Day 0: Disassembling the rolex
As a total noob, I have zero experience in watchmaking. First off the watch itself is much smaller than on the picture (for anyone having tinkering with your computer before, I don't know if you understand that feeling: the chips & components look smaller than what you expected?).
The first step is to remove the bracelet.
Easy enough:
In the watch making kit one of the "screwdrivers" would have a 5 mm long round tip.
Put that tip in the strap hole at the base of the case.
Press firmly and wiggle the bracelet up and down until you feel the strap holder pin being dislodged from its case hole. (You have to press it relatively firmly)
Then maintaining the bracelet in position press the other end of the pin with your pin-tool-thingy
The bracelet would detach !
The second step is to remove the back of the case.
Ok this one was a little bit harder for me:
First off the caseback is screwed on the case (imagine the caseback as being the screw itself)
I used this thing to do that:
Actually because I am retarded I didn't use the case holder (in black) like on the pic to do so (because I just realised I can do that by googling for the image)
You need to screw the little pointy black screws on the tool then put them on the dented part of the case back.
Then you firmly press down and turn them like you are trying to open a jam jar.
The third step is to remove the movement:
This one stressed me out.
The reason being I removed the two super tiny screws (actually dropping one in the working movement in the process so it was stuck) and then noticing the movement would still be held in the case by the crown and the pusher.... so don't do that.
Wait for the movement to be stopped. Unscrew your crown and pushers
Then remove the crown. I watched a youtube video to figure this out. You have a tiny hole on the movement to disengage the crown (see pic below where my pin is pointing)
Press it then simply pull the crown (it is supposed to be effortless if it does not come out you are not pressing hard enough)
Then you can remove the screw holding the movement (you have two of them)
Then pull the case upside down with some protective clothing below and the movement will drop (pushers might block it but you can just wiggle the movement out at an angle)
Yeah !
More to come !