szbulldog 0 Posted September 1, 2015 Hello everyone! So I just received an IWC big pilot 5002 from one of the recommended dealers on RWG and have an issue where the deployment clasp seems to open up by itself and doesn't stay fastened. Is this an issue with the strap or am I doing something wrong here? lol Appreciate any help or advice anyone can offer. Thank you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prancuzas 0 Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) You can try bending some specific parts of deployant or simply buy a new one Edited September 1, 2015 by Prancuzas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
higginsd 0 Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) Buy a new one, $14: http://www.ebay.de/i...K%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Edited September 1, 2015 by higginsd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tichymeloun 0 Posted September 2, 2015 (edited) Hello everyone! So I just received an IWC big pilot 5002 from one of the recommended dealers on RWG and have an issue where the deployment clasp seems to open up by itself and doesn't stay fastened. Is this an issue with the strap or am I doing something wrong here? lol Appreciate any help or advice anyone can offer. Thank you! you don't need to buy a new one:-) it's a common issue even with the gen ones. all you need to do is to bend the top part a bit more, so that the little metal brick that fits the hole in the bottom part will get closer to edge of the hole. I have done this many times even with other deployant buckles than IWCs and it works perfectly Edited September 2, 2015 by Tichymeloun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greg_r 81 Posted September 2, 2015 ^^ this. It's a common fault - it's easy enough to bend 'em back into the correct alignment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kleen™ 45 Posted September 2, 2015 Hello everyone! So I just received an IWC big pilot 5002 from one of the recommended dealers on RWG and have an issue where the deployment clasp seems to open up by itself and doesn't stay fastened. Is this an issue with the strap or am I doing something wrong here? lol Appreciate any help or advice anyone can offer. Thank you! you don't need to buy a new one:-) it's a common issue even with the gen ones. all you need to do is to bend the top part a bit more, so that the little metal brick that fits the hole in the bottom part will get closer to edge of the hole. I have done this many times even with other deployant buckles than IWCs and it works perfectly +1 Had to do this easy fix on (almost) all of my rep deployants... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
szbulldog 0 Posted September 21, 2015 Hello everyone! So I just received an IWC big pilot 5002 from one of the recommended dealers on RWG and have an issue where the deployment clasp seems to open up by itself and doesn't stay fastened. Is this an issue with the strap or am I doing something wrong here? lol Appreciate any help or advice anyone can offer. Thank you! you don't need to buy a new one:-) it's a common issue even with the gen ones. all you need to do is to bend the top part a bit more, so that the little metal brick that fits the hole in the bottom part will get closer to edge of the hole. I have done this many times even with other deployant buckles than IWCs and it works perfectly +1 Had to do this easy fix on (almost) all of my rep deployants... ^^ this. It's a common fault - it's easy enough to bend 'em back into the correct alignment. Thank you guys! Really appreciate the info! Buy a new one, $14: http://www.ebay.de/i...K%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Thanks for the link! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theflyingdutchman 0 Posted September 21, 2015 Even the gens have this issue... and at 2500USD/clasp, a painful one! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
higginsd 0 Posted September 21, 2015 Yes, but at a 2500USD clasp this is primary the problem of the AD... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GenTLe 1,501 Posted September 21, 2015 Mine was doing the same until I got that I had to press A LOT on the deployant to properly close (click) it. It was opening by itself simply because it wasn't properly close Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
