Chrono not centered on 12

[lufcmattylad]

Hi all

I wonder if you can advise. I picked up a beautiful new ebel BTR 137, this time in quartz !(the a7750s are quite expensive), as you can see from the pictures the chrono is not dead center on 12. You may also observe that the dial is slightly off center to the anti-clockwise direction.

Im contemplating a DIY job on this watch, but Im a complete noob at watch repair.

As you can see from the pictures the caseback is one piece and the way in looks like through removing the 5 screws holding the crystal in place. But once in what do I do? (1) Nudge the chrono with a screwdriver? (2)try to rotate the dial clockwise with a finger tip? (I think this might not work)

Some help required... here are the pics

here is the one piece caseback

thanks for reading

[FxrAndy]

quartz chronos can be centered by pulling the crown to either the date or time set position (different on different movements) and pressing one of the pushes to move and recenter the chrono hands, one button in one pos will move the min and the other the hour subdial, and in the other crown position one button with move the main seconds hand. Have a play

[lufcmattylad]

Genius - it worked

Its all fixed now!

Two more questions

Keep bearing in mind in a watch repair noob, although this rep has many mistakes compared to the gen, one of the features of the gen is that it has black pushers. Ive spent a while googling for black rubber caps to slip over the pushers, but i cant find anything this small (4mm x 1mm) so now im looking at types of paint that would be appropiate - any ideas? or is this a bad idea

would a local watch repair guy be able to, cheaply, change the white date wheel to a black one?

[FxrAndy]

I would leave it as it is, paint will flake and the chance of getting a black date wheel for an OS movement (that i think it is) and getting it fitted for less than a 7750 rep may be hard. find out if it clicks with you if you like it or love it and then depending on the feeling get an auto rep or if it is true love then the gen, go to an AD and try the gen on (leave the rep at home) you will love it!

[Rolexman]

You can use 'gun black'. It oxidices the metal and won't flake. Results vary depending on the sort of metal.