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Gaijin · 3 April 2023, 06:30 PM

Went to look at the cherry blossoms. Then I go out to eat last night.

As I’m in the elevator going down from the restaurant I feel something in my sleeve at the elbow. I go to pull up my suit and shirt sleeve and look at my wrist.

My brand new Mint Green Dial Datejust 41 is gone!!!!!

But again I feel something in my sleeve. There it is. Fortunately it went into my sleeve and not down. I grab it. The bracelet is not connected. I look down and see the spring bar is on the elevator floor. The metal is completely broken on one side.

Fortunately I must have had my hand upwards when it broke so it went into my sleeve.

I’ve never seen anything like it. Clean uneven break of the steel.

I took it to the dealer today and of course they replaced it free of charge and were very apologetic,

Pic below. Sorry for the quality. I
had to resize it.

Moondoggy · 3 April 2023, 06:35 PM

I hope they used Loctite

HogwldFLTR · 3 April 2023, 06:38 PM

Wow, lightning doesn't usually strike twice!! Glad it was just a scare!!!

Wahlberg · 3 April 2023, 06:41 PM

Weird how that happens.

I saw a post on Reddit yesterday where someone had this happen to this couple months old Datejust. Coincidence.

Gaijin · 3 April 2023, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moondoggy

I hope they used Loctite

They did. I watched them repair it.

Gaijin · 3 April 2023, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HogwldFLTR

Wow, lightning doesn't usually strike twice!! Glad it was just a scare!!!

Thank you! Yes indeed. Huge “phew” on my part.

Wahlberg · 3 April 2023, 07:09 PM

Both 41mm, same spot?

https://www.reddit.com/r/rolex/comme..._my_wrist_wtf/

alllexandru · 3 April 2023, 07:12 PM

wow..it would give me a heart attack. glad that it is safe, for now.
I would double check in the future, very strange all these happenings from different owners

Gaijin · 3 April 2023, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wahlberg

Both 41mm, same spot?

https://www.reddit.com/r/rolex/comme..._my_wrist_wtf/

Yea it sure looks like it.

Andad · 3 April 2023, 07:26 PM

Good catch Tom.

Did the screw come out - or was it a spring bar failure?

If they used loctite it seems it was a screw?

Devildog · 3 April 2023, 07:37 PM

Ahh - It was a bracelet screw.

Harry-57 · 3 April 2023, 07:39 PM

Bloody hell!

Good catch. Well done.

Kostas · 3 April 2023, 07:45 PM

Glad your sleeve scooped it up!

As I was reading I was expecting the link screw to have come out or something, clean snap of the spring bar is unusual!

diver2012 · 3 April 2023, 07:53 PM

I don't understand.

Neither your photo or the photo from Reddit (which you said was in the same place as yours) shows where a spring bar would be? That is where a screw would be?

It just looks like a screw came out to me - not that anything has actually broken. What am I missing?

travisb · 3 April 2023, 07:57 PM

Close call. Glad everything is back in check.

Cru Jones · 3 April 2023, 09:13 PM

Woah, what a moment of stress!! Glad it's all back to normal.

Gaijin · 3 April 2023, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andad

Good catch Tom.

Did the screw come out - or was it a spring bar failure?

If they used loctite it seems it was a screw?

The steel on the spring bar cracked completely in half.
Eddie.

1William · 3 April 2023, 09:31 PM

Glad this had a good ending. Nice watch.

Gaijin · 3 April 2023, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1William

Glad this had a good ending. Nice watch.

Thank you!!

Gaijin · 3 April 2023, 09:37 PM

Here is another shot of the watch.

You can see on the left side of springbar where the steel broke completely through.

Jackie Daytona · 3 April 2023, 09:53 PM

That’s definitely quite the scare. Glad it all worked out

brandrea · 3 April 2023, 09:58 PM

That’s pretty crazy Tom. Glad you got it sorted

bluestreak · 3 April 2023, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaijin

Here is another shot of the watch.

You can see on the left side of springbar where the steel broke completely through.

I thought the springbars were where the bracelet connected to the watch head?

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tvandevelde · 3 April 2023, 10:16 PM

^^ Correct. Looks like a screw broke. First for me.

Gaijin · 3 April 2023, 10:30 PM

Those of you that mentioned it are correct. Looking at the repaired watch it is a screw.

The screw that is on the last link before the clasp begins.

My apologies.

77T · 3 April 2023, 10:32 PM

Edited - thanks Tom makes sense now.

diver2012 · 3 April 2023, 10:35 PM

OK - we've established it's a screw.

Where exactly has the screw 'snapped'?

It looks to me like it's a full length screw that has just come out...?

RolexEDC · 3 April 2023, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by diver2012

OK - we've established it's a screw.

Where exactly has the screw 'snapped'?

It looks to me like it's a full length screw that has just come out...?

Ditto, looks like a normal screw that they didn’t use loctite to size the bracelet. I seen it done many times at my AD. I tell my ad to let me resize my own watch.

strafer_kid · 3 April 2023, 10:53 PM

Never had that happen fortunately, but presumably its always a possibility.

