Watch case opener...
Watch case opener...
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DoubleSix

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12,569 posts

206 months

Saturday 31st October 2015
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One of OH's watches is has always run a little fast and I fancy having a go at regulating (tweeking the regulator bar).

Can anyone recommend a decent case opener and advise if this is not too tricky?

DoubleSix

Original Poster:

12,569 posts

206 months

Saturday 31st October 2015
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How so? I've never opened a watch before...

Variomatic

2,392 posts

191 months

Saturday 31st October 2015
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NeMiSis' point is that there are quite a lot of different styles of case back. Some press on, some screw on, some are held on by individual screws.

Press-ons are normally removed with a case knife but can range from easy to virtually impossible to refit without a press.

Individual screw types just need a suitable sized screwdriver so don't usually raise problems.

Screw-on backs can have any of probably a dozen different methods to grip them depending on the maker and no one tool will cope with all of them - at least not without causing damage. There are a couple of types that come close to being "universal" but to get them in a quality that actually works (rather than a Chinese EBay lookie-likey that will damage the back on anything even remotely tight) is going to cost far more than getting someone to regulate it for you!