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Hello everyone,

I am Michael Kelly, a retired Army Chaplain. I have been mostly doing antique clock repair and just started falling in love with watches. I am looking for a way to identify the release button for crown stems on most watches. Is there a solid rule of thumb for this? Thanks for the help.

Mike

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12 hours ago, MKelly said:

release button for crown stems

then as a reminder they're not always a button they could be a screw. Then even that can be a challenge of you have to be careful of how much unscrewing or the part on the other side falls off. Or some watches have to be in setting rather than winding when you remove the stem otherwise the mechanism shifts and you have to take the watch apart.

 

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Thank you everyone for your help.  It was very informative.  My biggest trouble on stems comes in when I try to release a stem from a very cheap quartz movement.  Some are so small I can't see what is going on. Even with magnification I seem to press in the wrong spot. 

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