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Zodiac cal.76


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Hi guys,

 

I would like to clean the plexi from inside and also clean the dial from small dust particles on my newly acquired Zodiac Goldenline.

 

However, I have problems releasing the crown stem from the movement on that Zodiac cal.76 movement.

 

I have tried to push with the needle inside the hole located left from the stem but nothing happens. The stem is still locked.

 

I would appreciate any help with that.91ca62b6ac29e303ba1f590793a39fbe.jpg8cd50aff4e52cc243c23ddde7ad2f197.jpge5aaee81fc403df35217855780ee9cab.jpg

 

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Hi guys. Still no progress but I think I found where the problem lies. There is one tiny screw north of the crown stem, which moves when I move the crown from 0 to 1st position and vice versa. Maybe it should be unscrewed slightly to release the stem.464867dff96a27ac0b93433e7f37ae39.jpg

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You could also take a look at the parts breakdown of the closely related  Zodiac 68,70,72,74, 88 etc and the 76 from Cousins collection of PDFs.

https://www.cousinsuk.com/document/search?SearchString=zodiac

Similar content here ->

http://www.phfactor.net/wtf/Zodiac Parts/

Just for the record, lots of useful links to manuals can be found here ->

http://www.watchrepairinfo.com/techman.htm

 

 

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You could also take a look at the parts breakdown of the closely related  Zodiac 68,70,72,74, 88 etc and the 76 from Cousins collection of PDFs.
https://www.cousinsuk.com/document/search?SearchString=zodiac
Similar content here ->
http://www.phfactor.net/wtf/Zodiac Parts/
Just for the record, lots of useful links to manuals can be found here ->
http://www.watchrepairinfo.com/techman.htm
 
 
Thanks Andy for many useful links. I will check them up.

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On the Zodiac 76 you should have a set lever screw, turn it slighly while pulling the stem out should do the trick.
Thanks HSL. I think this will do the trick because this screw is moving in coordination with the stem action. Unscrewing it a bit should release the stem.

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The most mechanical watches has either a screw you loosen to release the stem or you push on a pin directly attached to the setting lever. In this case there could be both so I had to look it up and the database says it has a set lever screw.
 

ZOD 76-75B 5443/1233 5443/ZOD 70 SET LEVER SCREW

 

Sometimes when they have a pushpin and the wear and tear together with rubberized oil makes it somewhat harder to get it pushed in far enough, then one gets a bit tempted to push a bit harder and voila' one have pushed it to far and the setting lever makes one unexpected liftoff. Mostly you recover from this since you had to service the movement anyhow.
Even the screws sometimes is a bit tricky but if one just gently push down at the same time one unwinds it the lever should be pushed down and release the stem.

The "Magic hole trick" usually can be found working on cheaper quartz movements where the lever is directly jointed with a plate,

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