Dwo question

[Erict719]

How do I replace the Dwo on wm9?

do I have to peel off the old and clue the new?

[Erict719]

and..

I heard I need to take off the hands when its right at 12:00 inorder to get date change right at 12:00. Is that correct?

if I took off hands about 11:50 before, will that cause the date to sit lower not center?

[mymanmatt]

No it has nothing to do with the dwo alignment. Remove the old dwo, be sure the calandar wheel is clean before you install the new one. Use you dial to align the new dwo. Move it up or down or left or right to align in the window properly. When you are finished, pull the stem to set time position and move it slowly until the date changes, then install your hour hand, roll it to 6 oclock, then install you minute hand. done

[Erict719]

So I make the date change first, then install the hands .

Do I install hour at 12 then roll to 6, before install minute? When hour at 6, where should minute be install

[jerkstore]

The idea is that you want the hour hand to strike 12 just as the date changes. So, on time set position, rotate the crown slowly until the date just clicks over. Install the hour hand. Then, to be sure you have it right, rotate the crown again until the date changes. If you're hour hand is pointed at 12... Great. If not, you can try to nudge the hand a bit with a soft edge (while holding the crown so it doesn't rotate). Or, just pop the hand off and try again.

When you've got that straight, move the hour hand to point at a different hour. 6 is a good candidate, and install the minute hand so it points directly at 12. That's so the hands are in the correct position, relative to one another (recall that your hour hand is anchored to the correct position for the date change). You could leave the hour hand pointed at 12 for all this, but soon so can make it difficult to see, and might cause them to rub against one another. Make sure to check for that, by the way, by rotating your hands all the way around the dial a few times. If the foul, it might stop the movement. So don't let that happen.

As for the seconds hand, that's really no problem, as long as you have a hacking mechanism. So, place it on there pointed in any direction, once you get the other hands out of the way. Use a loupe.

Good luck!

[cjjoyce1]

The idea in moving the hour hand is that if you set both hands at Midnight and they aren't perfectly on straight you won't get any "top of the hour"s that look right.  So if you move the hour until it is perfectly pointing at 6 or 9 or 3 (or whatever fancies you other than 12) you can perfectly position the minute hand to point at 12 and that way every hour will look perfect when it is exactly that time.