Exhibition Case Back - No Notches!

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Any ideas on how to get this open, 'cause I am about to super glue a nut too it and open it with a wrench! I cant believe they have no way to open with a tool... Rubber ball gets nowhere.

[HectorLooi]

I don't think this is a screw on back. Gluing a nut will only succeed in breaking the glass.

Look carefully for a notch on the caseback. It's most likely a snap on back.

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5 minutes ago, HectorLooi said:

I don't think this is a screw on back. Gluing a nut will only succeed in breaking the glass.

Look carefully for a notch on the caseback. It's most likely a snap on back.

Nothing.

[HectorLooi]

How about a photo of the front? It might be a front loader.

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18 minutes ago, HectorLooi said:

How about a photo of the front? It might be a front loader.

I will get the movement out one way or another. I dont care about the watch - I just want the movement, or parts from it anyway...

 

[Waggy]

Look at the side of the front around the bezel, there may be a small notch between the bezel and case where you can open it?

If you send pictures of the side at 12/3/6/9 o'clock positions we may be able to help you spot it.

[MechanicMike]

its not one of those thru-the-2 piece stem ones is it? where you have to pump a shot of air to pop it off?

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I actually got it off. It WAS a pressed in back. I used the serrated blade tip of my Leatherman and it came up without too much effort. Being a newbie, I had just never seen a display back that was not a screw down back. Silly me. The lack of any indentations or notches for prying it up also threw me.