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Daytona4130 · 17 June 2014, 07:13 PM

I just got my SS YMII on Friday. I absolutely love it. I was sitting here about 10 minutes ago playing with it and I set the timer, and set it down for a bit. I just went to pick it back up and the bezel is completely stuck! I always rotate it very slowly, and carefully. I've never felt any stiffness in it, or issue at all. It will not turn. I am very very upset. I need help please! What should I do?

T.S.Eliot · 17 June 2014, 07:50 PM

Did you swim in the see or in salty water?

Baselman · 17 June 2014, 08:06 PM

Did you grill your steak for more than ten minutes

bridgs · 17 June 2014, 08:23 PM

What can you do really other than take it to the AD? You could pop it off I suppose with a plastic instrument but then you would have to put it back on. Good luck and sorry about that.

mailman · 17 June 2014, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by bridgs

What can you do really other than take it to the AD? You could pop it off I suppose with a plastic instrument but then you would have to put it back on. Good luck and sorry about that.

You can't just "pop" the ceramic bezels on and off. They need to be pressed back on and there's a Delrin ring in there that has to be replaced every time also

Muzz · 17 June 2014, 09:20 PM

Sounds like a pusher problem, most likely because it is new. Try manipulating the pushers in and out to unstick the bezel

AK797 · 17 June 2014, 09:21 PM

Forget breaking for the border now.

SPACE-DWELLER · 17 June 2014, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Daytona4130

I just got my SS YMII on Friday. I absolutely love it. I was sitting here about 10 minutes ago playing with it and I set the timer, and set it down for a bit. I just went to pick it back up and the bezel is completely stuck! I always rotate it very slowly, and carefully. I've never felt any stiffness in it, or issue at all. It will not turn. I am very very upset. I need help please! What should I do?

Let your AD fix it...

thomaspp · 17 June 2014, 10:26 PM

Try to rotate it back with a gentle force. It may just be stiff. Not too hard of course.

ltmgeller · 17 June 2014, 10:27 PM

Back to the AD if it were me. Good luck.

masterserg · 17 June 2014, 10:36 PM

Did you screw the crown back in? (if I remember correctly, you need to screw it in before returning the bezel to the original position).

SPACE-DWELLER · 17 June 2014, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by masterserg

Did you screw the crown back in? (if I remember correctly, you need to screw it in before returning the bezel to the original position).

You're kidding, right?

tkerrmd · 17 June 2014, 10:52 PM

I would take in to AD, they can be tricky, I don't mess with mine much!

masterserg · 17 June 2014, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by SPACE-DWELLER

You're kidding, right?

Nope ... The YM II has a nifty timer complication. You need to push the lower chrono button and turn the bezel. After this, when you unscrew the crown and turn it ... crown movement is used to set the timer hand instead of the hour / minute hands. Then you screw the crown back in and turn the bezel to the normal position. If you unscrew the crown and set without turning the bezel, you adjust the hour / minute hands instead. It is a complex complication.

It is shown here (at 1:30):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHsiRZMxBlE

In fact he is screwing the crown after turning the bezel so it does not seem to be the case (on second thought, you need to pull the crown and adjust and then push back in before screwing it ... so you should probably not turn the bezel with the pulled crown). I don't remember ... It's been a while since I owned this piece.

In any case, the exact sequence (as described in the manual) should be followed.

Seems like a trip to RSC might be required.

rmfnla · 18 June 2014, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by masterserg

Nope ... The YM II has a nifty timer complication. You need to push the lower chrono button and turn the bezel. After this, when you unscrew the crown and turn it ... crown movement is used to set the timer hand instead of the hour / minute hands. Then you screw the crown back in and turn the bezel to the normal position. If you unscrew the crown and set without turning the bezel, you adjust the hour / minute hands instead. It is a complex complication.

It is shown here (at 1:30):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHsiRZMxBlE

In fact he is screwing the crown after turning the bezel so it does not seem to be the case (on second thought, you need to pull the crown and adjust and then push back in before screwing it ... so you should probably not turn the bezel with the pulled crown). I don't remember ... It's been a while since I owned this piece.

In any case, the exact sequence (as described in the manual) should be followed.

Seems like a trip to RSC might be required.

I had no idea of any of this; love learning new things!

Thanks...

Daytona4130 · 18 June 2014, 09:18 AM

It's fixed! I was getting ready to ship it back to my guy, and I went to try to turn it one more time. It turned! I'm very happy. Not sure what happened, but I don't care. Thanks for the help guys!

thomaspp · 18 June 2014, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Daytona4130

It's fixed! I was getting ready to ship it back to my guy, and I went to try to turn it one more time. It turned! I'm very happy. Not sure what happened, but I don't care. Thanks for the help guys!

Glad the beast is safe!

