Catastrophic Mechanical Failures

[meoramri]

If you guys happened to experience catastrophic mechanical failures of your timepieces, do share.....

[meoramri]

Here's something that happened to me a few weeks ago. Broken crown stem....

[Cocas]

This is serious. You dropped your watch onto the ground with the crown facing downward and hit the floor?

[meoramri]

This is serious. You dropped your watch onto the ground with the crown facing downward and hit the floor?

I hit the crown directly against the corner of a tiled wall while wearing it. Sheared the crown straight off.


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[Cocas]

This is serious. You dropped your watch onto the ground with the crown facing downward and hit the floor?

I hit the crown directly against the corner of a tiled wall while wearing it. Sheared the crown straight off.


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Hope your Aristo pilot watch "recover" soon.

[meoramri]

Unfortunately can't get a similar style crown. The replacement will be different...


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[ck77]

Unfortunately can't get a similar style crown. The replacement will be different...


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Can't source the part from the manufacturer?


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[meoramri]

Got the watch via gnomon years ago. They no longer carry the brand. Been trying to contact Aristo directly but no reply.


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[phat7]

I fee you bro. It happened to me twice and the same god damn watch. First time dropped in airport and second time at home after repair.

[bloodlegion]

This is why I'm super careful with all my watches, including my cheap ones (heck, all of my watches are cheap).

I also use Nato straps almost exclusively because the spring bar is often the weakest link, it fails before any mechanical part of the watch, I believe.