replacing the crown on a citizen eco drive calibre 8700

The suggestion of an option of trying to reuse the Crown and remains of the existing Stem has awoken my inner Frankenstein! I have a few 'backyard mechanic' plans forming now.ġ. Citizen quoted me over $AUD350 to replace the stem and crown! Madness, and more than the total cost of a new replacement watch in full. I have had the watch sitting unusable for more than a year now so it has simply become a nice paperweight. Hmmm.įor all the purists amongst us, time to look away! Haha - At this point I figure I am in a no lose situation.

Great idea about using Alum to clean the socket Joe! Would never have came to that solution my friend! jdm is indeed correct though, the Crown (appears) to be made of stainless steel. Thank you sincerely for any advice you could provide. Watch Functions: Automatic, Chronograph, DayĪny recommendations would be gratefully appreciated. Watch Type: Automatic Quartz (Auto/Self Charging, Elecrical)Ĭrystal Style and Material: Round Glass, Flat Thank you fir your time to read and fir any advice you could offer me. To date, I have found parts for the B620 to be all but ‘unobtainium’ !. With the wealth of experience, knowledge and contacts here, I was hoping I could seek your good nature to help me determine what stem I actually need, and where you might recommend I could get one (as well as a new crown - the original stem has corroded off inside where it would usually screw in) :(īelow are all the details I have compiled on the watch in question if that helps narrow things. I may have narrowed down the stem part number as a 065-441 but not overly confident.

Out of principle I decided to embark on a quest to find the parts online a do it myself! How hard could that be right? Well, so far, a year down the track (on and off) and I am still no wiser on where to get the correct stem? I think. hmmm, the watch when new cost me less than that. My first though was to take it to the jeweller I purchased it from a few years earlier and get a repair - the quote back from Citizen was + $AU350! To replace the stem and crown. Last year I discovered (when the crown separated!) that the stem had corroded and simply broke away. I have a Citizen Eco Drive CA4210-16E with a B620 movement.

Replacing the crown on a citizen eco drive calibre 8700