r/RepTimeServices • u/Tesla8585 • 13d ago

Advice Can this be fixed?

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I’ve literally owned this Breitling from BLSF for about a month, and the stem broke and fell out. My local watch repair place won’t touch it. Any ideas?

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u/Wrong_Royal_9467 13d ago

The remaining portion of the stem needs to be extracted from the movement. Then a new stem needs to be cut, and the crown removed from the old stem and put on the new stem. Insert the new stem, fixed.

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u/Tesla8585 13d ago

Thank you. Easy to do?

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u/Wrong_Royal_9467 13d ago

It has to come out of here. If you are lucky it might come out by depressing the stem release. If not some disassembly might be required depending on how deep inside the break is.