Awesome. How do you find the Skmei (compared to Casio too?)

Hi @diniz.bortolotto Indeed the sentimental value justifies the price to fix it (but £300 was out of my budget and I was interested in doing it myself :D).

Yes you could be right, I threw the piece away unfortunately and the watch functions perfectly well without it, so no real issue for me.

And as for the winding stem, that may very well be the case. I have had the watch for around 3 years before doing the change and in that time it is possible for dirt to have built up. I don't have the tools or skill to carry out any cleaning so I'm happy with it as is. It does take a bit of effort to change the date but as i rarely need to do that it's not too big of an issue.

Thank you for reading the post and commenting :)

Thanks Zach, I appreciate your comment :)

yeah sometimes its better to just let it go. It cost me more than i'd have liked to fix this rotary, but it has a lot of sentimental value for me so I didn't want to ditch it. And i'm very glad to have had the opportunity to do the work!

It was a Bulova at first, automatic with skeleton dial when I was 18. My dad got it for me as a present. It was my first automatic watch and something which felt high quality. I also regularly get compliments on it because it stands out so much. But I didn't do much after that, watches were just a standard item.

Then I got married and was gifted a Gucci Dive watch (not a diver, but its called Dive. This got me curious about what a dive watch is. So I started researching, and started learning, about watches, horology, dive watches etc etc. The rabbit hole kept getting deeper and deeper, and now watches to me are something very special and amazing.

Honestly I'm not really sure. When I look at pictures of the watch before taking it apart i cant see this piece. I assume it goes on before the hour hand, but not really sure about it's purpose.

yeah I bet! did you find the replacement parts easily or was it difficult to do so?