Gentlemen,

Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
out there that will damage the case in the process. I tried the old
rubber ball dodge to unscrew it, but it was far too tightly on there.
Then I found another trick on Youtube. I was very doubtful, but it
worked! Who'd have thought Superglue was actually any good for
anything?

https://disk.yandex.com/i/ZrQowgcVgDuO4A

Now I just have to hope acetone will get the nut off, because it's
going to be *very* uncomfortable to wear the damn thing otherwise. ;-)

On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:18:42 GMT, "Cursitor Doom" <cd@notformail.com> wrote:

> Gentlemen,
>
> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
> out there that will damage the case in the process ...

Sounds like you paid through the nose for your watch. Mine was £30 from H
Samuel about 8 years ago, keeps perfect time and has the day of the month.
Anything else?

--
"A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled." - Sir Barnett Cocks (1907-1989)

On 03/03/2024 18:23, Tim Streater wrote:
> On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:18:42 GMT, "Cursitor Doom" <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>
>> Gentlemen,
>>
>> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
>> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
>> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
>> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
>> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
>> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
>> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
>> out there that will damage the case in the process ...
>
> Sounds like you paid through the nose for your watch. Mine was £30 from H
> Samuel about 8 years ago, keeps perfect time and has the day of the month.
> Anything else?
>

Also, yours doesn't yell out rob me.

--
Colin Bignell

On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:27:12 GMT, "Colin Bignell" <cpb@bignellREMOVETHIS.me.uk>
wrote:

> On 03/03/2024 18:23, Tim Streater wrote:
>> On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:18:42 GMT, "Cursitor Doom" <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Gentlemen,
>>>
>>> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
>>> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
>>> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
>>> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
>>> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
>>> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
>>> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
>>> out there that will damage the case in the process ...
>>
>> Sounds like you paid through the nose for your watch. Mine was £30 from H
>> Samuel about 8 years ago, keeps perfect time and has the day of the month.
>> Anything else?
>>
>
> Also, yours doesn't yell out rob me.

That too.

--
All of science is either physics or stamp-collecting.

Ernest Rutherford

On 3 Mar 2024 18:46:32 GMT, Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:

>On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:27:12 GMT, "Colin Bignell" <cpb@bignellREMOVETHIS.me.uk>
>wrote:
>
>> On 03/03/2024 18:23, Tim Streater wrote:
>>> On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:18:42 GMT, "Cursitor Doom" <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Gentlemen,
>>>>
>>>> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
>>>> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
>>>> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
>>>> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
>>>> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
>>>> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
>>>> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
>>>> out there that will damage the case in the process ...
>>>
>>> Sounds like you paid through the nose for your watch. Mine was £30 from H
>>> Samuel about 8 years ago, keeps perfect time and has the day of the month.
>>> Anything else?
>>>
>>
>> Also, yours doesn't yell out rob me.
>
>That too.

Anyway, if we can please get back on topic, the point is that
Superglue is actually useful for something other than simply sticking
Just Stop Oil morons to motorway bridges.
So it was highly effective in this application. But what else is it
ideal for? There must be other uses where nothing else will do the
trick?

On 03/03/2024 18:18, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> Gentlemen,
>
> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
> out there that will damage the case in the process. I tried the old
> rubber ball dodge to unscrew it, but it was far too tightly on there.
> Then I found another trick on Youtube. I was very doubtful, but it
> worked! Who'd have thought Superglue was actually any good for
> anything?
>
> https://disk.yandex.com/i/ZrQowgcVgDuO4A
>
> Now I just have to hope acetone will get the nut off, because it's
> going to be *very* uncomfortable to wear the damn thing otherwise. ;-)

Acetone is one of only two commonly available solvents that actually
does dissolve superglue. The other is nitromethane.

I can absolutely confirm that acetone does work if you can stop it
evaporating first. A sealed container overnight is indicated

--
Of what good are dead warriors? … Warriors are those who desire battle
more than peace. Those who seek battle despite peace. Those who thump
their spears on the ground and talk of honor. Those who leap high the
battle dance and dream of glory … The good of dead warriors, Mother, is
that they are dead.
Sheri S Tepper: The Awakeners.

