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Thanks Stormtooper, i did, but in between the movement stopped completely!!! HELP! :black_eye:

update:

i think the mainspring was blocked by sth...now it runs again for the moment. It's hard to find the right speed!

still running VERY fast even with the regulator on minus!

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could it have been exposed to magnetism? might need to run it through a demagnetizer

thanks wat44, but oh oh, that sounds quite serious....where the heck do i find a demagnitizer?? I have to ask my GF, but i'm not sure she's got a clue about if it was magnetized at one point of her day... :bicycle:

any chance i can do this on my own? Or do i need to get it serviced?

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Sounds like the hairspring might be tangled. I don't think that movement is hackable, but if you let the power reserve run down, you can examine the spring with a loupe and check that the coils are all separated. When a watch is running that fast it usually means that the beat has increased significantly, or in other words, the length of the spring has been shortened.

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I have accidentally gotten a bit of oil on he hairspring and it will cause "coils" of it to stick together and make it run extremely fast...

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  • 2 weeks later...

If she really loves that watch, I would invest a couple of bucks for a proper service. It's a simple movement and servicing should not be too expensive. Once cleaned, oiled and regulated, it will make her happy for the next couple of years. A small price to pay for some serious bonus points....

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