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SA3135 Broken Stem

johnlogan

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I’m crown unscrew completely from my SA3135 (V1) I can stick the crown it back in -and the watch winds and sets in one direction. The other direction unscrews the crown. Is this an easy fix or impossible with the SA?
 

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Glue it on with a drop of clear nailpolish or is it broken?
 

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He said it unscrews the crown and can wind it in one direction...so I understood the crown came off the stem...that would have nothing to do with the keyless and could be fixed with glueing the crown on the stem...if the stem comes out of the watch, that's keyless.
 

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When the crown come off from the stem usually is a thread issue (either on the crown or on the stem)
Many people that buy used gen crown have this kind of issue...
A drop of glue MAY fix it... sometimes it doesn't.
 

johnlogan

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He said it unscrews the crown and can wind it in one direction...so I understood the crown came off the stem...that would have nothing to do with the keyless and could be fixed with glueing the crown on the stem...if the stem comes out of the watch, that's keyless.

It’s a BP crown attached to a SA - when I pull the grown all the way out in the hour / seconds setting I can set the time forwards ( upwards ) but not backwards. In rolled backwards, I unscrew the crown completely.

The stem is still in the movement- it’s the crown plus screw that has come lose. I.e the the crown is off the stem.

So you speculate that super glue would reattach it?
 

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It’s a BP crown attached to a SA - when I pull the grown all the way out in the hour / seconds setting I can set the time forwards ( upwards ) but not backwards. In rolled backwards, I unscrew the crown completely.

The stem is still in the movement- it’s the crown plus screw that has come lose. I.e the the crown is off the stem.

So you speculate that super glue would reattach it?

As I thought....If the thread of the stem is still looking good, a solution could be a drop of lock tight or clear nailpolish....otherwise get a new stem and crown...
 
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johnlogan

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As I thought....If the thread of the stem is still looking good, a solution could be a drop of lock tight or clear nailpolish....otherwise get a new stem and crown...

Buying loctight - revering with outcome! Much appreciated.
 

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It’s a BP crown attached to a SA - when I pull the grown all the way out in the hour / seconds setting I can set the time forwards ( upwards ) but not backwards. In rolled backwards, I unscrew the crown completely.

The stem is still in the movement- it’s the crown plus screw that has come lose. I.e the the crown is off the stem.

So you speculate that super glue would reattach it?

Ahhh. My response was based on the pic of the crown and stem out of the movement- a red herring!