Daytona seconds hand crooked

[danielv2000]

The other day, I noticed that my second hands was stuck at a time when it had to clear both the minute and hour hands at the same place. I reset the chrono's and noticed that now, it's a little crooked. The tail lines up perfectly at 6 o'clock but the the arrow is now over at the 1 second mark. I tried to cheat and stop the sweep hand at 12 but now the register at 3 is obviously 1 second ahead!! And, the tail is slightly off.

How does this happen?

Edited April 20, 2013 by danielv2000

[SSTEEL]

Possibly caused by a loose hand, or the movement is dirty.

[freddy333]

With aftermarket Daytona hands, if you are experiencing the hands suddenly not resetting to the correct null position, 99 times out of 100, the hand's arm wand is loose on its tube & must be cemented (or stalked) in place

 

If you are constructing a Daytona, I would strongly recommend that you epoxy all 4 chrono arms prior to assembly. This 1 simple step will save you alot of grief later.

[danielv2000]

I don't think it's a dirty movement. Recently serviced by The Zigmeister. It looks like the seconds hand was not able to clear and after some time, became crooked. I will try to take a pic. I guess it will need to be straightened out.