sebvad Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) Just purchased a Hublot Big Bang from Sead, and it arrived non-functional, with a piece that appears to have fallen off and is wedged between the rotor and case back. It's a 7750 movement. Since this is the first watch i've purchased that didn't work, it's a bit uncharted territory for me. Someone has suggested here that i look for a local watch smith that could take a look at it to repair. I'd post a photo of it to help, but can't seem to like to a file on my desktop - so if somone's interested in considering it, i could always email you a photo before hand if that helped. It really is a beautiful watch, but it'd only be right 2x / day as it stands 8-) Anyone US folks (i'm on the e. coast) do this type of thing? Edit - nevermind, the attach file is at the bottom, not the top - i see it now. You can see the little round piece over the "U" in the Hublot name on the rotor.. Edited January 25, 2015 by sebvad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTR Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Where are you located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebvad Posted January 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Pennsylvania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTR Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Well if you work for the big one you could head to Philly Chinatown around JFK Plaza and look there, maybe take a rest stop in Lititz on the way... But don't feed the starving watchmaking students. On the other end of the state, I guess you could take a trip to Pittsburgh and have lunch at the Chinatown Inn on 3d off Grant and ask about watchmakers there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhorn Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Looks like the movement holder screw. If that's all it is, then you could remove the caseback and put it back in place yourself. Goes in that open hole just below the rotor at what would be 2 o'clock in your picture above. Edited January 27, 2015 by tomhorn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTR Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Yes, it does. But Sebvad seems tinker-averse, and has an expressed narrowness of interest falling outside of being a watch mechanic. Besides, it probably needs a service anyway to make sure it lasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebvad Posted January 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 heh, i'm not afraid to open it up - but i'm not a watch mechanic, and a few folks here have expressly said not to do it myself.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhorn Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 If all that needs to be done is replacing the movement holder screw, there is no reason you can't do it yourself. If it's more than that, I would get a professional to do it. Any watchsmith that is rep friendly could certainly do it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebvad Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Thanks Tomhorn - i tried to replace the screw myself, and i think it's actually the head of the screw and is broken off - it's not going back into the hole. I've taken it to a couple of local repair places and they're indicating the can't (probably won't) work on it - so i don't think i've found the elusive 'rep friendly' watch repair shoppe yet.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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