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Removing crown and reattaching arms

The hands have come unattached on my Boluva quartz watch. I am hoping to re-attach them. But when I remove the back I cannot get to the arms because I cannot remove the crown.

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  • swfo Jul 30, 2008

    I do not have the directions anymore and I doubt they had advice on this sort of repair.

    The reason I applied to FixYa was to avoid the expense of taking it somewhere. It is an old watch.

    I see some sort of washer or pin on the stem between the watch case and the crown. Is this what needs to be removed?

  • swfo Jul 30, 2008

    I do not understand. How can a latch be holding the arms in place?

    I have to remove the crown so I can lift out the works to get to the watch face and the arms.

  • swfo Jul 30, 2008

    It helped much more than the previous two. Thank you. My challenge now is to get the hands re-installed correct.

  • Anonymous Mar 12, 2014

    Remove winding stem crown

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The video i want you to see ,is using older kind of watch,screwing before he can pull the crown ,the new model watches now like your watch is pushing the hole where the pin to unlock the stem,(there is an arrow there in the plate pointing where you to push) while pushing you pull the crown .That's why ill tell in advance so you aware.I know because i'm a watch technician working in rolex before.whatever the result feel free to ask and post so i can assist.
Just click below;.

remove the crown


hope this may help;

Regards,
VOTIT

  • Anonymous Jul 30, 2008

    its very easy to re install the hands ,you need only a tweezer,this very simple even non a watch repairer knows this....


    Regards,
    VOTIT

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I dont think you have to remove the crown to get to the arms. If you observe cleanly you will notice that the arms are held in place by a latch on the side. That is what you have to remove to replace the arms. Good Luck!

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Your Watch should have a User Manual bundled with. Follow the information provided therein. If you still find yourself unable to do so, kindly contact any WatchSeller or even better goto the Shoppe you purchased your Watch from and they'll do this for you for No Cost.

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On most watches there is a very tiny screw next to the crown that you can turn to remove the crown.

Here is a tutorial on how to take apart watches with pictures to help you as well.

Hope this helps!

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