How to set a Precision

[jrc_law]

I just bought a 1964 14k Precision presentation watch. Does the crown turn both ways to set? i.e. Clockwise and and Counterclockwise? I ask because when I tried to set it by turning CC, the crown unscrews! That's fairly important to me because I don't want to lose the crown, or need to know if I need to have it repaired.
Thans for the help!

[mldaytona]

.....lol.....

[SPACE-DWELLER]

Welcome to TRF!

These two links might help. First the TRF FAQ's (just ignore the date function part):

Rolex FAQ's; section: Winding setting your watch.


Basically, you'd want to set it like the "Oyster Perpetual (No Date)" described in the below link:

Time Setting of various Rolex models.

Please share a pic of the Rolex Precision of yours!

[f16570]

Welcome along and I hope Bo's reply helped. Can you post some pics of the watch please.?

[DSJ]

Welcome to TRF!

[Tools]

I'm guessing that you mean that the crown unscrews from the stem..

That is the leading cause of lost crowns, followed, of course, by the entire stem coming out from the movement.

A decent watchmaker can fix your problem by taking the stem out and tightening the crown or applying some locktite...

The hands should be able to be set by turning the stem in both directions, but over the years there has always been some controversy about turning a watch or clock only in the forward direction. Probably a carryover from the early days of wall and standing clocks that cannot be turned backwards without messing up the inner works..

[jrc_law]

Dear Moderator: Thanks, you answered my question.

By the way MLDaytona:

I'm not stupid. I have a Doctorate earned in the top 10% of my class and I have owned many, many watches, including a number of Rolexs in my 50 years. Quite simply, the crown came off the same day I got my watch back from a complete overhaul and b/c it's a hand wound and an older model, I simply wondered if it had some unique process. I guess it doesn't