First attempt at watch modification/reair??

[antfarm]

To begin with, I'm completely green to any sort of repair or modification of a watch.  It began when cdgod posted what he termed the original Seiko sawtooth, a 7s26. I picked up two as is from thewatchcollector on the bay to see what I could do.  I plan to take the case, dial and hands from one and the movement and crown from the other to make one watch. The movement came out on the first watch easily because the vrown was broken; not a problem. I'm stalled right now because I cant seem to get the crown and stem out of the second movement.  I've been using the following sites and pressing gently on every part around the stem to try to get it out but without luck... Any ideas about what I'm doing wrong would be quite helpful.  A couple of pics and site to follow.

forums.watchuseek.com/f21/skx173-7s26-crown-stem-does-not-click-setting-postitions-555710.html

www.watchfreeks.com/115-watch-movements/17659-diy-how-remove-seiko-7s26-movement.html

www.horologycrazy.com/2009/11/removing-stem-crown-from-seiko.html

Although they all say these are 7s26 movements they do not look like what I am working with.  See below.  What am I missing?
Thanks

[SpinDoctor]

for some calibers the stem release lever plays hide and seek based on the crown position.  try moving the crown in and out and see if anything changes on the movement.  it might be subtle.  I spent an hour figuring out a quartz 7c release lever.

[Deleted]

Sept 1, 2014 9:06:49 GMT -8 antfarm said:

A little lever swings out and it has a dimple in the end. Push/pull the crown into the various positions until you see it pop into view. It looks like this...

[antfarm]

Thanks for the information. I worked on it last night and found the lever.  The stem came right out.  On to the next phase.

[seikoholic]

Rock on!

Nothing like getting into this kind of stuff.

[cd_god]

Good luck.

The 3 degrees of separation story about how I got the money to buy mine is way more interesting than the watch itself.

It involves a curbside repair of a Buick Riviera FWD which has to be the worst belt routing of all time with the motor mount in the middle on the farthest Northern reaches of the Northside, a back in the way way back days trying to buy some 20" Daytons in a crackhouse on the Northside from the "girlfriend" of someone who was in jail and needed money for a lawyer with someone with a butcher knife hiding behind a door (honest folks couldn't legally concealed carry back then), all tied together by a coworker who was the nephew of 1st round draft pick Shaun Alexander who was the running back for the Vikings and the Seahawks.

Hopefully your original sawtooth has less drama tied to it and I limit my current watchmaking skills to changing batteries and straps but I have popped a few crowns out for mock up future mod ideas.

[antfarm]

That definitely is an interesting and danger filled back story to that watch... I don't think mine will ever look as nice as that one. Now that it's apart I'm going to do my best to put it back together...  Next step is to try and find seals and a crystal.

[Rod]

Hey this is great, keep us posted and LOTS of photos please

[Groundhog66]

Sept 3, 2014 20:05:38 GMT -8 Rod said:

Hey this is great, keep us posted and LOTS of photos please