First repair (sort of)

ocsav1

8 months ago

Hi,

I got this not working casio from ebay for 1 cent (plus shipping 😕 )

I have no idea if the movement works or not, but the obvious problem was that the stem did not lock into the mechanism.

I couldn't be prouder of myself that I was able to fix that. Now the stem stays in its place and it even works as it is supposed to. 😀

What I'd like to ask you guys, is if you can't point me to a watch repair forum that it's friendly for rookies?

I'll never be a watchmaker and I don't aspire to much more than being able to replace a quartz movement, and maybe even replace a damaged cristal or a broken stem and crown. But I have the fix bug, and I can't just be a cheap watch collector.

Again, it's like it was when I was a pipe smoker, I couldn't buy expensive pipes but I could buy estate pipes from ebay and make them look new again. I think I'm going to walk the same path with watches.

#casio #repairs

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Bayl61

· 8 months ago

No specific sites to recommend friend, however you should have left the crown/stem out and replaced the whole movement , I can’t see the manufacturer of the movement but you should see a arrow/pointer around this area that you press to remove the stem/crown, once it’s out you can replace the movement . If you find out the movement you can then determine the hand sizes and source new hands etc,

There are lots of videos on utube etc…,

ocsav1

· 8 months ago

Yes, I know, the new movement is on the way, it's a cheap Epson VX3JE. I never expected to be able to reset the stem so the 1st thing I did was order the full movement.

I'm waiting for batteries too. Now for sure I will check if the old movement works before installing the new one. I would be a shame if my 1st success was totally meaningless.

I had to remove the 3 screws that hold the bridge that it's over the stem works, it was not too hard, probably I have more than 30 screwdrivers of all sizes in my home, but only 1 that it's 1mm.

But you don't imagine the fight it was to replace that screws with a highly magnetized screwdriver. It's nightmare stuff... 😀 I don't want to have to do it again, never. Magnetized tools are handy for a lot of things but NOT for watch making tasks... No sir...

Already sent for a cheap set from Aliexpress.

The next challenge will be re-installing the hands. The sub dial hands are so small that I had to use a blade to get under them in order to pop them out. It looks so easy on the YouTube videos, well, it is not !!!