On 03/03/2024 18:54, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On 3 Mar 2024 18:46:32 GMT, Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:27:12 GMT, "Colin Bignell" <cpb@bignellREMOVETHIS.me.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/03/2024 18:23, Tim Streater wrote:
>>>> On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:18:42 GMT, "Cursitor Doom" <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Gentlemen,
>>>>>
>>>>> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
>>>>> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
>>>>> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
>>>>> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
>>>>> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
>>>>> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
>>>>> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
>>>>> out there that will damage the case in the process ...
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like you paid through the nose for your watch. Mine was £30 from H
>>>> Samuel about 8 years ago, keeps perfect time and has the day of the month.
>>>> Anything else?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Also, yours doesn't yell out rob me.
>>
>> That too.
>
> Anyway, if we can please get back on topic, the point is that
> Superglue is actually useful for something other than simply sticking
> Just Stop Oil morons to motorway bridges.
> So it was highly effective in this application. But what else is it
> ideal for? There must be other uses where nothing else will do the
> trick?

Used with baking soda it makes good guitar nuts.

Its a highly effective tack agent for small parts. And 3D printed
plastics. Anywhere that epoxy is simply to thick and heavy. And PVA wont
stick.

I've used it to glue loudspeaker spiders to their frames.
But since I am not making model planes so much I don't use it that often.

--
“Some people like to travel by train because it combines the slowness of
a car with the cramped public exposure of 
an airplane.”

Dennis Miller

On Sun, 3 Mar 2024 19:35:14 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
<tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>On 03/03/2024 18:18, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> Gentlemen,
>>
>> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
>> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
>> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
>> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
>> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
>> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
>> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
>> out there that will damage the case in the process. I tried the old
>> rubber ball dodge to unscrew it, but it was far too tightly on there.
>> Then I found another trick on Youtube. I was very doubtful, but it
>> worked! Who'd have thought Superglue was actually any good for
>> anything?
>>
>> https://disk.yandex.com/i/ZrQowgcVgDuO4A
>>
>> Now I just have to hope acetone will get the nut off, because it's
>> going to be *very* uncomfortable to wear the damn thing otherwise. ;-)
>
>Acetone is one of only two commonly available solvents that actually
>does dissolve superglue. The other is nitromethane.
>
>I can absolutely confirm that acetone does work if you can stop it
>evaporating first. A sealed container overnight is indicated

Yes! I got away with just four hours plus a bit of physical
persuasion. But if it had been left overnight I'm sure it would have
simply fallen away by itself. Anyway, no damage so all good.
I have to make up some drive belts for a reel-to-reel tape recorder.
Apparently Superglue is ideal for that, too; joins rubber whilst not
creating a rigid spot which might slip or de-rail.

On 03/03/2024 18:54, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On 3 Mar 2024 18:46:32 GMT, Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:27:12 GMT, "Colin Bignell" <cpb@bignellREMOVETHIS.me.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/03/2024 18:23, Tim Streater wrote:
>>>> On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:18:42 GMT, "Cursitor Doom" <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Gentlemen,
>>>>>
>>>>> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
>>>>> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
>>>>> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
>>>>> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
>>>>> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
>>>>> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
>>>>> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
>>>>> out there that will damage the case in the process ...
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like you paid through the nose for your watch. Mine was £30 from H
>>>> Samuel about 8 years ago, keeps perfect time and has the day of the month.
>>>> Anything else?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Also, yours doesn't yell out rob me.
>>
>> That too.
>
> Anyway, if we can please get back on topic, the point is that
> Superglue is actually useful for something other than simply sticking
> Just Stop Oil morons to motorway bridges.
> So it was highly effective in this application. But what else is it
> ideal for? There must be other uses where nothing else will do the
> trick?

There are plenty of uses - especially if you have a can of activator to
go with it.

