My first JLC and a question

Hello everyone,

Finally purchased my first JLC, a reverso Grande GMT from 2009 in excellent condition.

I have a question regarding the "switching mechanism".

Is it normal that it's quite stiff to get the watch head out of the rail ? Once it's out, I can slide it pretty easily but I need to push with quite a bit of force to get it out. It does "snap" well into place and feels very solid.

I have seen other JLC in videos though and it looks so easy to push the ball bearing out of the rail compared to mine.

I plan on showing it to a watchmaker directly in case, I am not too worried and wanted to have a first opinion from you guys !