Gaijin · 3 April 2023, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by diver2012

OK - we've established it's a screw.

Where exactly has the screw 'snapped'?

It looks to me like it's a full length screw that has just come out...?

The screw head is missing. Completely snapped off. Probably on the floor of the elevator still.

3 April 2023, 06:38 PM	#3
HogwldFLTR 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Real Name: Lee Location: 42.48.45N70.48.48 Watch: What's on my wrist Posts: 33,256	Wow, lightning doesn't usually strike twice!! Glad it was just a scare!!! __________________ Troglodyte in residence! https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=808599

3 April 2023, 07:26 PM	#10
Andad 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Real Name: Eddie Location: Australia Watch: A few. Posts: 36,947	Good catch Tom. Did the screw come out - or was it a spring bar failure? If they used loctite it seems it was a screw? __________________ E

3 April 2023, 07:37 PM	#11
Devildog "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Real Name: Scott Location: UK Watch: ^^^ for now Posts: 5,702	Ahh - It was a bracelet screw. __________________ Past: 6239 (yes, I know...), 16610, 16600, 116515, 116613LN, 126600, 126711 CHNR Present: 16600, 116509, Cartier Santos Green.

3 April 2023, 07:45 PM	#13
Kostas 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Australia Watch: @ kostastimepieces Posts: 5,245	Glad your sleeve scooped it up! As I was reading I was expecting the link screw to have come out or something, clean snap of the spring bar is unusual! __________________ Follow me on IG: @kostastimepieces

3 April 2023, 09:53 PM	#21
Jackie Daytona 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Oct 2019 Real Name: Brian Location: Nashville Watch: 16750 Posts: 5,966	That’s definitely quite the scare. Glad it all worked out __________________ 16750 \| 6516(wife’s) \| 126334 \| 116400GV \| SBGA413 \| SRPE33 \| 126610LV

3 April 2023, 06:35 PM	#2
Moondoggy "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Real Name: Berty Location: NI/Aust/USA Watch: and wait Posts: 3,131	I hope they used Loctite

3 April 2023, 06:41 PM	#4
Wahlberg "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Paris Posts: 3,549	Weird how that happens. I saw a post on Reddit yesterday where someone had this happen to this couple months old Datejust. Coincidence.

3 April 2023, 07:09 PM	#7
Wahlberg "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Paris Posts: 3,549	Both 41mm, same spot? https://www.reddit.com/r/rolex/comme..._my_wrist_wtf/

3 April 2023, 07:12 PM	#8
alllexandru 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Real Name: Alex Location: Old continent Posts: 2,318	wow..it would give me a heart attack. glad that it is safe, for now. I would double check in the future, very strange all these happenings from different owners

3 April 2023, 07:39 PM	#12
Harry-57 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Real Name: Harry Location: England Posts: 9,826	Bloody hell! Good catch. Well done.

3 April 2023, 07:53 PM	#14
diver2012 "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: N/A Watch: N/A Posts: 1,366	I don't understand. Neither your photo or the photo from Reddit (which you said was in the same place as yours) shows where a spring bar would be? That is where a screw would be? It just looks like a screw came out to me - not that anything has actually broken. What am I missing?

3 April 2023, 07:57 PM	#15
travisb 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Real Name: Travis Location: FL / NYC Watch: Yes.. Posts: 32,429	Close call. Glad everything is back in check.

3 April 2023, 09:13 PM	#16
Cru Jones 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Paris, France Posts: 34,598	Woah, what a moment of stress!! Glad it's all back to normal.

3 April 2023, 09:31 PM	#18
1William 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: North Carolina Watch: Rolex/Others Posts: 45,248	Glad this had a good ending. Nice watch.

3 April 2023, 09:58 PM	#22
brandrea 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Real Name: Brian (TBone) Location: canada Watch: es make me smile Posts: 74,362	That’s pretty crazy Tom. Glad you got it sorted

3 April 2023, 10:16 PM	#24
tvandevelde "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Real Name: Tim Location: USA Watch: Too many Posts: 220	^^ Correct. Looks like a screw broke. First for me.

3 April 2023, 10:30 PM	#25
Gaijin 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Japan Watch: ing your back. Posts: 16,179	Those of you that mentioned it are correct. Looking at the repaired watch it is a screw. The screw that is on the last link before the clasp begins. My apologies.

3 April 2023, 10:32 PM	#26
77T 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Real Name: PaulG Location: Georgia Posts: 40,933	Almost lost another Rolex!! Edited - thanks Tom makes sense now. __________________ Does anyone really know what time it is?

3 April 2023, 10:35 PM	#27
diver2012 "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: N/A Watch: N/A Posts: 1,366	OK - we've established it's a screw. Where exactly has the screw 'snapped'? It looks to me like it's a full length screw that has just come out...?

3 April 2023, 10:53 PM	#29
strafer_kid "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Real Name: Kenny Location: northern ireland Watch: SDs, Subs & GMTs Posts: 5,127	Never had that happen fortunately, but presumably its always a possibility.

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