A common one I use is for work holding on things you don't want
obstructed by clamps or to physically mark. Apply blue masking tape to
both things you want to stick. Apply superglue to one side, spray the
other with activator, and slap em together. 10 secs later you have good
enough fix to route round a template etc. When done you can prise the
masking tape off the surfaces without any damage.

Also lots of applications in things like baking soda to make an instant
fix filler / putty.

--
Cheers,

John.

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On Mon, 4 Mar 2024 02:14:46 +0000, John Rumm
<see.my.signature@nowhere.null> wrote:

>On 03/03/2024 18:54, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> On 3 Mar 2024 18:46:32 GMT, Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:27:12 GMT, "Colin Bignell" <cpb@bignellREMOVETHIS.me.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 03/03/2024 18:23, Tim Streater wrote:
>>>>> On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:18:42 GMT, "Cursitor Doom" <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Gentlemen,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
>>>>>> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
>>>>>> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
>>>>>> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
>>>>>> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
>>>>>> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
>>>>>> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
>>>>>> out there that will damage the case in the process ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like you paid through the nose for your watch. Mine was £30 from H
>>>>> Samuel about 8 years ago, keeps perfect time and has the day of the month.
>>>>> Anything else?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Also, yours doesn't yell out rob me.
>>>
>>> That too.
>>
>> Anyway, if we can please get back on topic, the point is that
>> Superglue is actually useful for something other than simply sticking
>> Just Stop Oil morons to motorway bridges.
>> So it was highly effective in this application. But what else is it
>> ideal for? There must be other uses where nothing else will do the
>> trick?
>
>There are plenty of uses - especially if you have a can of activator to
>go with it.
>
>A common one I use is for work holding on things you don't want
>obstructed by clamps or to physically mark. Apply blue masking tape to
>both things you want to stick. Apply superglue to one side, spray the
>other with activator, and slap em together. 10 secs later you have good
>enough fix to route round a template etc. When done you can prise the
>masking tape off the surfaces without any damage.
>
>Also lots of applications in things like baking soda to make an instant
>fix filler / putty.

Activator? What does that do? It sets fast enough as it is!

Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
> >
> >There are plenty of uses - especially if you have a can of activator to
> >go with it.
> >
> >A common one I use is for work holding on things you don't want
> >obstructed by clamps or to physically mark. Apply blue masking tape to
> >both things you want to stick. Apply superglue to one side, spray the
> >other with activator, and slap em together. 10 secs later you have good
> >enough fix to route round a template etc. When done you can prise the
> >masking tape off the surfaces without any damage.
> >
> >Also lots of applications in things like baking soda to make an instant
> >fix filler / putty.
>
> Activator? What does that do? It sets fast enough as it is!

It makes it work on 'difficult' plastics like polythene and
polypropylene.

--
Chris Green
·

On 04/03/2024 09:19, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Mar 2024 02:14:46 +0000, John Rumm
> <see.my.signature@nowhere.null> wrote:
>
>> On 03/03/2024 18:54, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>> On 3 Mar 2024 18:46:32 GMT, Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:27:12 GMT, "Colin Bignell" <cpb@bignellREMOVETHIS.me.uk>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 03/03/2024 18:23, Tim Streater wrote:
>>>>>> On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:18:42 GMT, "Cursitor Doom" <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gentlemen,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
>>>>>>> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
>>>>>>> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
>>>>>>> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
>>>>>>> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
>>>>>>> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
>>>>>>> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
>>>>>>> out there that will damage the case in the process ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds like you paid through the nose for your watch. Mine was £30 from H
>>>>>> Samuel about 8 years ago, keeps perfect time and has the day of the month.
>>>>>> Anything else?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, yours doesn't yell out rob me.
>>>>
>>>> That too.
>>>
>>> Anyway, if we can please get back on topic, the point is that
>>> Superglue is actually useful for something other than simply sticking
>>> Just Stop Oil morons to motorway bridges.
>>> So it was highly effective in this application. But what else is it
>>> ideal for? There must be other uses where nothing else will do the
>>> trick?
>>
>> There are plenty of uses - especially if you have a can of activator to
>> go with it.
>>
>> A common one I use is for work holding on things you don't want
>> obstructed by clamps or to physically mark. Apply blue masking tape to
>> both things you want to stick. Apply superglue to one side, spray the
>> other with activator, and slap em together. 10 secs later you have good
>> enough fix to route round a template etc. When done you can prise the
>> masking tape off the surfaces without any damage.
>>
>> Also lots of applications in things like baking soda to make an instant
>> fix filler / putty.
>
> Activator? What does that do? It sets fast enough as it is!

