Water in Watch

First_October

Hi Guys, long time lurker here!

Long story short: I damaged the crown on my watch without realizing it and subsequently went swimming......

Watch is still running for now.

Can anyone recommend a place to get this fixed? (Based in Dublin)

Any idea what the cost might be? It was a cheap watch so if repair is costly it might just be new watch time!

Any other advice welcome!

blue5000

You could try pulling the crown and putting it in a warm place in a bag with silica gel/dry rice. Same as what you might try with a mobile phone.

unkel

And with the benefit there are no electrics in your Steinhart

Would it lead to rust issues in time blue5000, or might you get away with it?

sparrowcar

blue5000 wrote: »

You could try pulling the crown and putting it in a warm place in a bag with silica gel/dry rice. Same as what you might try with a mobile phone.

Not being funny but cous cous works even better than rice. Really good and taking in moisture. Defo try Blue's suggestion first.

You want to leave it into a watchmaker to get it opened, dried and serviced/repaired properly asap. The longer you leave it the more likely the movement will rust.

Leaving it somewhere warm with rice probably won't dry it sufficiently (unless you open the caseback) because the waterproofing works both ways.

Lorddrakul

+1 for getting it opened and dried properly.

It is a beautiful watch and from what I know, a good robust mechanism. It should be recoverable, but act quickly.

LD