the groove of the crown stem and visa versa when removming , when broken it just spins and does nothing basically , lol

hope u enjoyed it and again just felt u might like learning something , lol

joe