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20 March 2017, 09:37 PM | #1 |
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Daytona screw down pushers.
I think they are called 'pushers', or we could call them knobs. Anyway, just got a new Daytona, my first, and have been struck by the mild inconvenience of the screw down mechanism. It feels easiest to remove the watch to use them. Anyone else found this, or is it just me, and my lack of experience with the watch ?
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20 March 2017, 09:47 PM | #2 |
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Unless you are 25 metres underwater leave them unscrewed.
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20 March 2017, 10:08 PM | #4 |
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Unless you're washing it or going swimming/diving with it, just leave them unscrewed. Only screw them down when you want to avoid pushing them in a wet environment.
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21 March 2017, 12:46 AM | #5 |
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All the screw down pushers are for is to stop you activating the chrono function accidentally, it has nothing whatsoever to do with any water resistance.
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20 March 2017, 10:26 PM | #6 |
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Daytona screw down pushers.
It's possible your bracelet is too tight. I don't have the same inconvenience you described.
As for leaving them unscrewed, your everyday water resistance is still OK. But I don't do it for 2 reasons - first: sand, dirt and dust gets into the threads and is hard to clean out, second: I'm prone to snagging my watch on hardware around the track and it slightly adds some risk of damaging a pusher (just my carelessness).
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20 March 2017, 11:28 PM | #8 |
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the screw mechanism on the pushers is not (contrary to public belief) for waterproofing - plenty of threads on here about that fact.
They are to prevent you pressing them when timing longer events - it is a 12 hour timer after all. So its perfectly safe to leave them unscrewed if that makes their use easier
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I'm with Paul Newman. I leave them screwed most of the time.
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20 March 2017, 11:58 PM | #10 |
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It's a bit tricky, push down are much easier. Let's see some pics of that beauty.
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21 March 2017, 12:59 AM | #11 |
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Try bending your wrist down at a 90 degree angle while the watch is on your wrist. It may help prop the watch up to sit higher off your wrist when using the pushers. Other options would be to extend the easy link so it moves on your wrist easier when using the pushers
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Or just hand your Daytona to your faithful assistant to time the things you wish timed.
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