First Aid

[jban5]

After re-reading the painful "sunk the red..." thread I got to wondering about that type of situation where you have no resources available for an immediate professional quick fix of a disaster.

If I had a watch flood with salt water one thing that would come to mind would be to flush the salt water out with fresh. Using a Sub as the model, if somehow you found it flooded it's doubtful that a case back opener would be handy but removing the crystal (at least the plexi type, I have no sapphire clue) is usually pretty easily accomplished with not much more than a small pocket knife or a razor. With the crystal removed gently flooding the watch with clean fresh water could be done and then thoroughly drying. Replacing the crystal should be just as easy to protect the dial and putting the watch up until it can be properly serviced. I would think that this would at least keep the rustable parts from going there and maybe even the dial and lume could survive.

How flawed is my thinking on this?

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