Marred Screw and Link :(((

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Originally Posted by schoolboy

So it looks like it finally happened :(

When cleaning my watch, I needed to open up the bracelet to be able to install it onto the watch case again (check thread called "at home watch spa" for details)

When removing the screw, the screw was significantly harder to remove than the ones that I have removed in the past (from the same bracelet, I just had never removed this particular screw).

(yes I used a lighter to loosen up the loctite)

I went ahead and removed it anyway.

Continued with the whole process, applied loctite, put the screw back and called it a day.

Yesterday I felt a rough spot on one of my links. I used my loupe to check it out and found out that the screw mentioned above was marred, and it even marred my link a little bit

The link now has a shard edge sticking out of it (tiny but still there) by where the screw would slide in



Kind of sad about it, but I don't regret learning how to size my own watch or remove the bracelet for ultrasonic cleaning. I will continue to do all this myself

My watch is a Rolex 116234.

Does anybody know what part number I need to order a new link?

Not a fancy, link and a quarter or anything. Just regular link.

I do have spare links but I want to replace the one I messed up.

Thanks all!

Hopefully @Searchart can see this and chime in!

Here you go hope this helps




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