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[Titan X]

So I purchased a minute machine watch off of Facebook marketplace, and the seller was a bit deceiving in the pictures. Upon receiving the watch, I noticed it only had one screw, holding the back plate on. But the plate was snug. After removing the screw, I realized he must have super glued the back onto the casing. Does anybody have a suggestion on how to remove the back plate and loosen up the superglue? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[XxRuMKaxX]

So I purchased a minute machine watch off of Facebook marketplace, and the seller was a bit deceiving in the pictures. Upon receiving the watch, I noticed it only had one screw, holding the back plate on. But the plate was snug. After removing the screw, I realized he must have super glued the back onto the casing. Does anybody have a suggestion on how to remove the back plate and loosen up the superglue? Any help would be appreciated.

Shyt man... didn't you come across another glued up one before? Heat is the only thing that will melt the glue but too much heat would eff up the movement ... if you can send it back... too much trouble and too risky to try to fix it. If you must though try a low setting on a hair dryer but Im afraid there is too fine a margin of error. There are chemicals that will do it but you have 3 open holes they could got through real easy so I would not go down that path at all.

 

[racefan48]

So I purchased a minute machine watch off of Facebook marketplace, and the seller was a bit deceiving in the pictures. Upon receiving the watch, I noticed it only had one screw, holding the back plate on. But the plate was snug. After removing the screw, I realized he must have super glued the back onto the casing. Does anybody have a suggestion on how to remove the back plate and loosen up the superglue? Any help would be appreciated.

Rubbing alcohol will do it and not damage the movement. I collect vintage watches and cleaning the movements with rubbing alcohol is common. The movements are quite common if you damage it.
Ronda 5040B is the movement. There for sale on eBay. If you end up buying one just make sure the date disk colors match the one you have. Like white numbers and black background or black numbers and white background. There are plenty of videos on YouTube showing how to change the movements.
So if it was mine, I'd try to get the the rubbing alcohol around the back.

 

[Titan X]

Thank you