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Ladies and gents,

This is the challenge watch ...a Skagen SKW6247 Men's Ancher Stainless Steel

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I proceeded to do a very simple task, some of you would consider extremely easy, changing a watch battery.... read on it gets more interesting...

Well the back was extremely tight so it took quite a bit of leverage with the pry tool but it did come off and from my novice experience what is difficult to take off is usually difficult to pop back in.

So I took out my handy dandy back case press and proceeded to pop the back in when the front came out....as did the movement and the minute hand was loose (so I will have to address that later) 

The crystal is part of the bezel and it all came out when I attempted to press the back in , makes sense since that's the only way that you can change the movement which is 42 mm and the back entry is 36 mm.

The bezel seems to have a small lip and I am absolutely mystified on where to line this up in order to press it back in.

My current experience is when you don't know what to do, you stop, put the watch away until you find a solution.  

Is there a technique that is used to pop the crystal/bezel combo back in for these scenarios ???

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Truly perplexed novice..     :geek:

 

 

 

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11 hours ago, MilTimeCan said:

Ladies and gents,

This is the challenge watch ...a Skagen SKW6247 Men's Ancher Stainless Steel

 s-l640.jpg.e0acf87573b521b530645c6be6e1ac09.jpg

I proceeded to do a very simple task, some of you would consider extremely easy, changing a watch battery.... read on it gets more interesting...

Well the back was extremely tight so it took quite a bit of leverage with the pry tool but it did come off and from my novice experience what is difficult to take off is usually difficult to pop back in.

So I took out my handy dandy back case press and proceeded to pop the back in when the front came out....as did the movement and the minute hand was loose (so I will have to address that later) 

The crystal is part of the bezel and it all came out when I attempted to press the back in , makes sense since that's the only way that you can change the movement which is 42 mm and the back entry is 36 mm.

The bezel seems to have a small lip and I am absolutely mystified on where to line this up in order to press it back in.

My current experience is when you don't know what to do, you stop, put the watch away until you find a solution.  

Is there a technique that is used to pop the crystal/bezel combo back in for these scenarios ???

Signed

Truly perplexed novice..     :geek:

 

 

 

   Rumpole had  had a solution for similar problems,  Chatto fleet street I think?   all kidding aside,  it may be a new import watch that is not  repairable .  vin

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Hello,

I just did the same work to my skagen chronograph quartz and the crystal had a thin gasket around it that was set with mastic / UV glue.

The gasket was not salvageable but the crystal went back into the bezel just fine with UV glue.  Hope this helps.

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8 hours ago, cduke said:

Hello,

I just did the same work to my skagen chronograph quartz and the crystal had a thin gasket around it that was set with mastic / UV glue.

The gasket was not salvageable but the crystal went back into the bezel just fine with UV glue.  Hope this helps.

makes sense, there's nothing I can see that will connect the bezel to the case.

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On 1/10/2019 at 9:40 AM, vinn3 said:

   Rumpole had  had a solution for similar problems,  Chatto fleet street I think?   all kidding aside,  it may be a new import watch that is not  repairable .  vin

could be it was a real challenge to pry off the back and it seems almost impossible to press it back in ...Hope u are well Vinn !

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