The Rolex Forums   The Rolex Watch

ROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEX


Go Back   Rolex Forums - Rolex Forum > Rolex & Tudor Watch Topics > Rolex General Discussion

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 24 February 2015, 01:12 AM   #1
bombardior
"TRF" Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: ny
Posts: 147
Corroded screws on bracelet in new watch?

Hi everyone. I'm slightly disappointed to say the least that what I had hoped to be an incoming thread had to go down this road instead. Received a brand new hulk this morning from AD and got excited to size it only to find the screws in the bracelet heavily corroded and covered by what seemed to be like a salt grime thing.
I only took 2 pins out and both are like this.

This should not happen on a brand new watch dated last Friday on the warranty card correct?
Name:  ImageUploadedByTapatalk1424704359.523820.jpg
Views: 459
Size:  52.3 KB
bombardior is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 01:14 AM   #2
REFZ
"TRF" Member
 
REFZ's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2012
Real Name: Martin
Location: Netherlands
Watch: The Rolex Way
Posts: 1,471
That's no corrosion but the residu of Loctite.
__________________
114060 - 116520 - 126334
REFZ is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 01:15 AM   #3
bombardior
"TRF" Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: ny
Posts: 147
so no worries?
bombardior is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 01:16 AM   #4
REFZ
"TRF" Member
 
REFZ's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2012
Real Name: Martin
Location: Netherlands
Watch: The Rolex Way
Posts: 1,471
No that's normal, the loctite will safe the screw from getting out by itselfs.
__________________
114060 - 116520 - 126334
REFZ is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 01:17 AM   #5
bombardior
"TRF" Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: ny
Posts: 147
Should I try to clean it off when sizing the bracelet by myself then?
bombardior is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 01:19 AM   #6
Krypt0n1te
"TRF" Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: CapeTown S Africa
Watch: Rolex ~ Omega
Posts: 128
http://www.loctiteproducts.com/threadlockers.shtml
Krypt0n1te is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 01:19 AM   #7
joli160
2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
 
joli160's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: NL
Watch: Yachtmaster
Posts: 14,761
Nothing wrong here, clean it up a little and reapply loctite.
__________________
Day Date 18238, Yachtmaster 16622, Deepsea 116660, Submariner 116619, SkyD 326935, DJ 178271, DJ 69158, Yachtmaster 169622, GMT 116713LN, GMT 126711.
joli160 is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 01:22 AM   #8
REFZ
"TRF" Member
 
REFZ's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2012
Real Name: Martin
Location: Netherlands
Watch: The Rolex Way
Posts: 1,471
I should clean it and apply a little bit of new Loctite (if you have it on hand) in the female thread of the link.

Try a search on Loctite on the forums for more info. ;)
__________________
114060 - 116520 - 126334
REFZ is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 01:23 AM   #9
watchwatcher
"TRF" Member
 
watchwatcher's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Real Name: Larry
Location: Kentucky
Watch: Yes
Posts: 35,047
Yeah, as others have said, that's just loctite residue...gross but harmless.
watchwatcher is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 01:24 AM   #10
bombardior
"TRF" Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: ny
Posts: 147
Thanks all!
bombardior is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 02:13 AM   #11
engin33r
"TRF" Member
 
engin33r's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Real Name: Andy
Location: GMT +7
Watch: Sub, Daytona, DD2
Posts: 742
You should be glad it's there. If not, then chances are that the watch had been sized and whoever put them on didn't bother to re-apply loctite.
engin33r is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 02:15 AM   #12
cop414
TRF Moderator & 2024 SubLV41 Patron
 
cop414's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Real Name: Tim
Location: Pennsylvania
Watch: 14060M
Posts: 72,244
As others have said totally normal, enjoy!
__________________

Rolex Submariner 14060M
Omega Seamaster 2254.50
DOXA Professional 1200T

Card carrying member of TRF's Global Association of Retro-Grouch-Curmudgeons
TRF's "After Dark" Bar & NightClub Patron
P Club Member #17
2 FA ENABLED
cop414 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 02:23 AM   #13
bayerische
"TRF" Member
 
bayerische's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Real Name: Andreas
Location: Margaritaville
Watch: Smurf
Posts: 19,879
That's glue. Mmm'kay

__________________
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
bayerische is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 02:33 AM   #14
sco
"TRF" Member
 
sco's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Chicago
Watch: Subc AT 8500 CSO
Posts: 3,646
WOW, a comment / question, with a clear photo attached in the OP You got great info and probably helped fellow enthusiasts if they ever come across this.

Perfectly executed post and thread!
sco is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 04:36 AM   #15
Brandon(phila)
"TRF" Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Real Name: Brandon
Location: Phila burbs
Watch: DSSD
Posts: 755
Here's how to clean....rub with fingers...then blow

When I saw the title of the thread I was thinking that is impossible.

