no, you don't have to be an expert, but frankly if you don't know how to change
the strap on your watch, then taking the bezel off and taking the case apart to do
so could have easily have been avoided by just asking how to do it properly.
this may be a case of your V2 watch being built much differently than the other
big bangs? although somehow I'm not too sure of it.
the H screws that you have circled in blue are indeed screws. at the very end of
them, the bottom of them, there should be about 1/8" of thread. the rest of the
screw shaft is non threaded. they hold the lug plate in place, which is the thin
piece of metal between them and the band. and they also hold the strap, the strap
has two holes that these screws go through. they are indeed the screws that hold
the strap, not the ones under the bezel.
all you need to do to change the band is to remove the two screws that hold the
lug plate on, and both the lug plate and strap will very easily come free of the watch
head. the screws under the bezel have nothing at all to do with the band, and the
screws in red should never have been touched.
but anyway, I understood what you meant, what I'm after is pictures of your watch.
like maybe close up pictures of these nails that aren't screws, and of the case and
bezel. it should be pretty simple to fix. but first off I'd say you'd need a replacement
screw for the one that broke, and hopefully it didn't break off inside of its threads.
you can separate the crystal from the bezel, by pushing from the inside with both of
your thumbs, applying even pressure, and rotating it. working it out slowly. you
can then screw the bezel back onto the case, the same way you screwed it off.
once that is done, the watch should be fully back together, minus the crystal. some
say you can just press the crystal back in with your thumbs, the same way you
pressed it out, just in reverse. but I find it better to use a crystal press. you can
pick one up on ebay or at harbor freight or whatever for $50 or less, and it'll be a
great tool that you'll always have at your disposal. or you could go to a watchsmith
and they'd probably press it in for you in like 2 minutes and charge you $20 or less.
you should be able to put the band and lug plates back on and together before you
put the bezel on. or after, doesn't really matter.
I belive this would be the "lite" edition..hence the misunderstanding!
on the v1 everything is similar to the gen....NOT 1:1, but screws are screws and so on....
strange you have to open the whole thing to change strap??
so the two things that were stuck together, that are now nolonger so, were they glued together??
I think only the V1 has the real screws on it.. this is the less expensive "lite" version with a lowbeat movement. That's why you paid so much less.
oooh. well I guess I never encountered this then. my bad. all my Hublots
have screws and whatnot. granted, there's a slot in the lug plate where
it looks as though a screw from under the bezel holds it in place, but in
reality it's just the two lug plate screws that do. I'd like to see pictures
of this watch in parts like it is now.
