My comments on 5001 new movement

[GenTLe]

This week I finally got the new ZF iw5001-14.

The "check on arrival" process showed me that the all was working but the date was changing between 8.30pm and 10pm.

So today I fixed the hands so that the date change is midnight sharp and I regulated it to keep good time.

It looks a well made movement to me. It is stable face up, vertical crown left, up and right. It gains around 10s/d when face down.

It autowinds in both directions (like an eta 2824, unlike the Miyota ones or the 775x).

The stem is easy to extract and reinsert with a bit of care that is always needed in this task, starting from time regulation position.

It looked clean, but a bit dry of oil... I put a bit of Moebius ones where I could (didn't want to service it for now).

Also the rotor screw was quite loose... Not the others.

At the beginning I thought that the bezel has to be removed to extract it from the case, but luckily the case back removal is enough.

Now some pic.

Before and after regulation:

A couple of pics of the movement and hands alignment after the repositioning.

Cheers, GenTLe

[SSTEEL]

Great job   Yes, the movements in these are pretty good, however I am seeing more and more being booked in with either loose movements, or noisy rotors.  The noise seems to be resonating from the rotor through the actual movement and the way its clamps down.  The sound of the rotor can be dampened using some clamp pads.

[sacsah1]

Bravo. I wish someone could do the following QC checks in the USA. I simply love this watch.

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[Rolexman]

Thanks. Looks solid!

I have one coming in. Hopefully I will get it before the holidays. Will service it upon arrival and will do a review if it hasn't been done yet on other fora? 

[GenTLe]

Thanks. Looks solid!

I have one coming in. Hopefully I will get it before the holidays. Will service it upon arrival and will do a review if it hasn't been done yet on other fora? 

Hi Mate,

haven't seen a teardown or any service-related thread on any of the 3 fora I follow (basically RG, RGW and here).

It would be GREAT if you may do some picture thread with the teardown and with some suggestion like "take care of this because it can fly away easily" or such.

[mule play]

Nice. Thank you for the analysis. 

[SSTEEL]

Look forward to the review M.

[coolfire]

Thanks. Looks solid!

I have one coming in. Hopefully I will get it before the holidays. Will service it upon arrival and will do a review if it hasn't been done yet on other fora? 

Can't wait as I'm considering one too, M.

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