Daytona4130 · 18 June 2014, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by thomaspp

Glad the beast is safe!

Thanks. I'm glad too!

Nidal · 18 June 2014, 10:59 AM

Is use a Phillips screw driver and a hammer and hit it twice on the bezel. ��

watchwatcher · 18 June 2014, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Daytona4130

It's fixed! I was getting ready to ship it back to my guy, and I went to try to turn it one more time. It turned! I'm very happy. Not sure what happened, but I don't care. Thanks for the help guys!

Huh...that's weird. Glad all's well.

masterserg · 18 June 2014, 11:26 AM

Glad to hear! Enjoy! A killer watch!

Daytona4130 · 18 June 2014, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Nidal

Is use a Phillips screw driver and a hammer and hit it twice on the bezel. ��

I was thinking a blow torch and a crowbar might work too

XZACM102 · 18 June 2014, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Baselman

Did you grill your steak for more than ten minutes

Glad to see it's fixed now

busytimmy · 18 June 2014, 04:57 PM

This happens to some of my dive watches occasionally when I forget to rinse after.

17 June 2014, 07:13 PM	#1
Daytona4130 "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Real Name: Jack Location: 'Murica Watch: HBO:) Posts: 1,363	Ym 2 bezel stuck!!! I just got my SS YMII on Friday. I absolutely love it. I was sitting here about 10 minutes ago playing with it and I set the timer, and set it down for a bit. I just went to pick it back up and the bezel is completely stuck! I always rotate it very slowly, and carefully. I've never felt any stiffness in it, or issue at all. It will not turn. I am very very upset. I need help please! What should I do?

17 June 2014, 07:50 PM	#2
T.S.Eliot "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Real Name: K Location: KSA Watch: aholic Posts: 1,499	Did you swim in the see or in salty water? __________________ "Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, / Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep seas swell / And the profit and loss. / A current under sea / Picked his bones in whispers. / As he rose and fell / He passed the stages of his age and youth / Entering the whirlpool. / Gentile or Jew / O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, / Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you." Cheers, K

17 June 2014, 10:26 PM	#9
thomaspp "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: N/A Posts: 11,136	Try to rotate it back with a gentle force. It may just be stiff. Not too hard of course. __________________ Instagram: @watches_anonymous

17 June 2014, 10:36 PM	#11
masterserg "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Real Name: Serg Location: US of A Watch: AP Posts: 7,430	Did you screw the crown back in? (if I remember correctly, you need to screw it in before returning the bezel to the original position). __________________ How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat????

18 June 2014, 11:26 AM	#21
masterserg "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Real Name: Serg Location: US of A Watch: AP Posts: 7,430	Glad to hear! Enjoy! A killer watch! __________________ How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat????

17 June 2014, 08:06 PM	#3
Baselman "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Switzerland Watch: 1665 GreatWhite SD Posts: 1,527	Did you grill your steak for more than ten minutes

17 June 2014, 08:23 PM	#4
bridgs "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Real Name: Shane Location: Minnesota Watch: Rolex Submariner Posts: 1,123	What can you do really other than take it to the AD? You could pop it off I suppose with a plastic instrument but then you would have to put it back on. Good luck and sorry about that.

17 June 2014, 09:20 PM	#6
Muzz "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Real Name: Steve Location: TO CAD, HCMC VN Watch: MP 18946 Posts: 7,292	Sounds like a pusher problem, most likely because it is new. Try manipulating the pushers in and out to unstick the bezel

17 June 2014, 09:21 PM	#7
AK797 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Real Name: Neil Location: UK Watch: ing ships roll in Posts: 59,305	Forget breaking for the border now.

17 June 2014, 10:27 PM	#10
ltmgeller 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Real Name: Mike Location: New York Watch: Rolex Posts: 21,682	Back to the AD if it were me. Good luck.

17 June 2014, 10:52 PM	#13
tkerrmd "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Real Name: Tom Location: In a race car! Watch: ME RACE PORSCHES Posts: 24,123	I would take in to AD, they can be tricky, I don't mess with mine much!

18 June 2014, 09:18 AM	#16
Daytona4130 "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Real Name: Jack Location: 'Murica Watch: HBO:) Posts: 1,363	It's fixed! I was getting ready to ship it back to my guy, and I went to try to turn it one more time. It turned! I'm very happy. Not sure what happened, but I don't care. Thanks for the help guys!

18 June 2014, 10:59 AM	#19
Nidal "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: USA Watch: SubC LV Posts: 1,821	Is use a Phillips screw driver and a hammer and hit it twice on the bezel. ��

18 June 2014, 04:57 PM	#24
busytimmy "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Sydney, Australia Watch: ing the detectives Posts: 3,745	This happens to some of my dive watches occasionally when I forget to rinse after.

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