Well actually no, it doesn't.

Not on all surfaces

On carbon fibre and balsa wood (and fingers or Jeans ) it is so instant
it *smokes * from the heat. On metals it sorta hangs round for ages.

I have never figured out why.

Maybe damp is an activator

--
Canada is all right really, though not for the whole weekend.

"Saki"

In message <3kh9uilttbq9jh3ce27us9d4tie5ggrkoq@4ax.com>, Cursitor Doom
<cd@notformail.com> writes
>On 3 Mar 2024 18:46:32 GMT, Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:
>
>>On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:27:12 GMT, "Colin Bignell" <cpb@bignellREMOVETHIS.me.uk>
>>wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/03/2024 18:23, Tim Streater wrote:
>>>> On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:18:42 GMT, "Cursitor Doom" <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Gentlemen,
>>>>>
>>>>> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
>>>>> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
>>>>> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
>>>>> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
>>>>> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
>>>>> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
>>>>> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
>>>>> out there that will damage the case in the process ...
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like you paid through the nose for your watch. Mine was £30 from H
>>>> Samuel about 8 years ago, keeps perfect time and has the day of the month.
>>>> Anything else?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Also, yours doesn't yell out rob me.
>>
>>That too.
>
>Anyway, if we can please get back on topic, the point is that
>Superglue is actually useful for something other than simply sticking
>Just Stop Oil morons to motorway bridges.
>So it was highly effective in this application. But what else is it
>ideal for? There must be other uses where nothing else will do the
>trick?

Fixing tyre repair patches to modern *plastic* Wellington boots.

--
Tim Lamb

In message <l4jthfFkqtjU1@mid.individual.net>, Tim Streater
<tim@streater.me.uk> writes
>On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:18:42 GMT, "Cursitor Doom" <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>
>> Gentlemen,
>>
>> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
>> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
>> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
>> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
>> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
>> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
>> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
>> out there that will damage the case in the process ...
>
>Sounds like you paid through the nose for your watch. Mine was £30 from H
>Samuel about 8 years ago, keeps perfect time and has the day of the month.
>Anything else?

Indeed. Mine includes day of the week. Sweep second hand etc. Probably
not 100% waterproof but ok on short immersion.
Similar price from Casio.

>

--
Tim Lamb

In message <us47ie$33beb$4@dont-email.me>, The Natural Philosopher
<tnp@invalid.invalid> writes
>On 04/03/2024 09:19, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>> On Mon, 4 Mar 2024 02:14:46 +0000, John Rumm
>> <see.my.signature@nowhere.null> wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/03/2024 18:54, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>>> On 3 Mar 2024 18:46:32 GMT, Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:27:12 GMT, "Colin Bignell"
>>>>><cpb@bignellREMOVETHIS.me.uk>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 03/03/2024 18:23, Tim Streater wrote:
>>>>>>> On 3 Mar 2024 at 18:18:42 GMT, "Cursitor Doom"
>>>>>>><cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Gentlemen,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
>>>>>>>> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
>>>>>>>> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
>>>>>>>> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
>>>>>>>> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
>>>>>>>> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
>>>>>>>> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
>>>>>>>> out there that will damage the case in the process ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sounds like you paid through the nose for your watch. Mine was
>>>>>>>£30 from H
>>>>>>> Samuel about 8 years ago, keeps perfect time and has the day of
>>>>>>>the month.
>>>>>>> Anything else?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, yours doesn't yell out rob me.
>>>>>
>>>>> That too.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, if we can please get back on topic, the point is that
>>>> Superglue is actually useful for something other than simply sticking
>>>> Just Stop Oil morons to motorway bridges.
>>>> So it was highly effective in this application. But what else is it
>>>> ideal for? There must be other uses where nothing else will do the
>>>> trick?
>>>
>>> There are plenty of uses - especially if you have a can of activator to
>>> go with it.
>>>
>>> A common one I use is for work holding on things you don't want
>>> obstructed by clamps or to physically mark. Apply blue masking tape to
>>> both things you want to stick. Apply superglue to one side, spray the
>>> other with activator, and slap em together. 10 secs later you have good
>>> enough fix to route round a template etc. When done you can prise the
>>> masking tape off the surfaces without any damage.
>>>
>>> Also lots of applications in things like baking soda to make an instant
>>> fix filler / putty.
>> Activator? What does that do? It sets fast enough as it is!
>
>Well actually no, it doesn't.
>
>Not on all surfaces
>
>On carbon fibre and balsa wood (and fingers or Jeans ) it is so instant
>it *smokes * from the heat. On metals it sorta hangs round for ages.
>
>I have never figured out why.
>
>Maybe damp is an activator

