Breitling BSW0138A - Navitimer Cosmonaute SS/YG/LE White Asia 7750

[sckim2]

Hey guys,

 

Just got my 1st rep ever and wanted to post on here to share what I think.

 

Upon receiving the watch, I was amazed at how amazing it looked.  The quality of the leather straps and watch itself were spot on.  I tried setting up the time and date, had some difficulty at 1st but figured it out.  The "working chronograph" unfortunately does not work and the second hand on the watch continuously gets stuck at the 40 second mark unless I shake vigorously.  Even though the second gets stuck at the 40 second mark, the watch continues to keep time.  I'm most defintely a watch "noob" when it comes to "higher end" watches like Breitling and should have done more research but whats done is done.  

 

After happily wearing the watch around all day, I looked down and noticed that the watch was no longer syncing with my cell phone time.  The watch was no longer telling time.  Now, on my dial, it has 24 hour marks.  Is it by chance, my watch is designed to tell time in military time instead of 12 hour time?  If not, then this watch is broken and I should ship it back to Andrew(trusty time) to get it looked at.  Which brings me to my next question.  Is it worth shipping back to China to get it serviced with all the shipping costs and wait time?  

 

I would be completely content with the watch as long as it could keep telling time correctly, 24, or 12 hr time.  Thats my main concern.  Having said all this, here is a picture of my watch.

[sckim2]

Sorry for the side ways picture.  Haha, notice how the second hand is stuck at the 40 mark.  

[chronoluvvv]

Yes the Cosmonaute is built to run on a 24 hour clock i.e. military time

 

the running seconds should NOT stick or stop @ 40 unless there's a bad gear involved

[rionrlty]

It could be that the hand has slipped on the pinion.  I've had this problem and tightening the tube and resetting the hand fixed it.