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The thread lockers finally arrived and, although I couldn't secure the Loctite #221 or #222, I found their closest relatives from another company.
In spite of that and somehow to my chagrin as well as relief, it all proved unnecessary. As I again disassembled the watch back-ring to clean and prep the threads and screw, I noticed a couple of small metal shavings lodged at the bottom of the thread as well as on the side of Walt's adapter.
Close examination revealed that the shavings came from the adapter itself (not the watch!) and that the screw had either cut them off or simply dislodged them from the adapter bearing surfaces. I huffed and puffed and blew and rechecked everything before attempting reassembly, sans thread locker.
Well then, the offending screw threaded perfectly and firmly. Of course I paid extra attention to not overtighten anything, but that little rascal is set! At this point I've chosen to put aside the thread lockers in order to use the watch a couple of weeks and verify the torque at the end. If the screws are OK, I will end up with an ample stock of thread locker on one hand and a very valuable lesson on the other.
Thanks to everybody who chimed in, I learned a lot more about thread locking compounds than at first thought possible. 'Appreciate it! hand6.gif
All the best,
Marcello GT