sputim Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Bought this iwc mark xvi for a friend and it worked flawlessly for him the last 2 months. Suddenly it stopped and I told him I will look at it. So guys can anybody imagine what happened? When I checked it it seems like the oscillating c'ck is out of place or the screw which is missing (marked with a red circle) is somewhere in the movement. Any help is much appreciated. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTR Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Balance spring is magnetized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputim Posted January 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Balance spring is magnetized. Thanks for you reply sir. How do you see that and is it as easy as getting it demagnetized? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTR Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Can't see the hairspring in the pic because it is 'sucked up' under the balance & [censored]... A few seconds over a demagnetized should correct it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputim Posted January 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Can't see the hairspring in the pic because it is 'sucked up' under the balance & [censored]... A few seconds over a demagnetized should correct it. Ok yes that was the first thing I thought where the hairspring is but did not know that this can happen from magnetization. Could I also simply remove the oscillating c'ck and put it back together or is demagnetizing the only solution in this case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTR Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 No. You'll end up damaging the hair spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputim Posted January 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 No. You'll end up damaging the hair spring. Ok so I will bring it to a watchsmith. Do they need to open the caseback or is it sufficient to just drop the watch next to the demagnetizer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTR Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 http://mirrors.arcadecontrols.com/OscarControls/degauss/index.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTR Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 No. Watch does not need to be opened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputim Posted January 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 No. Watch does not need to be opened. Thanks a lot for your help Will try it on my own and otherwise should be a quick fix for every watchsmith. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champagneinhand Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Buy a demagnetizer. They aren't that expensive and with speakers everywhere these days it more common than you might believe. Really only the Divers have decent protection from this. Also buying the smallest compass you can find, like a zipper compass can show you when things get magnetized. Such a common culprit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputim Posted January 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 I brought the watch to a watchsmith yesterday and he tried it with the demagnetizer but didn't work unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTR Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Did you ask him to take a look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputim Posted January 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Did you ask him to take a look? no in switzerland watchmakers are obviously against reps so I didn't want them to open it. But they used their demagnetizer and it didn't change anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTR Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Nice. You are in Switzerland... Any chance you could take better pics of the movement, and perhaps remove the counter weight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputim Posted January 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Nice. You are in Switzerland... Any chance you could take better pics of the movement, and perhaps remove the counter weight? Will be home from university this weekend. I have all my watchmaking tools at home. Will upload new pics asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTR Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Will be home from university this weekend. I have all my watchmaking tools at home. Will upload new pics asap. ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputim Posted January 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 .. Finally managed to take a look at it. I can't see anything wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTR Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Did you find the loose retaining screw and keeper? Or where they nonexistent? At this point I'd say release the winding stem, take loose the single retaining screw & keeper, and uncase to look close and make sure that there really isn't a loose screw and keeper in the movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.