Digital Crown will not press in

I was trying to repair my watch to a new phone, and discovered that the digital crown will not press in so I cannot restart the apple watch.

Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 6

Posted on Apr 16, 2020 12:10 PM

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Posted on Apr 16, 2020 12:11 PM

Have you tried running just the crown under a bit of warm running tap water and turning it to loosen things up?

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Apr 16, 2020 12:11 PM in response to karolyn225

Have you tried running just the crown under a bit of warm running tap water and turning it to loosen things up?

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