magnus Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Just got mine today (old version) And I was just browsing here @ rwg and read an article about the crown and steam problem http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=74029 Does this happend alot to this model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllergyDoc Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 I had one that, when I sold it, would barely screw down. It's a very common problem but can be inexpensively fixed if you can go your own work (I can't). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Yes it is a common problem. It has something to do with the thread pitch and depth. The fix uses a gen tube and crown but the gen tube fits a bit loose in the case which means you can either glue it in (what The Zigmeister did for me) or drill THROUGH the original tube to turn it into a sort of "shim" and fix the new tube INTO the old tube. You can get links to this problem in my SMP review linked in my signature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky78 Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Mine got stipped, now it has GEN crown and tube, but the crystal is at Jakub... but the crown is smooth as butter!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Mine got stipped, now it has GEN crown and tube, but the crystal is at Jakub... but the crown is smooth as butter!!! Same. I was careful with the crown winding too doing the counter-clockwise turn with pressure until the threads engaged before screwing it in...but still the problem appeared. Now it's great. I just have to be careful not to over tighten the crown as the tube is glued with epoxy and overtightening will rip it out of the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman_Fred Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 I have just sent my SMP Chrono (old version) to my friendly watchmaker to sort out. The same thing happened to mine, it doesn't seem to matter how carefully you screw the crown in, eventually the thread strips !! I think it's made of butter !! Just out of curiosity, do the new SMP Chronos have the same problem? (or is it still too early to know?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f5mando Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 My local guy fixed mine over a year ago, and it's been perfect ever since. He definitely didn't use gen parts, though (not for the low amount he charged me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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