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Old 27 February 2016, 05:55 AM   #1
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Somehow a screw came loose.
Any idea why this happened? Easy fix?
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Old 27 February 2016, 05:57 AM   #2
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Screw it back in, If the watch band was ever adjusted at one point it was probably left loose.
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Old 27 February 2016, 06:00 AM   #3
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Screw it back in, If the watch band was ever adjusted at one point it was probably left loose.
I figured. I thought they used a loctite on the screws when they screw them in (bluish color). Anyhow this is scary thinking if that happened while I was wearing it may be bye-bye platty

Now to find a small enough screw driver
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Old 27 February 2016, 06:00 AM   #4
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Every Rolex collector needs a small screw driver set.
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Old 27 February 2016, 06:08 AM   #5
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Screw it back in. I have had screws back out from time to time. Just make sure you notice before it hits the floor!
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Old 27 February 2016, 06:24 AM   #6
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I figured. I thought they used a loctite on the screws when they screw them in (bluish color). Anyhow this is scary thinking if that happened while I was wearing it may be bye-bye platty

Now to find a small enough screw driver
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Old 27 February 2016, 07:10 AM   #7
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Buy a watch kit on ebay for under $25. All the screwdrivers ++++
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Old 27 February 2016, 07:11 AM   #8
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Somehow a screw came loose.
My psychiatrist told me the same thing.
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Old 27 February 2016, 08:25 AM   #9
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Old 27 February 2016, 08:38 AM   #10
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Old 27 February 2016, 08:40 AM   #11
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Old 27 February 2016, 09:17 AM   #12
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Any idea why this happened? Easy fix?
Easy fix?

Well .....define easy.

Just because using a small screw driver and twisting it clockwise might seem easy to me....
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Old 27 February 2016, 09:27 AM   #13
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Same thing happened to my Daytona while jet skiing... That was a heart attack and a half, escecially becuase I discovered it that way after flying off of said jet ski.

I posted last year about the same concern. People suggested just buying some light duty loctite to DIY. I got a good micro toolset at Target that has the sizes that seem to fit my watch and glasses.

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Old 27 February 2016, 09:30 AM   #14
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This just made my day
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Old 27 February 2016, 09:35 AM   #15
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Are the screws platinum?
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Old 27 February 2016, 10:37 AM   #16
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I do all my own sizing and hopefully that will never happen
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Old 27 February 2016, 10:55 AM   #17
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If it backed out once, it might just do it again. I'd add a dab of Loctite 222
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Old 27 February 2016, 12:34 PM   #18
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Old 27 February 2016, 01:16 PM   #19
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Old 27 February 2016, 01:18 PM   #20
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Are the screws platinum?

Nope, they're made from Disappearium. 🍻
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Old 27 February 2016, 01:54 PM   #21
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If a screw came lose, what other options do you have other than screwing it back in ?? Seriously what kind of answers were you expecting to get ?
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Old 27 February 2016, 02:02 PM   #22
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Any idea why this happened? Easy fix?
Happened ob my brand new sub too. Once I secured it back in hasn't happened again. Just make sure not to over tighten.
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Old 27 February 2016, 06:41 PM   #23
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Happened to me before on my sub. Visited local RSC and they tighten them all with lock paste. Free of charge! Been perfect since then!
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Old 27 February 2016, 07:33 PM   #24
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If a screw came lose, what other options do you have other than screwing it back in ?? Seriously what kind of answers were you expecting to get ?
A civil one?

That is scary; I've seen a few of these instances in the last few years.
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Old 27 February 2016, 07:33 PM   #25
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Screw it back perhaps use locktite


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Old 27 February 2016, 08:35 PM   #26
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Screwdriver and loctite

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Actually had my SD fall off in a pool when a screw backed out. I had not bothered with the loctite over a year earlier...so it took a while but made its way out.
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Old 27 February 2016, 09:23 PM   #27
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Happened to my OP about six months after I purchased it and had it sized. I was walking around a shopping centre at the time. Took it off put it in my pocket and re fitted the screw with locktite once I was home.
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Old 27 February 2016, 10:01 PM   #28
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Nice catch! I had one come loose.
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Old 27 February 2016, 10:24 PM   #29
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Phew! Good catch!
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Old 28 February 2016, 12:01 AM   #30
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