Texas1999 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Received it today. Movement is New Asia Valjoux 7750 (28,800bph). Shook it for a few minutes....nothing. Unscrewed the crown, manually wound it about 50 turns...nothing. Shook it again for a few more minutes...nothing. Am I missing something here? The watch is beautiful and appeared to be functioning fine on the timegrapher QC pic, so I'd hate to have to send it back. Thanks for any input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 50 turns Sounds dead to me..send it back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas1999 Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 So were the QC timegrapher pics faked then, or can a watch just up and die that quickly? It was packaged with a 2nd watch and shipped to me, and watch #2 works fine, so I doubt this was a case where the watch was damaged in transit. Just seems strange. I have contacted the TD who sold it to me so we will see if I can get it resolved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerthat Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Nothing moving at all? Do you hear the rotor spinning when you shake? Did you try starting the chronos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas1999 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 I can hear the rotor spinning but it sounds very rough, almost like a grinding noise. Chrono is dead. Ive manually wound it very carefully 100+ rotations and got nothing, and there isnt even any increasing tension felt in the spring as Im winding it. Nothing has worked and the seconds hand has not moved a millimeter. DOA. Ive contacted the dealer and received instructions on how to ship it back to China, which I'm sure will be a lot of fun. Oh well, I understand these things are bound to happen eventually. At least the other watch in the shipment (Pam 318) works perfect so it wasn't a total bummer of a day! Come to think of it, I've never had any luck with automatic movements in my gens either. Maybe I'm cursed and should stick to hand winds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirotenshi Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Try slapping the watch face hard on your palm.. sometimes it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas1999 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 If I have to smack my watch against my palm in order to make it tick, then replica or not...I don't really want that watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas1999 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 On its way back to China...though after I mailed it I realized I left off the "province" on the delivery address...hopefully it finds it's way there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandal.tbh Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) Well, the guy that has been here for over 4000 posts says "send it back". The guy with 13 posts says "smack it"... I'd go with - send it back. Edited March 15, 2012 by vandal.tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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