kevshed Posted April 1, 2013 Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 hi all,I bought a Mark XVI from a TD a couple of months ago... It's sat in the watch box, and today was the first time I tried it .. Sadly, it's completely DOA, I can't get the movement going, the date wheel won't adjust and it sounds very noisy. I've just had the black off and don't see anything obvious, tomorrow I'll take a closer look, but I'm assuming its my turn to get a dud.Guess I learnt my lesson for not testing when it arrived !assuming I can't get it going (limited know how) can anyone offer any advice or recommend perhaps someone on the forum that could take a look.... Presumably based in the UK.Thanks,kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrgod Posted April 1, 2013 Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 Sad to hear. I assume it is the newest version with A 2892? The Asian 2893 seems to be more troublesome than the 2824 and 2836 clones.. I remember The Zigmeister will not work on the A2892. My Mark XVI died after a month of intermittent use. I sent it off to Domi in Germany for service, and it has been loyal ever since. It also feels better when setting time and date. It is such a great watch, well worth to have it serviced. I bought the new Mark XVII with the same movement, and actually paid extra to have the movement serviced before shipping. So far it runs good (fingers crossed). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted April 1, 2013 Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 Post a macro picture of the movement. Perhaps we can help. The Mark has a 2892 copy which is easy to work on for every watchmaker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevshed Posted April 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 Thanks guys, will post tomorrow.... Perhaps Domi can help if needed. to confirm, yes It's the latest version, i believe its a A2892 movement....Thx again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevshed Posted April 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 That's what I'm hoping, it was obviously working in the QC images, so anticipate its caused by the shipping.. Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevshed Posted April 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Hi All, pleased to say - that i managed to get it going today.... quite pleased with myself as i'd not really been brave enough to play with a mechanism before Problem was a stuck balance wheel.. took no more than i slight touch to get it moving. For those noobs like me - I found an excellent resource on that ETA web site that shows full assembly instructions for all their movements... this helped me understand how to remove the auto-wind mechanism and understand what i was looking at !! Only thing i couldn't 'fix' was the noise... turned out, it was the 'dust cover', it clearly didn't fit properly and moved around under the case back or was touching the auto-winder weight - regardless of how much i tightened the back... to resolve, i've removed it... i'm sure it will be fine Just in case others want the info - its here:- https://secure.eta.ch/CSP/DesktopDefault.aspx click on technical documents, then select 'all product ranges' in the 'product range' drop down - then, in the 'Caliber' drop down menu - choose the mech you are interested in ... voila, tech docs galore... thanks all.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 good news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Great job. Often shipping causes these things. Glad you figured it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevshed Posted April 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Thanks guys..... Right, now to find chose a portafino..... This XVI is nice, but I'd like something a little bigger to wear at an upcoming wedding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 I dont think the Portofino is alot larger unless you go for the chrono Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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