Did I damage my watch? Please Help

[camster]

Hello fellow forum members. I have a 1 year old Turn O Graph. I did not wear it for about a week due to fixing up things around my house. You know when you own your own home there is a never ending list of things that need repair, updating, replacement ect......... Well here it goes,I missed my Rolex so when I finished my latest project yesterday,I went to get my watch and I went to set the date and time with my cell phone. I thought everything was fine but this morning I noticed when I looked at the crown that there were several threads showing. I did not screw the crown completely down there were about 2 or 3 threads showing. I never shower with it so I know it did not get a full blast of water. But I do remember washing my hands about a half dozen times throughout the evening and early morning. I never put the watch under a direct blast of water,but I am concerned about maybe a drop here and there may have or may not have got on the exposed threads. Am I getting worked up over nothing or should I seek out my AD? I still have 8 months of warranty time remaining. And if I do go to my AD. What should I say? I dont want them to void my warranty because of my shear stupidity. I feel sick because I worked my ass off to buy this beatiful timepiece and now I hope I didnt ruin it. Please help my fellow Forum members. I await any advice,thanks for looking. Robert.

[Dan Pierce]

Unless you see condensation or irritate behavior you should be fine.
dP

[Jocke]

I will say there will be no problems a Oyster will not let some water in if you have not run water directly on the thread.
I guess your watch are fine.

[dannyp]

My understanding is that the gaskets are engaged when you push the crown all the way down, not when you screw it tight. I always thought of the screw lock as a way to ensure the crown stayed in place, as opposed to increased water tightness (besides a Sub or the like which has the extra gasket). FWIW, there are plenty of watches out there whose water tightness matches or exceeds your TOG that don't employ a screw-locked crown.

You should be fine, as long as the above-mentioned symptoms aren't present, but you can always ask your dealer to check (if they have the equipment).

[rmfnla]

Maybe you can get Bob70 to hit it with some WD40...

[GradyPhilpott]

Your good, but if it bothers you, take it to a watchmaker and have him inspect it. If it's an AD, it probably won't cost anything.

Pretty much the same thing happened to me once and I happened to be near the AD, so I just dropped in to have it checked and they explained all the safeguards built into the watch.

It checked out just fine and there's been no problem since.

[docmarioce]

Originally Posted by dannyp

My understanding is that the gaskets are engaged when you push the crown all the way down, not when you screw it tight. I always thought of the screw lock as a way to ensure the crown stayed in place, as opposed to increased water tightness (besides a Sub or the like which has the extra gasket). FWIW, there are plenty of watches out there whose water tightness matches or exceeds your TOG that don't employ a screw-locked crown.

You should be fine, as long as the above-mentioned symptoms aren't present, but you can always ask your dealer to check (if they have the equipment).

+1

The watch should be completely fine for above reasons. Forget about it and enjoy your watch. If there is something wrong with it, it will surface long before the warranty ends and you will have plenty of time to fix it. But I am confident your timepiece is OK.
Regards

[Speed]

Originally Posted by camster

shear stupidity

What a great name for a hair salon!!!

[Tools]

As mentioned, the sealing o-rings are inside the tube around the stem,,,

Your watch is completely waterproof whether the crown is screwed down or not, unless you take it down to pressureized depth where the extra gasket helps to keep the pressure out (hence "Twin-lock")

[Shade]

Your watch is fine. Unless you notice any abnormal behaviours, it's fine.

[jnkay]

I've done that with my Daytona's pushers completely unscrewed a dozen times and never had a problem.

[ParisDakarBmw]

You can blow the crystal with a warm hair dryer for a few seconds, and see if there is condensation building up.

[GoldenBear]

I have showered with my stem open...no worries.

[camster]

Thanks To all my fellow members I now can really stop looking at my watch every several seconds to see if a bit of h2o got washed into it but so far so good. I am now going to be able to sleep and listen to the beautiful sound of the Rolex movement sing me to sleep through my pillow. Thanks again everyone, Robert.

[swatty]

Originally Posted by camster

Thanks To all my fellow members I now can really stop looking at my watch every several seconds to see if a bit of h2o got washed into it but so far so good. I am now going to be able to sleep and listen to the beautiful sound of the Rolex movement sing me to sleep through my pillow. Thanks again everyone, Robert.

[RRGHOST1]

As said before, if you have problems like condensation, it might have been a faulty seal anyway and not caused by you. If a problem exists it will rear its head long before the warranty expires.

[Z-Sub]

You should be fine. Locking down the crown ensures it can go down to 100m for TOG. It is well protected for a new watch like yours when water just splash on the watch without fully engaging the crown.

[rmfnla]

Originally Posted by ParisDakarBmw

You can blow the crystal with a warm hair dryer for a few seconds, and see if there is condensation building up.

All that will do is heat up the water (if there is any).

[Edit] Oh, I get it; to see if there is any water. At first I thought you were suggesting it as a way to remove the water!