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I'm so hacked off with my 1998 Aerospace originally from Golds in London, I've owned it since 2000, but in that time I have lost 4 gold riders, and the most recent one was only a week of wearing it after it came out of the menders, plus I notice a second rider is loose...... "Send it back to the menders I hear you say?" well there's a story there, a week after I put it in for repair in 2008 in Johannesburg, I left the Country as I was in the middle of an unfortunate divorce, and returned to the UK minus my watch. What with everything going on and being out of work, the £300 bill wasn't a priority. Lucky for me, the watch was still there 4 years later, I paid the bill and got it couriered back to me here in the UK, so with the distance involved taking it back there is a no go. I live in very rural Wales, where many people wouldn't even know what a Breitling is... and to top it off since putting it back in the box for the last 3 months for fear of another rider falling off, the battery has died (I think)

I do love it when it's not missing riders, but I always catch my jumper/coat on them...for me it's a design fault, I have considered undoing them and sticking some threadlock on the screws... but I'm not willing to keep it if I'm going to loose another.. is there anyway to get some sort of assistance from Breitling on this??

you can buy new riders from Andrew Michaels speak to Sam or Andrew

http://www.andrewmichaels.co.uk/

Andrew Michaels Jewellers ltd
38-39 Stodman Street
Newark
Nottinghamshire,
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Sales and orders – enquiries@andrewmichaels.co.uk
Repairs – repairs@andrewmichaels.co.uk

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I think the ones without the lume dot are £20 and the one with the lume is about £26 they come with the screws, when fitting use a needle and put a tiny bit of thread lock on the end of the screw then screw in tight job done.

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I suspect that whoever put the screws in was nervous of damaging the gold screws so didn't tighten them enough - Loctite will solve the problem for sure.

the screws are not gold they are Ti coloured

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Didn't realise that, but same argument I guess if they are Ti.

May I suggest before you try Locktite, you give consideration to a few other forms of thread fixing first? Try GS glue or even a small amount of rubberised glue instead. Yes, as silly as it might sound, you could have greater flexibility with a non permanent glue whilst achieving a lasting result. If you are up for a bit of experimentation, try a very small amount of Araldite.

These less permanent solution glues may solve your problem long before you need to call on a thread locking compound. They are still capable of being unscrewed after fixing, and for that you may be thankful. Don’t over tighten (as that’s what leads to thread damage in the first place) and see how you go. You only need as much fixing as to resist the fabric of your jumper. No more.

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Jim

"You have Control".

OH wow thanks folks, I knew there was an affordable solution somewhere, I'll get in touch with them and perhaps try some evostick impact on the tip of a screw, that will be somewhere in between....

Also will dealers change batteries on site or is it sent away....I'm thinking do I send my watch to somewhere online, such as http://www.123watchspecialist.co.uk/ as I am miles away from anywhere?

You could also use clear nail varnish to hold the screws in place.

Watches of Switzerland on King St, Manchester changed the battery on my Aerospace for me. Can't speak for any others but I'd assume most do.

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The list of 'Authorized Maintenance Centres' (as opposed simply to ADs) is @

http://www.breitling.com/en/service/centers/GB

(and includes the Manc Watches of Switzerland for example).

The only one I can see in Wales is the Watches of Switzerland in Cardiff. I don't know that an ordinary AD won't do a battery change, it's just that they're not an 'Authorized Maintenance Centre' which certainly will!