Third time's a charm

[andreww]

Well my UPO Lite developed a stripped crown/tube shortly after it arrived and Trusty immediately replaced it at cost, which allowed me to have both the pumpkin and black version of this beautiful watch. Several months back I replaced the crown/tube assembly with gen Omega parts, but the other day after setting the time, you guessed it Another stripped tube. Luckily I had an extra set lying about and today she is good as new, but this is the third tube in less than a year, and I can't even blame this one on the shitty rep part! Is there something wrong with the internally threaded crown/tube design or am I just a victim of bad luck?

[fakemaster]

Not bad luck. I have built a few POs. And I have had two stems do this. One resulted in the keyless works getting jacked up. Must be some kind of flaw.