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Fix for siezed TW Steel Crown Cap

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Well done on the repair but what a hideous watch! It's typical of the overpriced and oversized "fashion watches" found on the high street. Cheaply and poorly made, the owner could of bought a decent Seiko for a similar price with a mechanical movement, but each to their own I suppose. 

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Hi Ray, I know that it's personal choice but I tend to agree. My largest watch is my Precisionist and its one of the three Quartz I have, the first being a Tissot bought for me by my mother and the other a £25 Sekonda that I use when I go abroad. I put the Precisionist next to the TWSteel and its chalk and cheese. It dwarfs just about everything else I have, the Omegas are old mechanicals and look small beside it but I know what I prefer.
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4 minutes ago, Vich said:

The "Walkthrough" on the fix is in the PDF attachments but I have no strong opinion and this is just a comment.

Sorry, I didn't see that, moved it back. Do you have an easy way to convert it to "forum" format for immediate reading from any device?

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Hello jdm,

Can you advise me what "forum " format is these days, I originally put it up some time ago as a pdf because it is an industry standard that was readable from any device or OS and easily downloaded should that be desired, I can convert to anything you want if necessary.

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On 12/11/2017 at 12:28 PM, Vich said:

Can you advise me what "forum " format is these days, I originally put it up some time ago as a pdf because it is an industry standard that was readable from any device or OS and easily downloaded should that be desired, I can convert to anything you want if necessary.

I'm not asking you to convert but if you could straight post write-up and pictures just like all the other topics in this section, that would help immediate fruition of the content. For example with Chrome Android reading a PDF file is still a two steps process. No biggie anyway.

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