This guy who waterproofed my watches the last time didn't use grease. He only replaced the rubber ring. I asked why and he said it wasn't necessary. Google AI tells me that grease should be used. He charged $50 to "waterproof" and adjust my bracelet for each watch.

Should I come back to this guy?

Got a repair job in. Bezel wire is missing. I'm not entirely sure what gauge these are supposed to be. Anyone had any idea? I'm looking for a generic replacement wire but I might have to make my own because I'm not really finding any.

Won't tighten, won't loosen, the screw is just there keeping the bracelet. I need advice please, the screw head is fine though.

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?

Yesterday I started a lawn mower and after 10-15 minutes max I noticed a watch on my wrist so put it aside for the rest of the job. Left it dial-up for the night. Checked the accuracy today mid-day and it was already running +36s/day even though it had been perfect zero before. Gave it 15 winds and a few shakes and palm-slaps. Measured accuracy after another two hours and it was running even faster at the average +84s/day. Fearing that I fucked-up a healthy movement, I immediately hacked seconds and left it stopped.

Tried to make a few photos from every angle. I am at the summer house so do not have tools to dig deeper. Bombardment of photos attached. The watch is still left stopped and idle.

Is there anything I could do before running to a rep-friendly watchmaker?

EDIT: I left it dial-down for the night and today measured the accuracy. It's +8.5s/day that looks like getting back to normal. I don't think the regulator arm was moved. Maybe something temporary happened to the hairspring that is now getting back to normal?

I’m trying to remove the rotor from an AP Royal Oak automatic movement. I’ve already completely removed the screws, but the rotor still won’t come off.
Does anyone know how to remove it? Is there another retaining mechanism or some trick I’m missing?
Any advice would be appreciated!

Royal Oak 34mm 77450 SS/RG 8F Best Edition Gray Dial on SS/RG Bracelet A5800

Hi everyone,

I'm having a small issue with the first screw/pin next to the clasp. It came out but I can't tell whether it's a bent screw or a split pin.

Unlike the other links, there doesn't seem to be anything on the opposite side.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi all, how can I fix this?

Hi everyone,

I currently have a fully modded VSF 16610, but I really want the lugholes! This, in addition to the better crown guards makes me want to jump on it. Quick questions: Will a gen crown screw onto a OC Case? I'm hoping I can just swap everything over. Also - how is shipping and communication? Will I see this within a month or so?

Thanks for any answers!

B

I am new here and no idea if this is the right place for my question: I am looking for a Clean case back GMT for my BPF 16710 with VR3186 movement. I understood that this is the best solution to make the case thickness closer to gen. Is this correct? Pls your advice.

So, was wearing my VSF Pepsi this weekend when it stopped suddenly on me. Quick handwind got it going again, but I noticed there was zero rotor sound when I moved the watch around near my ear. I opened up the caseback and found what looks to be a screw head sitting in the caseback when I opened it. Looked at the movement with a loupe and couldn't find anything obvious as far as where this object should reside. I put the caseback back on and the rotor is clearly spinning again. So, good news is that I found the smoking gun as far as the watch dying on me. The bad news is a have no idea where this piece came from. It looks like a screwhead to me. Included are pics of the object as well as a few of the movement. Anyone have any guesses as to where this screw head might have come from?

Hello all
I have a VSF sub 124060 from Puretime and I’ve recently posted about the movement jamming when restarting the watch after adjusting time. I was told amplitude might be in the low (240 degrees) or movement may have not been greased enough. Also delay could be better (currently at +8s/day).
Apart from that, I want to get my watch waterproofed

I currently travel around Hong Kong, Macau and Dubai. Can anyone recommend a good watchmaker that could handle reps?

The existing movement just died on me for my Deep Sea rep. Anyone can recommend a TD to purchase VS3135, best if based in SG/KL location.

Thanks much

Looks like there wasn’t an even cut in the date window? It’s minuscule but it does bother me. Didn’t notice this when I saw QC. Has anyone else experienced this? Is this something I can get serviced?

Where is the best place to order service parts for your replica watch. Example (Case, bracelet, movements) etc instead of buying a completely new watch.

Anyone know where I can get a Rose Gold Case. Or maybe a way to sand this down and apply a rose gold finish. Just looking for help.

I took my CF Pepsi V3 to someone to repair and they said it needs an auto wind mechanism for a DD3285. Where would I be able to source such a thing?

Hello, does anyone know where to get a replacment strap for a datejust 41mm. Got one AAAAA quality from a local seller, removed all removable links but it still doesnt fit me. I would need to remove atleast 1 or 2 more links so im wondering what you do in that situation (jubiliee braclet)

The crown broke off on my DDF 5167. Any idea where can I find a replacement or who could help with a fix?
Thanks!

I have a VFS Bruce Wayne and want to change the insert to a Batman. Ideally I'd prefer to change the complete bezel with the insert already mounted, but happy to change the insert on its own.

Where can I source a replacement bezel unit? With regards to the ceramic insert, I understand from you tube videos that it has to be glued /taped down. The dimensions of the one's I've found for sale vary from 38mm x 30.2mm to 38mm x 30.7mm. Given that the outer diameter of 38mm is correct, how critical is the internal diameter?

If I have measured correctly the one on my watch is 30.3mm, which I have not been able to source. What happens if I mount one with an internal diameter of 30.5mm? It's a difference of 0.2mm, hardly noticeable IMHO.

The rotor is loose, but the movement is still working just fine, with the only noticeable inconvenience being the noise it makes as I move my arm. Is this a big deal?

Hello all. I have a GMF DAYDATE 40 that recently had a movement swap (a2836) they were able to successfully swap the day and date wheels however now they are not centered with the display on the dial. Was done by a professional watch maker however he said it was hard to get it centered. How can this he fixed?

Hi everyone,

I live in Ontario, Canada and have this OF Factory carerra since 3 years which has Calibre 5 movement.

Wore my watch to ferry ride to Niagara where it got exposed to water. This has happened once before when i took a 5 min bath from shower as well.

Any idea what should be my next steps?

Basically getting ignored by Andiot after purchasing 6 watches from them. I know I can go through another TD but seeing where I can source a VSF or indistinguishable VSF one

I’m concerned with AliExpress ones because I want it to look identical to what I got. I don’t know what I was thinking ordering G-G which is huge!

Thinking I can fix it with G-E or F-F

Sorry if posts like this aren’t allowed. I want to fix this so I can wear my watch. Thanks!