Dropped my Rolex

[bayerische]

Yeah, great idea.

[Jerrocop]

Originally Posted by amh

Not a big deal! I found a video on Youtube, "How to service your Rolex at home"

Let us know how it goes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PdyN2doV7A

maybe the OP and the author of the video are one in the same??

[watchwatcher]

Originally Posted by seanocon123

There aren't any authorized dealers or Rolex shops near me, and I don't mind the risk of breaking it. Is there any trusted youtube pages for taking one apart or anything of the sort?

Not in a million years would I turn to YouTube for taking a watch of this caliber apart. But...that's me.

[beshannon]

Originally Posted by seanocon123

It's a day date 40, I was wondering the complicatedness you could say of opening it up at the back, removing the movement, taking the shard of gold out and adjusting the date window?

[jeffnnj]

Originally Posted by amh

Not a big deal! I found a video on Youtube, "How to service your Rolex at home"



Let us know how it goes!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PdyN2doV7A

How stupid do all of you who said he shouldn’t do it himself feel now?


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[Tape]

OP, hope you're tough skinned, it gets blunt around here

[James K]

Originally Posted by herts9

use the sharpest screwdriver you have to dig it out, through the crystal

NO! Everyone knows that you have to heat up the crystal with a blowtorch, that'll allow you to insert a needle through the crystal and pull the flake out while it's in it's liquid state! Or you can just heat up the watch enough to melt the gold flake onto the dial somewhere.




Seriously man, let the service center repair it. Loose pieces inside the watch is bad news.

[904VT]

Originally Posted by RolexReviews

My old Yacht-Master was in a shelf in the highest compartment and for some reason when I wasn't home the kids had access to my room and they bumped into the shelf and the whole thing fell onto the floor and my watch link broke right off. Took it to a trustworthy jewelry repair place my friends recommended and they fixed it in under an hour. I was devastated when I got home and found out. Another reason my watches are in a safe now

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If i had kids and they did that, their college fund would be paying for the repairs

[Rolexlover123]

If you don't mind the risk of breaking a day date 40 (as if they are disposable toys to you), you must be wealthy enough to just throw it out and get a brand new one.

Problem solved. next post.

Originally Posted by seanocon123

I have my Rolex's on a top shelf, and a few days ago when I went to reach for them, the one I picked, the box was open. The watch fell from the shelf down to countertop that's around waist height and then again on to the floor.

Amazingly to my fears, it survived. I noticed a day later there was a little shard of gold inside on the dial but nothing major, as it switched the date, the date is now half way down past the bottom of the window.

It's a day date 40, I was wondering the complicatedness you could say of opening it up at the back, removing the movement, taking the shard of gold out and adjusting the date window?

There aren't any authorized dealers or Rolex shops near me, and I don't mind the risk of breaking it. Is there any trusted youtube pages for taking one apart or anything of the sort?

[Watch This]

Some guy I knew in High School did his own appendectomy. It was no big deal.

[Largoshark]

Originally Posted by Jim Smyth

Ya from the same person about every 3-4 days, with a new account. Lets see first post (like all the others) spins the troops up and never responds again. Guilty till proven innocent IMO.

Starting to agree with this. OP still hasn't responded.

[Andad]

If it wasn't for the fact that you are Irish I would have said don't do it.

[Brew]

I'd suggest staying at a Holiday Inn before attempting this.

[Chewbacca]

NATO reports a scream and a lot of cursing from 53.3498° N, 6.2603° W yesterday evening.

[Atone]

Originally Posted by Brew

I'd suggest staying at a Holiday Inn before attempting this.

agreed. and have the breakfast.

[richard371]

There is a possibility the jewel bearing for the rotor broke. Happened to me once on a sub I dropped 3 feet onto carpet. Had to get a complete overhaul as the jewel broke and got into the movement. If you put it to your ear and shake it lightly and hear a grinding sound as the rotor turns them you might have this problem.

[unkomonkey]

Not everyone deserves to own such a timepiece.

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[SearChart]

Originally Posted by richard371

There is a possibility the jewel bearing for the rotor broke. Happened to me once on a sub I dropped 3 feet onto carpet. Had to get a complete overhaul as the jewel broke and got into the movement. If you put it to your ear and shake it lightly and hear a grinding sound as the rotor turns them you might have this problem.

There is no jewel rotor bearing in the DayDate 40. It is the new movement with ball bearings.

[SearChart]

Originally Posted by unkomonkey

Not everyone deserves to own such a timepiece.

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Utter nonsense, an accident like this can happen to anyone.

[Macnavara]

Originally Posted by seanocon123

I have my Rolex's on a top shelf, and a few days ago when I went to reach for them, the one I picked, the box was open. The watch fell from the shelf down to countertop that's around waist height and then again on to the floor.

Amazingly to my fears, it survived. I noticed a day later there was a little shard of gold inside on the dial but nothing major, as it switched the date, the date is now half way down past the bottom of the window.

It's a day date 40, I was wondering the complicatedness you could say of opening it up at the back, removing the movement, taking the shard of gold out and adjusting the date window?

There aren't any authorized dealers or Rolex shops near me, and I don't mind the risk of breaking it. Is there any trusted youtube pages for taking one apart or anything of the sort?

Is this even a serious post

[unkomonkey]

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[unkomonkey]

Originally Posted by SearChart

Utter nonsense, an accident like this can happen to anyone.

You're comment is non-sense. True that this incident can happen to anyone, but we're talking about how he chooses to deal with the problem. He obviously doesn't value the timepiece and the intricacies involved in maintaining it.

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[Andad]

Originally Posted by unkomonkey

You're comment is non-sense. True that this incident can happen to anyone, but we're talking about how he chooses to deal with the problem. He obviously doesn't value the timepiece and the intricacies involved in maintaining it.

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Lighten up.

Bas was referring to the accident not the proposed repair.

He knows the intricacies of a Rolex movement far more than you do and had previously stated his thoughts.

[unkomonkey]

Originally Posted by directioneng

Lighten up.



Bas was referring to the accident not the proposed repair.



He know the intricacies of a Rolex movement far more than you do and had previously stated his thoughts.

Boo hoo

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[Andad]

Quit while you’re behind.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by unkomonkey

Boo hoo

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Bye.

[codecow]

Whenever mine breaks I use Scotch Tape and little bits of wire to fix it, seems to do the trick.

[josephvman]

Bingo. Don’t feed it or it will stick around. If the OP doesn’t mind breaking it I suggest he throw it away and buy another...

Originally Posted by Foxglove

troll alert.

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by padi56

Bye.

Thank you from everyone