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Old 13 August 2020, 05:36 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by JChips View Post
I’ve had to replace crown / crown and stem during RSC overhaul on a couple of occasions, on watches that tagged along on desert deployments.

Both probably got crap on the threads and started to feel gritty. No idea if there is a correlation between damage and environment, but that’s been my experience.

Short of having to replace the crown / crown and stem, no other damage reported during service.


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In the real world crown tubes are always replaced as part of RSC service,and sometimes crowns too, both just disposable service items.
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