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Tips on how to do a Quality Check upon arrival

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sconehead
Great post Silver, very worthy of a sticky indeed. :)

 

done :)

...stickywhore...great tuto Silver...;)

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Wiz

Very good advices and helpfull post!

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WebWind
Where can I buy the sticky ball?

 

RWG Shop

 

eBay

 

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Silverspeed
Where can I buy the sticky ball?

RWG Shop

eBay

...

 

Narikaa has been known to supply one with a watch if asked nicely...:D

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KeNnY

nice silver ! :D

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mackie-

Cheers! Great tutorial

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kan3

Great tips bro, now I need to find all those tools lol.

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Del

Excellent tutorial Silver - thanks for posting. :D

 

However, a little word of caution. If you open up your watch and check all these things and it still develops a fault a short time later then you may have invalidated your warranty from the Trusted Dealer because you already opened it.

 

It is entirely possible that the movement could develop a fault even although you have inspected it - not all potential issues will be visible without taking the movement apart.

 

Unless you are skilled in watch repairs and will never return a faulty watch in any case, perhaps it would be wise to wear the watch for a week or a month or whatever to ensure that there are no obvious running problems before opening it up to inspect the movement??

 

Just a thought...:D

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Silverspeed

I doubt removing a caseback to check for dust will invalidate any warrenty....as long as you don't tear it apart and then start complaining it doesn't work anymore...you'll be fine

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pamelo

From my brief experience, all the trusted sellers should warranty their watches with Mike McNair. That will save postage fees for both sellers and buyers should the watch need to be returned for repair. I know a couple of the sellers have already done this. I believe silix and mary. It clearly benefits US buyers to be dealing with sellers warranteed with Mike.

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Oghma

Awesome thread dude. :P

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LIDIAY
Excellent advice!

 

Thanks, Silver

hey ,man /i love your image .it it so cool

And you look so happy

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tekilla

Thanks from a newbie for these tips. Just ordered my first 2 reps but fingers crossed they'll be fine and not need this.

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nicobo

Great post! Thank you for the tips!

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rtsai

I just ordered a set of tools myself! haha but i personally think that ill be too scared to open and mess with the watch myself :( but nevertheless, great tips!

 

Good looking out bro

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wolfpacker

Great thread. I think every single thread I open on here I learn some valuable info!

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boner

Yeah this should help out new members for sure

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heinsy

Good tips!

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UmpaHimself

"Now it's time to check the movement tab screws, a check if the hairspring isn't tangeled and quick look with the eye loupe for dust, pubichairs etc....."

 

Is there any way you could go into a bit more detail about this step? I've never really done anything like that to any of my watches.

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Fastrack

great info, thx

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ferreseft

Thanks for a great post.

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YoungGPS

Thanks! I was able to replace the battery of my dad's watch using the sticky ball.

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broct

Great tips!

 

Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk 2

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R4u1

Nice guide, thank you

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watch_lover

thanks for this. very helpful tips.

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