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Hello, I'm new to the forum. Please help if you have experience removing a stuck/tight watch movement. I am trying to get to the dial to be able to repaint it. I took the caseback off, however as you can see in the picture the movement is quite far down in the case. I tried to pry it out with a screwdriver with no success. I tried to remove the bezel my prying it off, again no luck. I tried removing the screws on the side of the bezel in either direction they just spin and don't loosen or tighten. I even tried blowing out the crystal, although with a weak 10ml syringe. It did build up some pressure, it just seems like the space between the movement and crystal is too far and tightness of the movement will make it hard to do. I tried to message the company directly, no reply yet several days later. Please advise on any ways to dissemble the watch to get to the dial.

Hello all! I've been having issues with an Elgin 554 movement, it's one of the military issue ones from wwii. I received the watch in run/stop condition and did a full teardown/cleaning/oiling. The watch will sometimes run for a couple hours to a couple days before getting "stuck". There's an actual tension where something is getting out of line and can be felt when gently trying to adjust the hands (the hands are not stuck on each other, it's an internal issue). I've tried opening it up and adjusting it probably 5 times but nothing seems to do the trick. Has anyone else had a similar issue? I've tried tightening down the bridge that holds down the setting gears (don't know the exact name of that but it's circled in blue). I've tried removing those gears and trying to re-install the canon pinion multiple times (I think that the canon pinion may be slipping out of true and that's the issue?) It's hard to tell exactly what it is though. I've also tried pinching it a bit tighter so that it's a tighter fit over the center wheel pivot I've also tried putting in one to two dial washers in case the hour wheel (I think thats what it's called) is popping out of whack. I'm really at a loss as to what could be the issue/how to fix it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!