Rolex OP screw down crown question…

[Faded Whale Blue]

Please excuse my ignorance on this topic. I just bought a new silver OP in 36mm. It’s my first Rolex. It’s beautiful and I love it. I noticed that when I unscrew the crown, it kinda catches and has some resistance towards the end of the unscrewing without popping out to the first position. When I turn it more, it then clicks and pops out into the first position. Is it normal to have that kind of resistance, then clicking, prior to the crown popping out to the first position? I don’t want to damage anything by forcing a turn. The crown screws back in smoothly and keeps time amazingly well. Thanks for your time!

[drrd]

Yes

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Faded Whale Blue

Please excuse my ignorance on this topic. I just bought a new silver OP in 36mm. It’s my first Rolex. It’s beautiful and I love it. I noticed that when I unscrew the crown, it kinda catches and has some resistance towards the end of the unscrewing without popping out to the first position. When I turn it more, it then clicks and pops out into the first position. Is it normal to have that kind of resistance, then clicking, prior to the crown popping out to the first position? I don’t want to damage anything by forcing a turn. The crown screws back in smoothly and keeps time amazingly well. Thanks for your time!

All normal.

[brandrea]

Welcome to the forum. It’s normal

[whatisarolexym]

I have this too on my YM and thought maybe it's something wrong but seems to be a Rolex thing.
Surprisingly it doesn't happen on my tudor and it pops straight out for winding

[Yachtbuoy]

Both my 1603 and new Tudor Pelagos 39 have this mostly - the crown unscrews and then it's the slightest counter-turn and it pops to the first position.

[1William]

No issues. Nice watch.

[Faded Whale Blue]

Thank you everyone. I tried looking it up online and was not really about to find any mention of this, so i thought i would ask here. Thanks again!

[Tools]

The crown and the stem have a welded in place socket/nut arrangement.

When you unscrew the crown then the nut/socket need to engage, and they are not always perfectly aligned. It is right and proper that you unscrew it more than necessary to align them in order for it to be able to pop-up.

[KatGirl]

Congrats on your new silver OP 36. I have the exact same model, and I love it. My crown is a little tricky at times. I just figure it’s normal, for a Rolex. Enjoy it!

Kat


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[marmite2005]

Totally normal. You have to to play with it and it pops from screwdown to position one.

[Faded Whale Blue]

Yeah, I thought it was kinda weird because it feels like it gets stuck at the end of the unscrewing, and then I have to turn more against some resistance to have the crown pop into the first position. It doesn’t happen on another screw down watch that i have. That one smoothly pops out when unscrewing. If it’s a normal Rolex thing, then I’m all good with that. I always get a little apprehensive when i have to do something against resistance with these small mechanical components.

[frank gama]

Originally Posted by marmite2005

Totally normal. You have to to play with it and it pops from screwdown to position one.

My Daytona, datejusts and OP all behave this way.
Except for my 1954 Oyster Brevet, where the crown pops out quite forcefully as soon as the screw threads disengage.I suspect the older oysters has a simpler mechanism.

[Harry-57]

Originally Posted by frank gama

my 1954 Oyster Brevet

Cor. That's interesting and nice to see, thank you for sharing.

[rolph]

As long as the crown screws back in smoothly and the watch is keeping time well, you shouldn’t worry about damaging anything.

[Kevin of Larchmont]

Proceed with joy. Welcome to the forum.