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Old 24 April 2013, 05:05 AM   #1
DaveInLA
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Washed hands with Heritage Chrono pushers unscrewed and chrono running

Hey guys, I was testing the chrono earlier this am and forgot to stop it when I was done. If you're not aware of this, the THC chrono pushers have to be unscrewed to push and I forgot to screw them back in. I've since washed my hands with soap and water 3-4x and I'm worried that water has gotten into the case. I wash my hands like everybody else, with a little bit of water running up the wrist. I tried washing my hands again with the pushers screwed in and the water definitely comes into contact with the pushers.

How concerned should I be? It's really hard to see if water has access to the movement with the pushers unscrewed from the outside. And what's my next step now? Im at work so I don't have the option of putting the watch in the sun with pushers unscrewed or in a bag of rice to evaporate any water that might've gotten inside the case. The chrono minute counter is a fraction of a second off center (this apparently happened a few days ago but it wasn't like this when I bought the watch) so maybe I have an excuse to have RSC take a look at it to assess for water damage. What do you think? FWIW, THC is listed as having WR of 150M.

Edit: one more thing-- as soon as I noticed that the chrono was running and pushers were unscrewed, I immediately stopped and reset the chrono before unscrewing the pushers back in. In retrospect, I should've just unscrewed the pushers without pushing them (which definitely compromises WR). My worry is that there may have been a small amount of water in contact with the gaskets or whatnot that wasn't going to get into the case, but may now cause damage because I stopped the chrono. Or am I just worrying too much?
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