Honestly rub it off....apply a tiny drop of new locktite into the hole using a toothpick. Tighten screw....recheck in 5 years
Brandon(phila) is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 05:03 AM   #16
handsfull
"TRF" Member
 
handsfull's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Real Name: J
Location: The great Midwest
Watch: youlookinat?
Posts: 2,369
Remove old residue with alcohol, then apply loctite. Loctite doesn't bond properly without proper prep to the surface in which it needs to bond to.
handsfull is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 09:09 PM   #17
regnant
"TRF" Member
 
regnant's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Close to Rolex AD
Posts: 3,474
When I took my links off to size the bracelet properly to fit my wrist I had seen that residue as well.I doubt you can find most manufacturers can dab such a glue in their bracelet
__________________
http://s30.postimg.org/eykg4i271/A_Lange_Sohne_Movement.jpg
regnant is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 09:25 PM   #18
Minimalist
"TRF" Member
 
Minimalist's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: London
Posts: 1,221
What size screwdriver do you guys use to remove the screw on a sub bracelet? I'd like to get myself one to do any future resizing myself. Something like this?

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...980849&alt=web
Minimalist is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 10:21 PM   #19
Alcan
2024 Pledge Member
 
Alcan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Real Name: Al
Location: Way Up North
Watch: your P's & Q's
Posts: 10,473
Quote:
Originally Posted by Minimalist View Post
What size screwdriver do you guys use to remove the screw on a sub bracelet? I'd like to get myself one to do any future resizing myself. Something like this?

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...980849&alt=web

1.6 mm hollow ground. The 1.4 mm in the eBay link will sorta work......
__________________
Member #1,315

I don't want to get technical, but according to chemistry alcohol IS a solution!
Alcan is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 10:34 PM   #20
Marvoon
"TRF" Member
 
Marvoon's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Malaysia
Posts: 147
it's normal that my sub and dssd also have that glue when i removed the link
Marvoon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 11:37 PM   #21
Minimalist
"TRF" Member
 
Minimalist's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: London
Posts: 1,221
What does hollow ground mean? Is this one better?

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...126377&alt=web
Minimalist is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 24 February 2015, 11:45 PM   #22
kilyung
2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
 
kilyung's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Cave
Watch: Sundial
Posts: 33,940
Quote:
Originally Posted by Minimalist View Post
What does hollow ground mean? Is this one better?

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...126377&alt=web
Same concept.
kilyung is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 February 2015, 12:06 AM   #23
Mfrankel2
"TRF" Member
 
Mfrankel2's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2014
Real Name: Marc
Location: New york
Watch: SD43,d-Blue, 16710
Posts: 1,010
To the OP, make sure it's the correct loctite. Should be purple; loctite 222. it's the "low strength" version & using the wrong loctite will make it near impossible to get the screws out without dong some damage. As previously suggested, best to clean off the old stuff (alcohol works well), let it dry & apply a small amount using a toothpick to the threaded hole side of the link (not the screw as this would distribute it throughout the link)
Mfrankel2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 February 2015, 12:41 AM   #24
watchwatcher
"TRF" Member
 
watchwatcher's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Real Name: Larry
Location: Kentucky
Watch: Yes
Posts: 35,047
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mfrankel2 View Post
To the OP, make sure it's the correct loctite. Should be purple; loctite 222. it's the "low strength" version & using the wrong loctite will make it near impossible to get the screws out without dong some damage. As previously suggested, best to clean off the old stuff (alcohol works well), let it dry & apply a small amount using a toothpick to the threaded hole side of the link (not the screw as this would distribute it throughout the link)
Good information here. I can personally attest to what will happen if it gets distributed throughout the link...they will bind up and not move freely. That actually happened with the watch tech at an AD. But to their credit, they made it right when I brought it in.
watchwatcher is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 February 2015, 03:54 AM   #25
ec51
Banned
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Real Name: Eric
Location: NY
Watch: 14060M
Posts: 1,642
Quote:
Originally Posted by Minimalist View Post
What does hollow ground mean? Is this one better?

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...126377&alt=web
You dont want the flat head to have any taper to it.
ec51 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25 February 2015, 04:45 AM   #26
Laszlo
2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
 
Laszlo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: San Francisco, CA
Watch: Date & No Date
Posts: 10,868
Quote:
Originally Posted by bombardior View Post
Hi everyone. I'm slightly disappointed to say the least that what I had hoped to be an incoming thread had to go down this road instead. Received a brand new hulk this morning from AD and got excited to size it only to find the screws in the bracelet heavily corroded and covered by what seemed to be like a salt grime thing.
I only took 2 pins out and both are like this.

This should not happen on a brand new watch dated last Friday on the warranty card correct?
Attachment 590996


That's Loctite.
__________________
"You might as well question why we breathe. If we stop breathing, we'll die. If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die."

Paul Henreid as Victor Laszlo in Casablanca
Laszlo is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Wrist Aficionado

My Watch LLC

WatchesOff5th

DavidSW Watches

Takuya Watches

OCWatches


*Banners Of The Month*
This space is provided to horological resources.





Copyright ©2004-2024, The Rolex Forums. All Rights Reserved.

ROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEX

Rolex is a registered trademark of ROLEX USA. The Rolex Forums is not affiliated with ROLEX USA in any way.