ideas?

[cavi]

I bought a SM Rolex  M2M.  the idea was to give it to my son as it was inexpensive, it was presented as a daily beater with a 2813 that "ran like a top"    I received it today and right out of the box it was not running.  The crown was not fully screwed down so I screwed it down and still nothing, shook it a bit and nothing, unscrewed the crown and tried to manually wind, but when winding it felt like I was feeling a snapping feel with every rotation as if it was catching on something.  After quite a bit of fiddling and banging it started when I finally slapped it face down on my palm.  I let it run for about half an hour then tried to set it, and again when tightening the crown down I felt the snapping and the watch stopped again, so another small slap to my palm and it is running again.

Ideas?

[mymanmatt]

That is the worst movement I've ever seen. I had 2 of them, new, here that ran for less than 30 minutes. I would suggest to change movements

[cavi]

Honestly I have more than 10 other watches with 2813 movements and they all work great, I would change them if they died but other than that I have no problems with them

[panerai153]

Well, since this one is apparently dead, then it's going to need changing, as it is not usable in it's present form. I believe Matt was the one that said the only way to overhaul this movement was to remove it, place it on a sturdy surface and hit it smack in the middle with a large hammer!! Then replace it with something else.

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[cavi]

No it is not dead, it is running, but when you lock the crown down you feel a snapping.  Once locked down all appears normal.  Once I finally had it going, it only stopped again the first time I set it, after that it has been going for a couple of hours.  I even did pull the crown back out to lube it, it did do the snapping thing when screwing it down but it did not stop....