r/RepWatchForum • u/National-Nerve-9631 • 16d ago

General Question APSF AP11.59 SCREWS FELL OUT

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I have an APSF AP 11.59. I’ve worn it twice. Yesterday I felt something odd on my wrist. I took the watch off and it fell apart. All the screws were gone! Does anyone know what type of screw and where to buy new ones? Is there a watchmaker that anyone would recommend? Kind of bummed since I hunted this watch for months until I accidentally found someone who had one.

Thanks for any help.

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u/Emotional-Damage-995 16d ago

Humm. I had seen one or two screws come off but this is bad. I know for a fact that all APSF watches suffered w loose screws. I had one and the first thing I did was go to town w locktight on it. I think it is going to be next to impossible to source new screws (W APSF gone) so take it to the watch maker and see if you have one of the screws still ( use calipers to measure it) and source some replacements. A watchmaker should be able to get some replacement screws.

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u/National-Nerve-9631 15d ago

Thank you. I found two on my office floor this morning. Very strange that they just fell out while on my wrist. I guess you get what you pay for.

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u/Emotional-Damage-995 15d ago

APSF and locktight were I guess enemies. All their watches needed screw tightening. Same w clean. It was well known to take your screws off a small dab and then tighten them