Help with screw / Bracelet

[Rogoal]

Originally Posted by Tools

Frequently a screwbar can be unscrewed without any heat, so I would say that when a hairdryer works it is because there was a very small amount of Loctite, or none at all, present.

Hairdryers cannot be finely directed at the threads of the screw in question, so it's a bit like a firehose approach when a garden hose is the tool needed.

If the bracelet is off the watch head, no damage except that you are heating the whole thing up to a blistering temp. If the head is attached you are cooking the dial, lume, gaskets, and expanding all the temp sensitive parts.