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: However, if you are wearing
: John,
: I have a hand-winding watch where I need to
: unscrew the crown in order to wind it. Do
: you really think that the threads of the
: crown and gasket are so sensitive? If it's
: clearly the case, then I would consider it a
: production fault, wouldn't you?
: Thank you,
: Common man
I am inclined to agree with you, and I can honestly say that my comments about the threads wearing out are not based on personal experience. If you unwind the crown and screw it back in properly (not too tightly), chances are that you won't have any problems. However, I read some posts several years ago from people who needed to have their crowns replaced prematurely (after about 2-3 years as I recall). I suspect that these people were screwing their crowns down way too tightly and/or were winding the watch more often than necessary (and thus overtightening the crown more often than necessary).
I suppose that this is just my "erring on the side of caution", since the more you unscrew the crown, the more opportunities you have to overtighten it when you screw it back in.
Sorry for the confusion - I should have been more specific.
-John
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