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The first steps into watch repair..

Well this is my second watch opening and it worked out well....

thanks to The Zigmeister and Edge's repair booklets..

I received a 45mm PO with what looked like a bad crystal...it was so bad

that I ordered a 2nd used PO that, according to the seller had a perfect crystal..

in order to do a swap and have extra parts for any future repairs.

Just received the used po today and after taking the my watch apart, I decided to

give the original crystal a good cleaning.... and what do you know.. all the un-even

inner surfaces turned out to be removable...

My watch face never looked so good.. as a matter of fact it's much cleaner than the

crystal I received today....

I feel kind of silly now for ordering the 2nd.. but I paid peanuts for it..

and feel good that I was able to take the watch apart and

put her back together... I also have a spare watch .. just in case...

Only problem I encountered was replacing the crystal without a press....

What I did was place a cloth on a cutting board,.. placed the crystal face down on the cloth..

fitted the case on top of the crystal, .eyeing the placement.. then placed a book on top of them

and striking the middle of the book with my fist.. Worked perfectly... :lol:

I plan on trying to learn to do my own repairs... I want to be free, if you know what I mean...

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Black 45mm PO.... Beautiful ! :thumbsupsmileyanim:

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What I did was place a cloth on a cutting board,.. placed the crystal face down on the cloth..

fitted the case on top of the crystal, .eyeing the placement.. then placed a book on top of them

and striking the middle of the book with my fist.. Worked perfectly... :lol:

:Jumpy::bangin:

That's scary :lol: You've got big balls DT :thumbsupsmileyanim:

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Thanks guys for the support ! I really appreciate it !

As for cleaning it only took eye glass cleaning solution and two cotton swabs..

and a bit of blowing...

From seeing the condition of this 2nd PO that I now have.. if anyone has this

model 45mm po from Trusty,.. and have not cleaned the interior of your crystal..

you don't know what you are missing... these watches come with very badly fogged

lenses.. that are so bad it looks asthough the crystal is flawed internally..

I can't believe the difference.. my dial looks 100% better.. I can now wear it

outside in sunlight !

James bond stylie....at the beach... Glad I live in So-Cal.... B)

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As for cleaning it only took eye glass cleaning solution and two cotton swabs..

and a bit of blowing...

From seeing the condition of this 2nd PO that I now have.. if anyone has this

model 45mm po from Trusty,.. and have not cleaned the interior of your crystal..

you don't know what you are missing... these watches come with very badly fogged

lenses.. that are so bad it looks asthough the crystal is flawed internally..

Been there and done that!

Rusty Watch

I should add that the watch is now a little peach and my daily beater! Been dropped in a few buckets of water too and still as clean and dry inside as the day I fixed it!!

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Congrats RT glad to see you give it a go. So much for lack of cahones?

Good job and I told you the feeling of fiddling with your own watch was awesome. Now you should be able to follow a couple of the guides and do pretty much anything you need to.

Congrats again and Nice watch. If you want rid of the 2nd PO LMK lol.

Edge!

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Good stuff Kevin, I'm doing a little dabbling myself thanks to a couple of members (Bazz and Offshore) for getting me all set up.

Ken

Edit to add; actually if anyone has some old non working watches that they were going to toss, I will be glad to pay postage if you would send them to me for practise,

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This is why I wrote the tutorials and this is why I am sure that Rob and Tommy and Joe and the guys post how-to's.

I really enjoy seeing people try these things themselves and there are a lot og how-to guides out there for DIY'ing, this is a main reason for loveing the forum, it's a mutually beneficial forum in which LOTS of members post great tips and procedures for doing things yourself, and it is a really great feeling.

RT good job and keep it up.

@Ken I might have something for you soon ;)

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