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Old 30 August 2015, 09:44 AM   #1
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should I be worried?

took my GMTc to vacation and after 2 days of swimming I noticed that my crown, while screwed in, wasnt fully tight up. it still had two revoutions to fully tighten it up.
can water/ moisture still get in?
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Old 30 August 2015, 09:50 AM   #2
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Eep, I would take it in ASAP.
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Old 30 August 2015, 09:57 AM   #3
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took my GMTc to vacation and after 2 days of swimming I noticed that my crown, while screwed in, wasnt fully tight up. it still had two revoutions to fully tighten it up.
can water/ moisture still get in?
watch works fine


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If your watch is fairly new then no, water cannot get into your watch. The main seals are inside the tube around the stem, not inside the crown.
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Old 30 August 2015, 09:58 AM   #4
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If your watch is fairly new then no, water cannot get into your watch. The main seals are inside the tube around the stem, not inside the crown.

thanks. its few months old.


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Old 30 August 2015, 09:58 AM   #5
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No worries.
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Old 30 August 2015, 10:23 AM   #6
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There are many watches with 50m/100m rating that have no screw-down crown. Nomos Club @ 100m comes to mind. A few feet of water in a pool won't hurt anything. A new watch means good seals which will handle this easily. Worst case scenario is you get water in warrantied watch and you have to send it off for warranty service!
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Old 30 August 2015, 10:29 AM   #7
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Learned something new.
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Old 30 August 2015, 10:39 AM   #8
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Me, too.
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Old 30 August 2015, 10:49 AM   #9
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took my GMTc to vacation and after 2 days of swimming I noticed that my crown, while screwed in, wasnt fully tight up. it still had two revoutions to fully tighten it up.
can water/ moisture still get in?
watch works fine


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You're fine as long as you didn't dive down deep or something like that. Swimming in a pool, should not be a problem.
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You should be fine.
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