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Help needed - Crown removal on an Accurist Skymaster

3.3K views 5 replies 3 participants last post by  Davey P  
#1 ·
Just a quickie, I'm trying to remove the crown on an Accurist Skymaster, and it has beaten me, so it's over to the experts!

Here's a quick pic (ignore all the dirt and debris...). What do I need to do to release the crown stem?

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Cheers,

Dave :thumbsup:
 
#3 ·
I don't know, but there appears to be an answer in the linked thread. Not quite as simple as most watches.

http://xflive.thewatchforum.co.uk/index.php?/topic/144484-accurist-skymaster-stem-removal/&do=embed
Thanks for that mate. The link was dead, but I managed to work it out from the description, and got the stem out. However, after changing both batteries and reassembling the watch, it now has a working analogue part, keeping good time, but the digital display is dead (and that was previously working!) - I really shouldn't attempt these things.... :laughing2dw:
 
#6 ·
Some batteries (especially when there are 2) are inserted upside down.

Something to look into.
Oooh, I hadn't thought of that. There is a small rubber "bung" in between the 2 batteries, and I thought they were both the same way round, but of course I might be wrong. Next time I take the watch apart I'll try flipping the large one over and see what happens. Very frustrating, knowing that the digital functions were working previously... :( If I can get it fully working I might have a go at changing the crystal as well, which is something I've never done before. What could possibly go wrong... :laughing2dw:

I'm getting better at these things, but still have my fair share of disasters. Not least that I broke the spare crystal I had for the rose gold Accurist you sent me - that's a long story, but I have a source of cheap replacements.
Bummer, that's just the sort of thing that would happen to me :mad0218: