How tight should you close your crown?
 

How tight should you close your crown?

I do mine finger-tight. Important not to overcrank the screw-down.

+1

+2.
dP

my understanding is that it is engineered so it is finger tight and the crown will be perfectly facing up toward the face:thumbsup:

Only with luck. The final position of the crown is completely arbitrary.:read:
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Yep. It's the luck of the draw and so far I've had no luck.:chuckle::chuckle:

My crown faces perfectly down :(

Out the Rolex that I've got, only the SD is bang on upright :cheers:

I've been lucky a few times but it only matters during photo shoots. Other than that, I never think about it.
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There are those tasty Tudors again!! :thumbsup:

The crown on my sub was perfectly up the other day - before I wound it :thumbsdow

I agree, it's dependent on what finger tight is to the indivual. Best to ensure that it is finger tight than getting a "perfect" position I would have thought.

finger tight.

If you really want to line up the crown try one of these:chuckle:


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Funny! :lol::lol::lol:

For the last time, you need to get a vise and a pair of pliers and crank on that sucker!:chuckle:

When the crown stops turning......STOP!! :read: You don't need to add on excess torque because you will damage the seals by over-compressing them.

The watch will still be 100% waterproof with just a light closure without using too much strength on the crown once it's screwed in.

JJ

These have worked well for alignment of the crown!:dummy:

:eek: :eek: YIKES!! :dummy::dummy:

Yikes because of the vice grips or the nylon strap???:dummy::chuckle:
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:rofl: The vice grips actually, Dan..........but now that you mention it, here's another YIKES :eek: for the nylon strap as well!!! :dummy::lol::lol:

I like that! Tasty Tudors! :cheers: :chuckle:

Allow me to save JJ the trouble.... YA TOSSER! :chuckle:

Aloha!

The way I do it is to screw it down with my thumb and index finger with a somewhat light grip until the crown stops and the fingers slip over it. I then use the finger nails of the thumb and index finger to tighten it just a hair, maybe the amount of one tooth on the crown . . . what is that maybe 1/24th of a turn?

Anyway, here it is shortly after I got it back from the RSC in PA back in early November with my tightening technique applied. I could easily get the crown to "line up" vertically, but it's tight enough where it is. I figure over the years the seal will compress so that in about 2 or 3 years the crown will be just right. Yeah, that's when I'll put in under a glass dome and never wear or touch it again in order to save the perfect alignment . . . not. :rolleyes:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4.../IMG_0422a.jpg

:lol::rofl::rofl::thumbsup:

Me too!:cheers:

D'OH!!!:lol::lol::thumbsup:
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