Hi there RWI tech experts!
I posted this question in the Panerai section but they're all too cool and wealthy to work on their own watches, so I thought I'd re-post it here in the section for people who like DIY.
I hope I'm not breaking any rules by repeating the questions here. If I am, apologies to anyone who might be annoyed.
The thing is this... I need to investigate and remove/fix a small bead of... something - gasket, or glue, or filament, or whatnot, that's apparent just under the crystal here:
Having decided to sell the PAM, I started taking some pics for a sale thread when I noticed this little problem. I don't want to try and sell the watch with the flaw, so I thought I'd sort it out. The issue was already there when I bought the watch M2M here a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't notice it in the seller's pics at the time, even though it could be seen clearly in them. Oh well...
So, to clarify how I could approach this - I either want to get the movement out and attend to the problem through the case, or alternatively remove the bezel and crystal and take a look at it (I'm assuming the bezel assembly is a press-fit). But as I've done neither of these things to this model or style of watch before, I would really appreciate any advice that I can get, before I go and arse it up.
I've tried a bit of tentative bezel prizing, using a razor (very carefully) but I don't want to give it too much welly in case the bezel isn't a push fit.
I've removed the caseback and taken a look. I found the layout confusing, compared to the Roleys I'm more used to breaking. There's a nicely turned outer ring - but how or whether I need to remove that to get at the movement tabs isn't obvious. And what looks like the movement tabs are too well buried to be easily accessible. I'm stumped...
Thanks in advance for any advice!
I posted this question in the Panerai section but they're all too cool and wealthy to work on their own watches, so I thought I'd re-post it here in the section for people who like DIY.
I hope I'm not breaking any rules by repeating the questions here. If I am, apologies to anyone who might be annoyed.
The thing is this... I need to investigate and remove/fix a small bead of... something - gasket, or glue, or filament, or whatnot, that's apparent just under the crystal here:
Having decided to sell the PAM, I started taking some pics for a sale thread when I noticed this little problem. I don't want to try and sell the watch with the flaw, so I thought I'd sort it out. The issue was already there when I bought the watch M2M here a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't notice it in the seller's pics at the time, even though it could be seen clearly in them. Oh well...
So, to clarify how I could approach this - I either want to get the movement out and attend to the problem through the case, or alternatively remove the bezel and crystal and take a look at it (I'm assuming the bezel assembly is a press-fit). But as I've done neither of these things to this model or style of watch before, I would really appreciate any advice that I can get, before I go and arse it up.
I've tried a bit of tentative bezel prizing, using a razor (very carefully) but I don't want to give it too much welly in case the bezel isn't a push fit.
I've removed the caseback and taken a look. I found the layout confusing, compared to the Roleys I'm more used to breaking. There's a nicely turned outer ring - but how or whether I need to remove that to get at the movement tabs isn't obvious. And what looks like the movement tabs are too well buried to be easily accessible. I'm stumped...
Thanks in advance for any advice!