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Tips on how to do a Quality Check upon arrival

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scooke1827
Doesn't it suck when you get a new rep and after a couple of days it stops, the clasp breaks, you loose a bracelet screw or even worse the bloody thing falls of your wrist.....Especially losing parts is very annoying as these are often very hard to source.

 

With a few basic tools, which are all avialable in the RWG Toolshop btw..., you can prevent in many cases these annoying issues.

 

Tools I use to do a quality check when a new rep arrives are:

* a decent screwdriver set

* An eye loupe

* Sticky ball to open just about any screwdown caseback

* Rodico cleaning putty

* Tweezers

* Springbar tool

* Quick caseback and O-ring creaser

 

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The first thing I always check is if the screws are screwed down tightly, in this case it's a Rolex which has screws on the bracelet, but in case of a Panerai be sure to check the Crown Guard screws!

 

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Next is the rezising of the bracelet, be sure to keep the removed links....if at a point you want to sell the rep it's best to have the bracelet complete with all the links

 

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With Rolex reps the bracelet is often quite dirty and the links can be a bit stiff, to make the bracelet smooth WD40 is great for cleaning and making the bracelet feel smooth....be sure to keep WD40 away from the movement! Just let the bracelet soke for a couple of hours in WD40 to get rid of any debry stuck inbetween the links. After that rinse the bracelet with warm water and it will feel much better.

 

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After that it's time to have a closer look at the movement, to check if the rotor is screwed down, movment tab screws and to see if the inside is clean.....sometimes there're undeifined pieces of lint, dust, hairs floating around..... :P

 

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There are many caseback openers available but the sticky ball works perfect for 99% of the caseback...just press it down firmly on the caseback and unscrew....Often the caseback is fairly loose upon arrival, so it should be coming off without any difficulty

 

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I then grease the caseback seal....often they are very dry and creasing it will improve the water resistantcy of the watch

 

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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.....

 

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Small dust pieces or any other undefined crap are easily removed by tweezers or rodico putty....it is also a good idea to swipe the caseback threads....9 times out of ten the thread is filled with debry.

 

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When this is all done place back the caseback seal, screw down the caseback tightly, refit the bracelet and your new rep is ready to be worn.....and most likely the chance of screws falling out or movements stopping etc, etc.... will be very unlikely!!!!

 

Thanks. Very helpful tutorial.

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jeffw69

scooke, please don't quote the whole friggin original post!!!

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Stiffler_PE

Very useful information ! Thank you !!

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LightGeek
excellent post. never opened my reps, but seem good idea just to check everything is just as is supposed to.

 

Once you've done it once, it's a piece of cake. Now disassembling the movement is a whole new ball game...

 

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Guyute

Thanks, this is great advice and something I wouldn't have thought of on my own.

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zak5

Looking forward to my first rep so particularly useful for me..... Thank you

 

Sent from my GT-I9300

 

 

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Greyfriar's Bobby

This is awesome! Thanks very much!

 

Can I ask, what would you grease the rubber seal with, exactly?

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Greyfriar's Bobby
This is awesome! Thanks very much!

 

Can I ask, what would you grease the rubber seal with, exactly?

I am using this http://shop.homage-w...od&productId=20

 

Top man! thanks :-)

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hvtopiwala

this is a very good thread, never did any of these to my reps that i got!

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YJFarmer

Great tips / advice. Thanks for the heads up....

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Ablechimp

Awesome advice :)

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fsunole19

Very helpful thanks

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Martin72

Should prove very useful for me in the next couple of weeks ;)

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viaj

Very good tips, tks for sharing.

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heyangel

Thank you for the information, it will sure come to handy when I purchase my first watch. ;)

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nute

Just waiting for my first rep to arrive so this is v helpful, thanks

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Species

Fantastic advice! I have now followed this step by step for my first rep. Thank you for sharing and putting this together!

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BigSteve

I hate when random pubes are found inside a watch...damn smugglers!

 

:giggle: Very good!!

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djs1984

Well worth a read :-)

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cyqueenzstyle

nice

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FCarvi

Useful info but is there any chance of losing the warranty doing this?

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Guyute
Useful info but is there any chance of losing the warranty doing this?

 

Warranty??? :lol:

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Sakdds300

Great tips! Thanks.

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patooo

Pubes and sticky balls everywhere.

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