Don't know why but, repairing broken ceramics works best if you wet the
surfaces prior to applying the glue.
>

--
Tim Lamb

Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
> Gentlemen,
>
> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
> out there that will damage the case in the process. I tried the old
> rubber ball dodge to unscrew it, but it was far too tightly on there.
> Then I found another trick on Youtube. I was very doubtful, but it
> worked! Who'd have thought Superglue was actually any good for
> anything?
>
> https://disk.yandex.com/i/ZrQowgcVgDuO4A
>
> Now I just have to hope acetone will get the nut off, because it's
> going to be *very* uncomfortable to wear the damn thing otherwise. ;-)
>

Spent my entire working life living by the clock, took it off the day I
retired and have never worn it since.

In article <us7h02$3rk8q$1@dont-email.me>,
Tricky Dicky <tricky.dicky@sky.com> wrote:
> Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
> > Gentlemen,
> >
> > Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
> > been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
> > all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
> > replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
> > back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
> > simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
> > one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
> > out there that will damage the case in the process. I tried the old
> > rubber ball dodge to unscrew it, but it was far too tightly on there.
> > Then I found another trick on Youtube. I was very doubtful, but it
> > worked! Who'd have thought Superglue was actually any good for
> > anything?
> >
> > https://disk.yandex.com/i/ZrQowgcVgDuO4A
> >
> > Now I just have to hope acetone will get the nut off, because it's
> > going to be *very* uncomfortable to wear the damn thing otherwise. ;-)
> >

> Spent my entire working life living by the clock, took it off the day I
> retired and have never worn it since.

you obviously don't need to catch a train or bus.

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On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 03:45:03 +1100, charles <charles@candehope.me.uk>
wrote:

> In article <us7h02$3rk8q$1@dont-email.me>,
> Tricky Dicky <tricky.dicky@sky.com> wrote:
>> Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>> > Gentlemen,
>> >
>> > Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
>> > been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
>> > all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
>> > replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
>> > back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
>> > simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
>> > one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
>> > out there that will damage the case in the process. I tried the old
>> > rubber ball dodge to unscrew it, but it was far too tightly on there.
>> > Then I found another trick on Youtube. I was very doubtful, but it
>> > worked! Who'd have thought Superglue was actually any good for
>> > anything?
>> >
>> > https://disk.yandex.com/i/ZrQowgcVgDuO4A
>> >
>> > Now I just have to hope acetone will get the nut off, because it's
>> > going to be *very* uncomfortable to wear the damn thing otherwise. ;-)
>> >
>
>> Spent my entire working life living by the clock, took it off the day I
>> retired and have never worn it since.
>
> you obviously don't need to catch a train or bus.

Makes more sense to use the phone now.

