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Maybe it's a "Frankenwatch" which has been restored with other bits and pieces but it still has a genuine Rolex movement. A picture of the movement would be helpful but pgse14, no one is forcing you to do anything...they're all curious and I must admit that I am too, because the general features of the watch dial and case look a little rough around the edges for a Rolex...but, hey, we could all be wrong. Wouldn't you like to have the movement verified? I think you might want to re-read Alaskamick's first comment in this thread...very reasonable advice, IMHO. :)

Apologies. It,s a real strange one for sure. It intrigues me why the original bezel has been changed & a leather strap has been fitted. However the movement looks genuine just a pity about the bezel. Once again apologies no offence intended.

No one said you have to do anything but if you post a picture of a watch and one of the many professionals on the site here spot something incongruous then of course, out of courtesy, they are going to give you a heads-up as to what they think. Look at it this way...if you you went to the doctor with a lump on your skin and he tells you it's possibly something nasty then you don't ignore him and just go on believing it's a rogue pimple...you investigate. You put the picture up and trained eyes have spotted some things which don't seem right. They aren't ridiculing you...they're trying to help you.

It's a balance chuck for holding a watch balance in a lathe for doing pivot work.

When fitting new stems to watches I use these tools :- Digital calipers, Fine grade diamond lap Wire cutter Pin vice Now for fitting. (1) Hold the stem in the pin vice and screw on the crown tightly by hand. (2) With the movement fitted correctly in the case, insert the stem until it locks in place. Now measure the gap between the case and the underside of the stem. In this case it is 2.16mm. (3) Subtract 0.2mm from this size and this will give the amount to remove from the stem. In this case it will be 1.96mm which will give 0.2mm clearance below the crown when fitted to the watch. (4) Now remove the crown from the stem and hold the stem very tightly in the pin vice, then place the pin vice and stem between the jaws of the digital calipers then zero the calipers. (5) Remove the calipers and without touching the zero button set them to minus 1.96mm. THEN RE-ZERO THE CALIPERS AT THIS LENGTH The wire cutters are now used cut off the excess thread leaving a small amount to be filed to the exact length. (6) All that is required now is to dress the stem with the diamond lap a little at a time until the calipers read zero. (7) Finally screw the crown on tightly and it should be ready to fit to the watch without further adjustment. I find that this method cuts down on trial and error. FOR SCREW DOWN CROWNS. A) Screw down the crown tightly onto the case without the stem and measure the distance nbetween the bottom of the crown and the case. B ) Screw the new stem tightly into the crown, then insert into the watch until it engages and locks into the movement. C) Press the crown down firmly as far as it will go and hold it there. D) Using the vernier callipers, measure the distance between the bottom of the crown and the case. E) Subtract the size determined in (D) from the size measured in (A) then subtract a further 0.15mm from this size. This is the amount to shorten the stem by. This should allow the crown to screw full home without compressing the stem too tightly between the movement and the inside of the crown. F) Cut the stem leaving it slightly longer than the size determined in (E), and dress down to size using the diamond lap and vernier callipers as described in the original post. G) Screw the crown onto the shortened stem and check fit and function, before using a tiny spot of Loctite 221 to secure. Click here to view the article

I finally got one after many years and iam very happy I did a restoration on this vintage Rolex its stainless steel with 18k gold and diamonds it is all oem Rolex except the 18k and diamond bezel Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G925A using Tapatalk

What about when you want to stay in bed, have you thrown it across the floor yet.

I couldn't have wished for a better and more swift answer ! Thank you very much indeed ro63rto !!! Best regards: Roland.

This should be what you're after. http://watchguy.co.uk/technical/Seiko/7L22A_1.pdf http://watchguy.co.uk/technical/Seiko/7L22A_2.pdf http://watchguy.co.uk/technical/Seiko/7L22A_3.pdf

Please post a picture of the movement. This way you will be able to back your statements and give other a chance to learn and apologize. You should not really have a problem doing that with an authentic watch.

pgse14, just take the back off and post a picture of the movement. That should give these guys something to go on. At the moment they are just looking at the watch face and giving honest opinions as to what they see that they think looks wrong. Surely you want to know for sure ? I know I do. Cheers, Mike

I went back there and succeeded in downloading the manual. Lots of wasted paper. LOL

Welcome to the forum if you follow Geo,s link the repair is straight forward. If you can not find an exact replacement you can get a stem extender but a whole replacement would be easier.

Here you go :- http://www.watchrepairtalk.com/topic/1020-articlefitting-a-new-watch-stem/page-1

close but try this.....time to invest in a new camera