specialvat Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 I seem to have an unwell ETA 2836-2. It was fine til recently, now it stops when its laid flat i.e. dial up. From removing the movement from the watch it seems the escape wheel is no longer in contact with the pallet fork. The balance wheel will move and also the pallet fork, but the escape just sits still ? Any thoughts on whats done this, and any potential fixes ? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 I seem to have an unwell ETA 2836-2. It was fine til recently, now it stops when its laid flat i.e. dial up. From removing the movement from the watch it seems the escape wheel is no longer in contact with the pallet fork. The balance wheel will move and also the pallet fork, but the escape just sits still ? Any thoughts on whats done this, and any potential fixes ? Thanks. Most likely the problem lies with the gear train. Probably dirt or debree got in between the teeth making it impossible for the gears to turn. That's why the energy from the main spring isn't transferred to the pallet fork and thus balance. If that's the case there's no other option than taking it apart for a clean. One last thing you can do is make sure no screw or something got loose and is stuck in the gear train. Take a look with a loup under the bridge where the escape wheel is located. No weird things in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krpster Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 +1 on Rolexman suggestion. Surely sounds like a service issue. Best bet is to have it serviced and all will be well again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialvat Posted May 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Cheers guys, the watch it came from is no longer with us So its got nowhere to go at the min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Cheers guys, the watch it came from is no longer with us So its got nowhere to go at the min. ?? ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialvat Posted May 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 The AP that the movement came from is now junk as the bracelet has broken, whats a fair price for a non running eta movement do you guys think ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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