On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 05:19:44 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin's latest trollshit unread>

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charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> wrote:
> In article <us7h02$3rk8q$1@dont-email.me>,
> Tricky Dicky <tricky.dicky@sky.com> wrote:
>> Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>>> Gentlemen,
>>>
>>> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
>>> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
>>> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
>>> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
>>> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
>>> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
>>> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
>>> out there that will damage the case in the process. I tried the old
>>> rubber ball dodge to unscrew it, but it was far too tightly on there.
>>> Then I found another trick on Youtube. I was very doubtful, but it
>>> worked! Who'd have thought Superglue was actually any good for
>>> anything?
>>>
>>> https://disk.yandex.com/i/ZrQowgcVgDuO4A
>>>
>>> Now I just have to hope acetone will get the nut off, because it's
>>> going to be *very* uncomfortable to wear the damn thing otherwise. ;-)
>>>
>
>> Spent my entire working life living by the clock, took it off the day I
>> retired and have never worn it since.
>
> you obviously don't need to catch a train or bus.
>

That’s what you have your mobile phone for. ;-)

Tim

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On 5 Mar 2024 at 18:44:58 GMT, "Tim+" <timdownieuk@yahoo.co.youkay> wrote:

> charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> wrote:
>> In article <us7h02$3rk8q$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Tricky Dicky <tricky.dicky@sky.com> wrote:
>>> Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>>>> Gentlemen,
>>>>
>>>> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
>>>> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
>>>> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
>>>> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
>>>> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
>>>> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
>>>> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
>>>> out there that will damage the case in the process. I tried the old
>>>> rubber ball dodge to unscrew it, but it was far too tightly on there.
>>>> Then I found another trick on Youtube. I was very doubtful, but it
>>>> worked! Who'd have thought Superglue was actually any good for
>>>> anything?
>>>>
>>>> https://disk.yandex.com/i/ZrQowgcVgDuO4A
>>>>
>>>> Now I just have to hope acetone will get the nut off, because it's
>>>> going to be *very* uncomfortable to wear the damn thing otherwise. ;-)
>>>>
>>
>>> Spent my entire working life living by the clock, took it off the day I
>>> retired and have never worn it since.
>>
>> you obviously don't need to catch a train or bus.
>>
>
> That’s what you have your mobile phone for. ;-)

That's a minor use for it. Its main purpose is to make phone calls.

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Churchill: "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."

On 2024-03-05 18:19, Rod Speed wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 03:45:03 +1100, charles <charles@candehope.me.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> In article <us7h02$3rk8q$1@dont-email.me>,
>>    Tricky  Dicky <tricky.dicky@sky.com> wrote:
>>> Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>>> > Gentlemen,
>>> >
>>> > Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
>>> > been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
>>> > all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
>>> > replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
>>> > back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
>>> > simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
>>> > one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
>>> > out there that will damage the case in the process. I tried the old
>>> > rubber ball dodge to unscrew it, but it was far too tightly on there.
>>> > Then I found another trick on Youtube. I was very doubtful, but it
>>> > worked! Who'd have thought Superglue was actually any good for
>>> > anything?
>>> >
>>> > https://disk.yandex.com/i/ZrQowgcVgDuO4A
>>> >
>>> > Now I just have to hope acetone will get the nut off, because it's
>>> > going to be *very* uncomfortable to wear the damn thing otherwise. ;-)
>>> >
>>
>>> Spent my entire working life living by the clock, took it off the day I
>>> retired and have never worn it since.
>>
>> you obviously don't need to catch a train or bus.
>
> Makes more sense to use the phone now.

