JaFeel Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 Hi, Recently bought a LMPO noob with a A2824 movement, the watch is great, I took it for a service the first week I had it to a guy called George Yoon on Pitt Street in Sydney for $95 and kind of wish I hadn't, he put a few scratches on the case back and "serviced" it, only I'm not sure he did a very good job, the movement is noisy as hell when Im wearing the watch, the power reserve is about 22 hours and it is fast by about 20 secs a day, is this normal? am I expecting to much from a rep? He was impressed by the quality of the movement when ho opened the watch up. One worry is when I went to collect it he looked up at the clock on his wall then at my watch and said "yep. ok" and handed it me!! I could always take it back and complain but the watch itself is great and I don't want him messing it up, can anyone recommend a rep friendly guy around Sydney? If I was to swap the movement out, would it take a gen ETA or even a Sellita? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenTLe Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 22sec/day after a full service (and only 22h reserve) is not ok for me. 2 weeks ago I serviced, with appropriate oils and cleaning machine, my 1st caliber (an Asian 2836) and, BEFORE putting it on timegrapher machine for fine tuning it was like 19 sec/day and running for 2 full days or more... Sorry i cannot help in finding a good guy there (I'm in Italy...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaFeel Posted September 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 (edited) Well his time graph machine was a clock on the wall! Im not sure he serviced it, when he opened the watch he was impressed with the movement an then he asked me what was up with it, I said nothing and that I just wanted it serviced as I have been told they aren't the best when they come out of the factory, easy $95 for him to just say he had serviced it and give it me back, I only found him by google search and the results came back with people on repgeek recommending him, the recommendations where hit & miss but I went for it Is the power reserve something that can be fixed? Edited September 12, 2014 by dannydanny0151 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenTLe Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 Of course it can be fixed. Easiest way is exactly to do a good service (so a proper disassemble, clean and oil with the right ones - 2 different oils and 1 grease just for the movement, not considering the main spring barrel which needs another couple of products too - ) and to replace the main spring barrel with a new one (around 10uk£), or eventually open and properly clean and lubricate the original main spring barrel (which is an hassle to do without pretty expensive dedicated tools...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marrickvilleboy Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 I can help - PM me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaFeel Posted September 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 @marrickvilleboy your inbox is full mate I can't message you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marrickvilleboy Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Try again - apologies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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