KingPinKarl Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Gentleman, my knowledge about the inner mechanics and workings of mechanical watches is limited, I'm turning to you for help for I know you know more than most watchmakers out there. A few months ago I bought a GMTMaster2Ceramic in used condition but it seemed to be working fine, it wasn't. When the date change initiated at around 9pm the hour hand stopped moving and I had to set the time each morning because it was still showing something at around 9pm. The guy I bought it from was like 50km and I was about to leave the country so I didn't have much time, so I just took it to a nice but old watchmaker in a small village in Hungary. Long story short: I was naïve and believed him saying that he has seen some ETAs in this life time but he totally [censored] it up. Watch wasn't working at all anymore after he gave it back saying it wasn't repairable saying he tried and he's sorry... Hands couldn't move freely they all jammed up together because the GMT hand was almost touching the dial so it hung up on the maxidial-dots the second hand was jamming into the minute hand because the tip of the secondhand was curved. When I'm trying to set the date, moving the GMT Hand works but as I said it can't move because it's touching the dial, trying to move the DW doesn't work at all. After that I had no time so it was just in my bag while I was traveling finally I'm back in germany and I have some time and I really would like to fix this, with help from this nice community. I'm attaching some pictures of the movement Gesendet von meinem iPad mit Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingPinKarl Posted February 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Thank you for your help. Gesendet von meinem iPad mit Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misiekped Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 You shouldn't stop you service Good eye as always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingPinKarl Posted February 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Thank you rolexman, I flipped it. So is [1] supposed to be under [2] and could anyone tell me what [2] actually is? Also the things in red look a little fishy, are they supposed to look like this? Thank you so much guys Gesendet von meinem iPad mit Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingPinKarl Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Excuses moi for my last post it was filled with amateurness. My baby is doing way better now, Date is working again and everything should be working fine now. It's so ridicules when you look at the pictures I posted first that's exactly how the watchmaker gave me the movement back..... It's like he was using a tootsie roll instead of proper tools.... All I have to do now is put the dial and the hands back on, you know what this [censored]lng watchmaker did? There are 2 little levers what keep the dial in place... He somehow lost one of them.... Only one remains. Hopefully that's not a problem? Right? Gesendet von meinem iPad mit Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Glad you figured it out. One dial clamp should be ok. You could use a dial dot or if you don't have those some glue on the dial feet will do just fine... Although I believe that glue and watchmaking are 2 things that don't belong together 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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