ianc

found someone to repair it now!

cheers for all your help. guess i'm not cut out to be a watchsmith. you should have seen my hands shake!!!

right - messed it right up now, the spring flew off and i can't find it.

does anyone know any uk dealers? or can i take a rep into a standard shop?

no pics - how would you tell?

I don't think it even wrapped all the way around. It just needs to keep enough tension on the pawl to keep the mainspring from unwinding.

i understand. thanks for your help btw!

i tried that but the to lip of the spring just won't stay on. it seems too big? so i tried to wrap it around but it won't go!?

ahh frustrating!

so the dealer lied to me, he said it was swiss. can you really get a swiss made movement?

i thought the H was regarded as a better piece

anyone?

got the pawl off - how many times does the spring wrap around underneath the pawl?

dealer said to send it back and he will look at it.

do you think thats safer? local uk based dealer.

oh cool. i have same movement without all the panerai repeated writing, does that mean its the swiss version movement.

do i unscrew only the screw right in the middle of the circle or all of the cog ones too. then do it re-wrap the spring around the thing the screw holds in?

My CN mov't PAM did the same thing. It's an easy fix yourself with nothing more than a jewelers screwdriver and some tweezers. I just gave the spring a sharper bend where it goes into the tiny hole in the pawl and it's been going strong now for quite a while.

Just be careful and don't lose the screw.

i was assured that my movement was swiss?!!!

how do you tell.?

also how do you get the back off the watch. i may attempt it myself.

cheers ian

A month might be a bit too long to return to dealer, he has no way of knowing its not been a daily beater for the past month. Try giving Finepics a PM, hes a local watch guru who might be able to help with it

surely though, for nearly £200 it should last a little longer - i am very dissapointed!

hi i bought my off a trader on here a month ago. it has just broken.!!

when i wind it - there is no clicking and you can see through the display back that a spring has come loose.

should he repair it, (dealer)

or can you suggest a watch place in london where it could be fixed and a rough price of cost?

doh, gutted. i love that watch and only wore it once.

hi i bought my pan111H off a trader on here a month ago. it has just broken.!!

when i wind it - there is no clicking and you can see through the display back that a spring has come loose.

should he repair it, (dealer)

or can you suggest a watch place in london where it could be fixed and a rough price of cost?

doh, gutted. i love that watch and only wore it once.