ninjagaiden Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Dear All, I've had my A2836-2 based explorer II for just over a month now, and it has had an easy life, living in the watch winder and given a low duty cycle. I moved it off the winder a couple for days ago to run up some other watches. This morning I wound it a little by moving to and fro and set the time again. Two hours later the movement has frozen. Initially pulling the crown out and pressing it in got it running for a bit but now it has stopped. I got the watch from Josh and I am going to ask him about sending it back for repair, but if it's going to cost a lot to ship back, I was wondering how difficult it is for a watch noob to swap the movements? Also how easy is it to get the movement itself in the UK/EU? Thanks N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbh Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 I'd like to assume you've actually tried winding it......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japanic Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 (edited) It is a relatively easy procedure, the difficult bit is you will have to transplant the fourth wheel from the dead movement into the new one. I had a similar problem with a gmt master not too long ago, and the standard fourth wheel on the 2836 is too short (designed for only 3 hands). The biggest problem I had was with the gmt hand, it kept catching against the raised hour markers, and eventually bent at an oblique angle; which eventually snapped off completely. Edited October 9, 2011 by japanic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cats Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 I wouldn't touch a movement let alone a GMT movement. We have several members on board who can fix your watch. Shoot me a PM if you want to know my experience with the members who repair watches Carpe Diem Cats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 A three-hand movement swap is fairly easy. A gmt movement swap can be pretty hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjagaiden Posted October 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Thanks so much guys. GMT movement sounds tough. I will see what Joshua quotes for repair costs. Web site says he has a base station in the UK for UK to EU shipping so maybe I can return there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjagaiden Posted October 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Got email back from Josh. He said send it back and he will sort it out, so no worries there. Will just be without the Exp2 for a little while... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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