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Help! Is my breitling rep damaged?

bagandtag

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Just got a beautiful breitling navitimer classic from a TD (albeit on rwg) and love the watch. Its a 7750 movement and from BP I believe. 

I was able to wind the watch a bunch of times maybe total 30x. Now I notice If I try to wind again there's a ton of resistence.

Also no matter how hard I push the crown back in and then screw, it doesn't screw into place (ie. Crown in so that it's water resistant). I can still screw the crown counterclockwise easily. Is the watch damaged?

Otherwise the other functions all work.

Thanks:)
 

OldNavitimer

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A BP Navitimer classic (A23322) doesn’t have a screw down crown. Could you post a pic of the watch?
 

bagandtag

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Here's a couple pics of the watch. As you can see the crown isn't fully in.

OldNavitimer I guess this is normal then?
 

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The crown looks a bit high .The stem is too long .It should not give you really any problems because the watch is not a diver / at most 3atm like gen.Let the power run down and wind it up again .Maybe they didn't oil the gears properly or some dirt is in the watch .Let it run down and wind it up again .Some eta7750 seem to have a weired feel when the clutch starts to engage to prevent over winding .Some feel smooth and some a bit sand/gritty.Sometimes it feels gritty when a pivot/pivit fails