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Otherwise, you can pick oneup for about a dollar or two at your
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Use a sharp-pointed steak knife or box cutter to pry the
backplate off of the watch casing. Most watches have a little
groove(shown) to make this easier. As soon as it comes off, look to
seeif there is a little gap cut into the back plate where the
watchwinding stem passes through. Knowing this will make poppingthe
plate back on later much easier.
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After you remove the back plate, all of the internals of the
watch are easily removedfrom the casing once you also remove the
stem that one normally uses to wind andset the watch. All watches
have a tiny dimple somewhere on the back of themechanism, that when
depressed with a pointy object (like your steak knife or someother
tiny probe) will release the winding stem and allow you to easily
pull it out ofthe watch guts.
The dimple will be somewhere on the back of the mechanism that
is relatively closeto where the stem enters the mechanism. If in
doubt, just keep poking at anythingthat looks like it might release
the stem while pulling gently on the stem from theoutside, until it
releases. TIP: It helps to find the dimple by pushing the stem
inand out between time set mode and regular mode. As you do this
look for any parts
in the mechanism that wiggle. This will provide a clue to the
dimples location.
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After you removed the hands earlier in STEP 3, you might have
noticed there asharp stem poking out from the center of the face
plate to which the hands werepreviously affixed. If it is
exceptionally long, you might try to shorten it or break itoff with
needle-nose pliers before moving on, but this is rarely
necessary.
In most cases, you can just place the new face on top of the
old, and the center pincan help stabilize the new label while you
put the watch back together. TIP: Ifyou want to be sure that the
new face doesnt rotate clockwise or counter-clockwiseas the watch
is worn, you might optionally affix it with a small piece of
double-sticktape, or of few small dabs of rubber cement.
IMPORTANT: Make sure the word, NOW is right side up on the old
face. In otherwords, notice the 12 oclock position relative to the
word, NOW.
!"#$ X ' (#-!!#)02# "/# ,-"./Reversing the order in which you
took it apart,reassemble the watch with its new face. You willnot
need to push on the dimple to re-insert thewinding stem. It should
just lock into place
Snap the back plate with your fingers, beingcareful not to
shatter the front crystal. If there is anotch in the edge of the
back plate toaccommodate the winding stem, be sure to orientthe
back plate accordingly.
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Take a selfie of your new watch on your wrist, or held up to
your smiling face, and post it atwww.FaceBook.com/MyNowWatch. After
posting, dont forget to share your post on your timeline, so your
friends will seethe NOW Movement page, and will be inspired to
create one for themselves.
In your post, please include whereyou live (city/state/country),
what youthink about the NOW watch project,and anything else youd
like to share.
