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Re: i ruined my AT by trying to
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: of screws. am getting paranoid about a screw
: or two still loose inside, in case the
: repair guy just tightened the one !!!!!!!!!

You should have been paranoid about taking a $2000 piece of jewelry with a precision mechanism inside and banging on it violently with a hammer. This is what happens when someone's enthusiasm exceeds their common sense.


  1. If it requires that much force, you are doing it wrong.

  2. If you don't have the right tools, then you are very likely to screw something up -- like you did. Jewelers use shock absorbing plastic holders and small delicate hammers.

  3. At the very least, if you feel compelled to hammer violently on the bracelet -- TAKE THE BRACELET OFF THE WATCH FIRST!

There is no way for us to guess what other damage you did in this folly. That's what the repair guy is supposed to have done for you: examine the watch and see. If he felt that only one screw needed tightening, then -- unless he is an idiot -- he would have checked the others too.

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