Crown removal on Seiko 7N82

[Tony Stanford]

Hi -

Amateurs again. I'm trying to remove the crown on my wife's Seiko 7N82
to put a new gasket in while I replace the battery.

But there doesn't seem to be the little hole that you find on most
Seikos, where you poke a screwdriver through to release the crown.

Can anyone tell me where to press? Thanks.

The link to the movement is here - except that it's not a good diagram:
http://service.seiko.com.au/Service2/tg/data/7N82A,83A,89A.pdf

[dAz]

Post by Tony Stanford
Hi -
Amateurs again. I'm trying to remove the crown on my wife's Seiko 7N82
to put a new gasket in while I replace the battery.
But there doesn't seem to be the little hole that you find on most
Seikos, where you poke a screwdriver through to release the crown.
Can anyone tell me where to press? Thanks.
http://service.seiko.com.au/Service2/tg/data/7N82A,83A,89A.pdf

thats because the setlever is on top of the mainplate, not the dial
side, you need to press the little dimple on the tail of the setlever

[Tony Stanford]

Post by dAz
thats because the setlever is on top of the mainplate, not the dial
side, you need to press the little dimple on the tail of the setlever

Got it! This one is different. You have to press the dimple *before* you
pull the crown out. On other models, the dimple does not appear until
the crown is pull out to the set position.

Thanks.

[m***@gmail.com]

Can you explain in details. I can't see the dimple. Where is it? Do you have a picture?

Thanks in advance!!

[tefoley24]

OMG

[m***@gmail.com]

Post by m***@gmail.com
Can you explain in details. I can't see the dimple. Where is it? Do you have a picture?
Thanks in advance!!

This video shows the position at 1:40:

As Tony wrote: It's a part that moves away when you pull out the crown; therefore do not pull out the crown initially; then push down on the dimple; then pull out the crown and stem -- if you push the dimple down correctly, the part with the dimple will not move and you can pull out the stem completely.

(I know this is an old post, but it's the relevant one that google finds when I search for 7N82, and I want to find this information again when I have to replace this movement again in 10 years...)