did a (semi) successful repair!

[urbanshogun]

Yesterday, I bought some graphite lube for

[Nanuq]

(checks watch)

Is it April Fools Day again already?

[Jkay]

this sounds like everyone's first experience repairing their own watch.

[urbanshogun]

it's been running for two hours now! i'm so happy yet so sad at the same time :S

I have emailed sead and watchinternational to see if they can get me the parts...

any other good sources?

[Dizzy]

So I just graphite lubed the s**t out of the 2 gears I could see, and I blew the lube into the gap.

Oh wow... Sounds like the guy on timezone that shot a squirt of WD-40 into the back of his gen Rolex to "lubricate" the movement... Didnt turn out very well.

Im afraid if you need that if you a new case, caseback, dial, hands and movement parts... you may as well just buy a new watch as it might be cheaper than buying all the parts seperately

dizz

[urbanshogun]

really? it's been running all night and hasn't lost a minute.

[kbh]

I think your best shot is to try and find somebody that's got a dead Daytona laying around that will sell it cheap.

[Rolexman]

Just spray some WD40 on the movement ... that always does the trick

[urbanshogun]

well, the method I used, despite having the elegance of a narcoleptic stripper on acid, has worked; at least for now. 24 constant hours now!

[Toadtorrent]

Mmmmm...narcoleptic stripper on acid...

[urbanshogun]

does anyone know if the hands from one of those cheap 21j daytonas will work?

[FxrAndy]

Sorry they wont fit, but there should be lots of broken datonas around try posting a where to buy

[redwatch]

It's great that your watch has been running continously, but I can't help but shake my head. These kind of comments scare the crap out of me:

So I just graphite lubed the s**t out of the 2 gears I could see, and I blew the lube into the gap.

Anyways, like the gentleman above mentioned, I would post that you are looking for a dead daytona

[urbanshogun]

why is that scary? it is a fake watch after all, with a maximum value of say $200 to me, and to the dealer I bought it from, as that is what I payed. the dead daytona has a value of $0 to me, and anyone else I'm sure. Any attempt at fixing it can only increase the value of the watch.