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Posted by Frank Adam on July 20, 2005, 5:37 pm
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:28:51 -0500, Duane Bozarth
>Frank Adam wrote:
>...
>> You'll have to push the pin on one end, while with your third hand
>> pulling the band (gently) away from the case. Once you dislodge one
>> end you may think that you could pull the band off the case. Maybe
>> so, but in my experience those Rolex bands are very good fits and
>> getting just one side out will not let the band tilt far enough out of
>> the case. Forcing it off will damage the spring bar.
>> So, make sure you dislodge both ends of the spring bar. Once that is
>> done, the band will just pull away.
>> Hope this helped.
>
>If this guy keeps messing w/ this the value will be zero...
>
>To OP, just take it to a Rolex dealer and all will be known...if you
>paid what you say you did, a few hundred can only be a reasonable
>investment to attempt to get at least some of the value restored before
>it's pass repair or it's thousands. Of course, is there any guarantee
>it's not a fake? Perhaps that's what you don't want to know???
>
Look, i don't really care what he does with what he owns and the watch
is not exactly what i would consider as endangered species. If he
breaks it, so be it. There are thousand, perhaps tens of thousands of
that model out there.
I know very well, that when i had the electronics bug, i used to pull
apart everything that needed(and sometimes not) fixing, despite some
advice not to do so. So for me to tell him what to do would be
downright hypocrisy.
<useless anecdotal evidence follows>
--------------------------- Tear here -----------------------------
I have ruined a very nice Sony reel to reel once, by replacing those
bloody expensive power transistors myself.. I had to get them from
Sony, as nobody else stocked them, IIRC 45 bucks each (x4).
As it turned out, the transistors obviously went for a reason, but i
didn't find(nor could i, even if i tried) that reason. Buying a
transistor tester obviously doesn't make one into a an electronics
guru. ;-) Anyway lots of smoke was inhaled and the unit fried itself
even a little more. I kinda gave up on that one after that. ;-)
None the less i've enjoyed the time i spent with electronics and even
managed to get some kits together and working. In those days, i would
have told anyone trying to put me off playing with all that, to get
stuffed.
--
Regards, Frank
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