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·Depending on the history the water resistance may already be comprimised.
Best to take it to a professional who has the correct tools and experience.
Dust on the gasket is a concern, as is dust in the movement. Rubber breaks down quickly over time.
Best to take it to a professional who has the correct tools and experience.
Dust on the gasket is a concern, as is dust in the movement. Rubber breaks down quickly over time.
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·You will want to lubricate the gasket before reinstalling the case-back. People with experience know how tight to make it by feel but you might want to mark the case-back and case with a sharpie to remind yourself of how it was tightened.
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·The seller is being very generous with allowing you to open up the watch to inspect it on a three day trial, and allowing a return if you don't like what you see, or if you just decide you don't want it. Much can go wrong with that policy. A messed up back, tinkered with movement, dust entering the watch, a botched job in replacing the back, compromised WR, lots of stuff can happen. I'm not saying you aren't capable of opening and closing the back, but it does indicate that the seller is above board in standing by what he is selling. Do you really need to open the back to inspect it? Do you think it might not be legit or a Franken watch?
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·…Dust on the gasket is a concern, as is dust in the movement.
Just got yelled at by my watchmaker last week for dust on the gasket as well as dust in the movement. He knows I do some of my own regulating and found a nice dust party going on inside one of my Speedmasters.
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·The seller is being very generous with allowing you to open up the watch to inspect it on a three day trial, and allowing a return if you don't like what you see, or if you just decide you don't want it. Much can go wrong with that policy.
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·Unsure if you mentioned it being a screw-on. If so, I wouldn’t hesitate to open it up to have a look. Simply lubricate the gasket with a tiny amount of silicone when putting back together.
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·You bet. Now, if a snap-on case back, fuhgeddaboudit. Off to the watchmaker it would go.
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·The majority of screw-on case-backs I receive have tool marks on the back. People seem to have a lot of trouble opening them properly without professional quality tools.
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··Burt Macklin, FBIIf the seller isn’t comfortable opening up the watch, I doubt they would be too comfortable with someone else opening it up, when said person has to ask a forum for advice on opening the watch.
also add that if I were to damage it, and it needed to be returned to him, I’d compensate him for it.
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·You won’t know if you’ve resealed it properly without doing a pressure test. even if you follow all the guidance above.
If the watchmaker who serviced the watch found out or could tell it had been opened by a third party, it would likely void their warranty
If the watchmaker who serviced the watch found out or could tell it had been opened by a third party, it would likely void their warranty
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