Ah! You just carry a clock instead of a watch!

nib

In article <op.2j6ai6a6byq249@pvr2.lan>,
Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 03:45:03 +1100, charles <charles@candehope.me.uk>
> wrote:

> > In article <us7h02$3rk8q$1@dont-email.me>,
> > Tricky Dicky <tricky.dicky@sky.com> wrote:
> >> Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
> >> > Gentlemen,
> >> >
> >> > Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
> >> > been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
> >> > all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
> >> > replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
> >> > back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
> >> > simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
> >> > one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
> >> > out there that will damage the case in the process. I tried the old
> >> > rubber ball dodge to unscrew it, but it was far too tightly on there.
> >> > Then I found another trick on Youtube. I was very doubtful, but it
> >> > worked! Who'd have thought Superglue was actually any good for
> >> > anything?
> >> >
> >> > https://disk.yandex.com/i/ZrQowgcVgDuO4A
> >> >
> >> > Now I just have to hope acetone will get the nut off, because it's
> >> > going to be *very* uncomfortable to wear the damn thing otherwise. ;-)
> >> >
> >
> >> Spent my entire working life living by the clock, took it off the day I
> >> retired and have never worn it since.
> >
> > you obviously don't need to catch a train or bus.

> Makes more sense to use the phone now.

much easier to have a wrist watch

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On 05/03/2024 19:04, Tim Streater wrote:
> On 5 Mar 2024 at 18:44:58 GMT, "Tim+" <timdownieuk@yahoo.co.youkay> wrote:
>
>> charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> wrote:
>>> In article <us7h02$3rk8q$1@dont-email.me>,
>>> Tricky Dicky <tricky.dicky@sky.com> wrote:
>>>> Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Gentlemen,
>>>>>
>>>>> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
>>>>> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
>>>>> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
>>>>> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
>>>>> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
>>>>> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
>>>>> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
>>>>> out there that will damage the case in the process. I tried the old
>>>>> rubber ball dodge to unscrew it, but it was far too tightly on there.
>>>>> Then I found another trick on Youtube. I was very doubtful, but it
>>>>> worked! Who'd have thought Superglue was actually any good for
>>>>> anything?
>>>>>
>>>>> https://disk.yandex.com/i/ZrQowgcVgDuO4A
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I just have to hope acetone will get the nut off, because it's
>>>>> going to be *very* uncomfortable to wear the damn thing otherwise. ;-)
>>>>>
>>>
>>>> Spent my entire working life living by the clock, took it off the day I
>>>> retired and have never worn it since.
>>>
>>> you obviously don't need to catch a train or bus.
>>>
>>
>> That’s what you have your mobile phone for. ;-)
>
> That's a minor use for it. Its main purpose is to make phone calls.
>

That is one of the minor uses of mine.

--
Colin Bignell

On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 06:04:26 +1100, Tim Streater <tim@streater.me.uk>
wrote:

> On 5 Mar 2024 at 18:44:58 GMT, "Tim+" <timdownieuk@yahoo.co.youkay>
> wrote:
>
>> charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> wrote:
>>> In article <us7h02$3rk8q$1@dont-email.me>,
>>> Tricky Dicky <tricky.dicky@sky.com> wrote:
>>>> Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Gentlemen,
>>>>>
>>>>> Every time I send a watch off for servicing, I always check there's
>>>>> been no funny business taking place whilst it's been away. You hear
>>>>> all sorts of horror stories about movements being swapped-out and
>>>>> replaced with Chinese or Russian crap. Anyway, for some reason, the
>>>>> back of this one just did NOT want to come off. It should have been
>>>>> simple. They do make a special tool for removing it, but the proper
>>>>> one is *very* expensive and there are a lot of cheap and nasty copies
>>>>> out there that will damage the case in the process. I tried the old
>>>>> rubber ball dodge to unscrew it, but it was far too tightly on there.
>>>>> Then I found another trick on Youtube. I was very doubtful, but it
>>>>> worked! Who'd have thought Superglue was actually any good for
>>>>> anything?
>>>>>
>>>>> https://disk.yandex.com/i/ZrQowgcVgDuO4A
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I just have to hope acetone will get the nut off, because it's
>>>>> going to be *very* uncomfortable to wear the damn thing otherwise.
>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>
>>>
>>>> Spent my entire working life living by the clock, took it off the day
>>>> I
>>>> retired and have never worn it since.
>>>
>>> you obviously don't need to catch a train or bus.
>>>
>> That’s what you have your mobile phone for. ;-)
>
> That's a minor use for it. Its main purpose is to make phone calls.

Irrelevant to what is being discussed.