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Tips on how to do a Quality Check upon arrival

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BC1221

^^^ you cant overwind automatic movements.

when you first get it, just give it a good 20 or so turns and put it on your wrist.

 

if it sits in the case too long and winds down, just pick it up, swirl it around a little to get it going. wear it for a little while and then set the time/date.

 

great list.

i do pretty much all of these things. i prefer to use baby oil instead of WD40 on the bracelet.

i also lock tite decorative screws and sometimes screws on the bracelet. these are hard to find if you lose one.

also take the rotor off, oil that and the jewels on the auto bridge. fairly easy if you have some oilers and mobious 9010.

oh and grease the crown gasket. as well.

 

and :lol: at voiding the "warranty" :rofl:

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Escapizm

I shall be tightening and threadlocking my strap screws, just noticed sat having coffee at local swimming baths my day old 2014 bk DSSD had a screw hanging out, would have been gutted to have kicked it down the car park accidentally.

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JSJ

Yeah, 'voiding the warranty' is hilarious. Like Amazon :giggle:

 

How would the TD know whether it was your noodle inside or the 'factory' had left it there?

 

Make sure you keep all the original packaging too.

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RoryRox

Thanks to Silverspeed for the original post. This is helpful stuff indeed. RR

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2hot2trot

Outstanding post Silver. Really interesting.

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Clermont

Very good advice for my first rep.

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MoveAlong

Very informative post. Thank you. Sticky ball/duct tape is a great idea! There is so much good information to learn here.

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buttsmarch-1968

great information...don't know if I am as talented as silverspeed!! LOL :chatty:

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aviw

Thank you. I found this very helpful when I was inspecting my most recent purchase

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keiwon

Thank god for the sticky balls

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Thorbeen

Very helpful! Thanks a lot!

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Malkovich

Thank you! Lots of this are helpful for gens as well.

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cornebb

Thanks for the great info. I just ordered my first (pam 511) and will be using this info

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DavidHamaoui

Thank you for the info. All those tools will be my next purchase.

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yctwatch

Really handy tips for a noob like me! Great pic of the whole set-up there, makes me wanna get my hands on a watch right away to clean it up proper.

 

RWG shop closed for now, so will have source the sticky ball from eBay! Just ordered my first couple of reps from watchinternational.

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Ashi

Please allow me to share my experience about links in posts.

Reading the posts I've found some outdated/dead links. For example in this post at #27 you can see this

● [How to] Relume a Rolex-style dial (Video tutorial)

the link is

http://www.replica-watches-guide.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=11838

if someone wants to check it just turn it this form.

http://www.rwg.bz/board/index.php?showtopic=11838

 

Thank you for this useful post.

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scuk

Thanks for the excellent information. I just ordered my first rep and will certainly want to make it last. The shop here is closed right now though. Any recommendations on where I can get the items you suggested?

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noctus

Really good info. Thanks a lot !

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Trueblue1989

This is such a great post thanks

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jakobkr

thanks for the helpful advice

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mach19

Thanks for the excellent information. I just ordered my first rep and will certainly want to make it last. The shop here is closed right now though. Any recommendations on where I can get the items you suggested?

 

 

I recommand misterchrono, based in france. Aint cheap, but quality tools.

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Big Adam

I gotta get me a sticky ball and a loupe!

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Ahopkins1490

Very informative, thanks!

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treyjam

Some truly great tips for a noob expecting his first arrival. Thanks!

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lexsl

Thank you! Very useful

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