Recs on service--Stripped crown threads-SKX007

[dukerules]

My son's SKX007 crown will no longer screw down. I'm assuming he's stripped the threads. Apart from COSERV, is there anywhere else you guys would recommend sending it for service?

[dukerules]

So based on my reading, it looks like this may need to be a case swap. Probably better off with a brand new watch.

[toxicavenger]

First if it was me I would pull the crown all the way out, then run some waxed dental floss around the threads on it (I bought a SKX that I was told had a stripped tube, it wasn't, it was just dirty). After that put a little grease (or booty lube) on the threads and give it a go. The threads might be full of dirt.

If this all doesn't work I would ping Duarte, he might have some parts on hand for it. Hopefully it is just dirty, or maybe the crown is stripped. The case is a one piece version on them, so if it is a tube you need a new case or someone to convert it to trip-lock.

[DoctorC]

How adept are you at taking the movement out? Might have stripped the threads in the crown as apposed to the tube? That would be a pretty easy swap..

Never mind.. Terry is quicker on the trigger..

[dukerules]

Thanks, guys. It happened today after he set the time back an hour, so I'm sure something is stripped. No luck cleaning and greasing the threads. I'll hit up Duarte.

[Selym]

Generally the crown threads strip before the case tube. Do you have another 7S26-0020 crown that you can try on your son's case?

[dukerules]

Generally the crown threads strip before the case tube. Do you have another 7S26-0020 crown that you can try on your son's case?

I don't. Duarte has been responsive, and I'll likely send it to him. Hoping it's just the crown threads.

[BBK357]

I was was always told that a bum crown on an SKX or 6309 means it'd trashed. New case.


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[Terpits]

I was was always told that a bum crown on an SKX or 6309 means it'd trashed. New case.


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Trade it to Carlo for a better SKX. Don't trash it.

[amckiwi]

Update?

[matt.wu]

He mentioned in another thread it was a full case replacement from Seiko.

[dukerules]

Yep, case had to be replaced. Took a while for Duarte to get the replacement case from Seiko, but it's back on my son's wrist.

[marchone]

What did he charge?

[dukerules]

$10 to transfer the movement into the new case. Beyond reasonable.

[Selym]

$10 to transfer the movement into the new case. Beyond reasonable.

How much for the new case?

[dukerules]

I think $110. So for a little more, I could've had a new watch, but as this was my son's first real watch, I wanted to keep some of the old one in it.

[Ryeguy]

I think $110. So for a little more, I could've had a new watch, but as this was my son's first real watch, I wanted to keep some of the old one in it.

That's cool. When it comes to maintaining sentimental watches, I've also made decisions more from the heart than the head.