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23 October 2021, 01:16 AM | #1 |
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Aquanaut crown gets stuck?
Just wondering if this is normal or not. The crown on my 5164 gets stuck sometimes when I screw it back in. Watch is about 6 months old.
Sometimes it screws in fine, but 10% of the time, it feels like it is catching on something. It screws in halfway and will get stuck and won't turn anymore, I have to unscrew it to loosen. I can eventually get it back in, but wondering if this is normal or whether the issue could get worse where one day it just won't go in |
23 October 2021, 05:32 AM | #2 |
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This happens to mine from time to time. It feels like the crown gets cross-threaded. To prevent this I try to make sure even pressure is applied across the crown when screwing down.
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23 October 2021, 11:15 AM | #3 |
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Happens to me as well. My fail safe way to screw the crown in every time is, push towards the case. Turn anticlockwise half turn, while keeping pressure on then start turning a full turn clock wise.
Hope that makes sense. Basically what I do for screws as well. I turn anticlockwise with pressure on, until I hear the clicking of the thread. Then turn clockwise to tighten. That way I never end up with cross threaded anything :)
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23 October 2021, 12:03 PM | #4 |
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Do you both think this is “normal”? Never had this happen with any other watch of mine. Tempted to send it in to PP to solve this
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23 October 2021, 08:14 PM | #6 |
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Surprised this is happening so much and not mentioned at all before! Anyone have an aquanaut that doesn’t do this???
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23 October 2021, 08:54 PM | #7 |
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Happened once. So tight I went back to the AD with it. We got it opened and now I just keep it snug.
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23 October 2021, 10:09 PM | #8 |
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^^^ this is very wise advice for MANY things.
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It’s even happened once or twice in my seamaster. The way I figure is that the crowns on both the seamaster and aquanaut are pretty small and it could happen that you might push down to the thread a little unevenly and cause a cross thread or just uneven threading A Rolex has a pretty big crown that lets me put pretty even pressure but it could also happen on the Rolex if I was pretty careless I think. Actually had it happen on a Daytona my father in law owns. So should it happen? Hopefully not. Can it? Of course. Is the more finer thread of a small Aquanaut or even Nautilus screw down crown more susceptible? I’d say so. Would I hold it against anyone going to their AD to sort it out or investigate? Hell no. Do what gives you peace of mind.
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24 October 2021, 08:48 AM | #10 |
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Doesn’t happen on my aquanaut but on my AP 26315 it does…on that one I turn the opposite direction for half a turn before screwing it in to get the thread to align.
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17 August 2022, 01:02 AM | #11 |
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I just got a Rolex and this is happening to it as well. Has anyone since sent their watch in to see if it is actually a "problem"?
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17 August 2022, 02:01 AM | #12 |
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With any threaded fastener, it is best to turn counterclockwise under mild pressure for a short distance and then tighten clockwise as normal. Threads are cut slightly differently and this usually is not necessary but is an easy habit to form.
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Basically any screw in crown or pusher should follow this technique. It’s a thread, it will get crossed if not use method above. There’s no fix for this. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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17 August 2022, 03:36 PM | #15 |
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Yeah it happens, the trick of half a turn anti clockwise may not work here because the "issue" is halfway down the stem.
If it happens once in a while I'd leave it. |
18 August 2022, 03:04 AM | #16 |
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I have about 10 screw down crown watches. This is the only one, so I don't think it's the technique I'm using...
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18 August 2022, 07:17 PM | #17 |
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My 1999 5066 never a problem. It gives a slight click when in position to be crewed down.
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5 September 2022, 02:11 PM | #18 |
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Good advice from many about CCW to seat the thread then CW to engage and lock it down. On larger threads it’s easy to feel this thread engagement.
If it’s happening regularly take to AD and have them give it a go. They should be able to tell you if it feels normal. |
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