rexon

Anyone have any idea where I can find screws/pads used for holding movement to case? I think that almost all reps are using the same screws. Too many watches came with missing screws so far. Some even ended broken and inside movement.. Now I'm having too many loose movements hanging around...

You may try my suggestion (pegwood + small amount of rodico) for chrono (subdial) hands. I find the most challenging putting back the hour and minutes hand as I obviously don't have the proper pressing tools. I initially tried using my favorite #2 dumont tweezers for setting these hands (just like The Zigmeister recommended). However, this proved to be too hard for me and requires really good tweezers handling skills. In most cases hands were slipping out of tweezers and I'm almost sure I even managed to damage (scratch) one of the hands during slipping. I'm currently using rodico to grab and position central hands.

It's already on my purchase list. The one you are referring to should be 7404-2 (0.80 mm x 1.50 mm). I was looking at 7404-1 (0.50 mm x 1.0 mm) as 7404-2 is not sold separately. I'll ask the seller if he can sell this one separately. What tools do you use to put the hands back? Rodico + above presser? Sorry for these lame questions... I find the task of managing the hands too stressful..

I've just looked at eta docs and this washer is part 2753 (indicator distance piece). Have you ever seen an a7750 with this part? I'm not sure why they don't use it. It simple to make and install and it would make problems with days wheel gone. I'm aware why day wheel is popping out. I spent some time testing this and it seems that it would pop-up easier when using quick date change then when turned by day change wheel. Regarding hands removal process... Yes this is how I worked so far but I find above tools hard to use in this way. 'Forks' of presto tool are sometimes too thick to be put between hands and I risk damaging the hand below with presto tool. (I'm also using bergeon dialog protector.) What tools do you use for removing central and subdial hands? Any tips? Another thing, putting the hands back... I found using pegwood with small amount of rodico at the end the best tool for mounting subdial hands so far. I find it difficult to mount hour hand as I lack the proper tool. I have a cheap anchor hand presser, which is fine for minute and top chrono hand but useless for pressing hour hand. Right now, I'm using plastic tweezers for pressing hour hand which is far from good solution...

I was aware that hands have to be removed in order to be able to put a washer I'm also aware that hands of some models are real crap and here is the question: I have both bergeon (presto 7) and cheap anchor tool for removing hands but I lost my nerves trying to remove some hands with these tools. What I found out is that it's easier to leave chrono hands on and to remove them by easily pulling the dial up then removing them with these tools. It's also easier using one part of the 'fork' of these tools as a lever for removing these hands. And now one really stupid question: Do you remove all central hands at once or one by one from top to hour hand? I was not able to fine a good washer for this purpose (most washers were too thick for this purpose). Because of the fact that washer is coming over day wheel (so there is a friction between day wheel, washer and dial) and the fact that it can not be centered I was worried that it could damage day wheel at some point. This is why I was thinking about fixing it to bottom side of dial.

The Zigmeister: I find this day wheel 'popping out' problem very common. Almost all of my day/date a7750 watches experienced this problem sooner or later. Moving back the wheel to original position should be an easy fix. However, is there a 'real' fix for this problem.? You recommended using the washer between the dial and the day wheel. I assume that washer = spacer? Am I right? What kind of washer would you recommend in this case? Should the washer be fixed to dial (like glued)? Is this problem common with ETA 7750 also?

Is there any way sticked reversing wheel can be 'fixed' without replacing it with new one? I already tried cleaning in ultrasonic and oiling with 9010 as recommended.... In worst case where can I find the replacement part? symptoms: manual winding is moving rotor, low power reserve...

I assume that someone will find this BHI document useful. Practical lubrication of watches and clocks http://www.bhi.co.uk/Exams/The%20Practical...d%20Watches.pdf

I'm going through some tutorials and I'm wondering what is the best way to insert/remove stem with crown while movement (with dial attached) is mounted on movement holder? I assume you need to hold the movement holder upside-down (you can't turn it over since the dial is still attached to movement) , press the stem release button (on bottom plate) and remove/insert stem at the same time but this seems to complicated to me. Sorry for such silly question but am I missing something?

Have anyone ordered something from these guys in the past? http://www.nam-hing.com

You'll find review of the same rep here. The only thing I don't like much about this rep is the bracelet. It's very good rep overall. If you like the look of this rep you should go ahead and buy it.

There may be another version. I got the same watch two days ago. Go visit their page and take a look at 3d view of the same watch. You'll see that the rep is accurate in this case.

Corum A7750 28.000 is in question here. I got it about month ago. Watch worked just fine for some time and now it can not gain almost any power reserve from wearing. I'm usually wearing it for 10 hours/day. Once it's taken off, it would work for about 4-5 max and then stop. When manually winded (~30 turns) it works for about 35h. When on winder it's working just fine for days. However, it seems that almost no power reserve can be gained by daily use. Is there anything I can do about this? Another thing, most A7750 (28.000) I have will not fully change the date (date wheel as usually stuck between two dates) from time to time. As I pull the stem our in most cases date will move to correct position.

It's a few weeks old watch. Quality is ok, except the problem with the bezel (and the fact I had to open it to remove the hair from the back glass). It would be too complicated to send it back. I had to wait for over a month to get it. Speed is not the priority when it comes to Silix.

I assume it fell off together with the glass? Should I take movement out before trying to take off bezel insert?