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Hi folks, just discovered this site tonight. I am mostly a newb, although I have experience with smallscale work from electronics. I have recently gotten into watch building, not from scratch mind you, I buy the movements... I recently came into a Luminox, with a Ronda 515 movement in it. The movement runs slow with a brand new battery. I figured for $20 from Esslinger, the easiest fix for me at my level of skill was a new movement, rather than disassembly,clean,lube,re-assemble. So, I bought the movement. While trying to remove the crown from the stem, I learned the quality of the loctite/cyanoacrylate/whatever that Luminox uses to fix their crowns to their stems. *sigh* does anyone know where I can buy Luminox replacement crowns? I have hopes that I can remove the stem fragment from the crown, but those hopes are quite small. I only have about .200 - .300 thousandths of the stem protruding from the crown. Yes, next time, remove O-rings, then apply heat, THEN unscrew the crown. Having problems uploading a photo of the crown. ANY help or ideas would be greatly appreciated!! Thx, Bob

Hello all, So I've got a question for a newbie. I'm looking to replace the movement in a run down Luminox with an automatic movement. The movement that comes in it is a Ronda 515. I am thinking of replacing it with a Miyota 9015. The width is the same, but the depth is a touch off. Current movement 3mm thick and new one would be 3.9mm. Do you think it would fit in the case? If not, any suggestions for an automatic movement that would fit in the Luminox? Thank you