Brandeego

Thanks for that. I shall give it a go and see what happens.

May have to give Timpsons a try. Just seems a little wrong to go to a shoe repairers.

I had the impression that most watchmakers would be able to carry out pressure testing. I can't even find a local watchmaker or repairer who would be able to work on mechanical watches. I have tried myself to swap a movement with disastrous consequences. It's not as easy as it looks. I would hope that pressure testing would be a little easier to arrange and may have to widen the area to anywhere in the UK.

Bit of a long shot, but does anyone know of a jeweller/repairer in the Sheffield/Nottingham area who offers a pressure testing service. Just wanted to see whether or not a watch may survive a bit of water.

With further tinkering, I have now snapped the second hand, so need some replacements anyway. The description on their site is that the hands fit popular Chinese movements, so hopefully they will fit. It would have worked out cheaper just to by a new noob sub, however, I would have missed out on the frustration and hopefully eventual satisfaction, if I can get the thing to work properly.

I tried to swap the movement in a noob sub to a DG4183 after damaging the keyless works in the original movement. It was a total [censored] up and the new movement was damaged. After a month or so break, I decided to have another go and ordered a new DG2183 from Cousins UK. All seemed to go OK, but on fixing the hands, I noticed that they were a little bent. Tried to straighten them and all seemed OK. Watch reassembled, appeared to be working OK and keeping good time. The following day I noticed that the second hand was a little loose and was slipping back if the watch was tilted. I have taken the hands off and tried to refix with no joy. I cannot get the second hand to fix on firmly. Is the Cousins movement the right one for the noob sub? Have I damaged the second hand and need a replacement? I see that Cousins sell a set of different types of sub hands for popular Chinese movements. Are these likely to be a better fit? Any help would be appreciated.