Asian 7750 With Seconds At 6, Avoid Like The Plauge?

[RageRover]

I bought the IWC Ingie chrono a few weeks ago. Within 24 hours, it stopped working

I love the Ingie chrono. Dial is a bit busy, but I like it. Its on its was back to the dealer for a replacement.

I have read The Zigmeister's articles. So...looks like long term (even short term) reliability is not known, but judging from the design, it does not look good.

To quote The Zigmeister: "If this was my watch, I would just take the running seconds gears out of the watch, freeze the 6-counter, and use the watch like this...."

I'm not against the idea of freezing the sub-6, as its pretty small and somewhat useless anyway, IMHO.

If I go that route:

1. Will the chrono function (center seconds and 12hr counter) still work?

2. if chrono function(s) will work, can I safely use the chrono functions? or does it put too much strain on the movement?

3. Can you {safely} leave the center seconds running all the time?

4. Overall, The Zigmeister seemed to really like the new 7750, minus the extra gears. So, if I remove the extra gears/freeze the sub-6, do u think that long term it can be a reliable movement (if serviced and oiled)?

Once again, I love the IWC Ingie chrono, but I don't want a head ache. I want to wear the watch. And use it long term. I know its a rep, but I plan on using it. This is not a watch I plan on using for 2 months and selling.

Or, should I just ask for the regular (non-chrono) Ingie instead (which has an ETA 2824) and have a known, reliable movement?

Thanks for any help.

[lovepanerai]

If I go that route:

1. Will the chrono function (center seconds and 12hr counter) still work?

2. if chrono function(s) will work, can I safely use the chrono functions? or does it put too much strain on the movement?

3. Can you {safely} leave the center seconds running all the time?

4. Overall, The Zigmeister seemed to really like the new 7750, minus the extra gears. So, if I remove the extra gears/freeze the sub-6, do u think that long term it can be a reliable movement (if serviced and oiled)?

The Zigmeister did the second subdial freeze on one of my Portugiesers and the watch runs now fabulously - so if you can life without a running seconds at 6 I recommend that route.

the answers to all of your questions above would be yes, since that is exactly what I am doing with mine. I am a little anoyed though that when I asked the seller of my Inge Chrono whether the movement issues have been fixed and the answer was a clear yes - well seems like the Inge Chrono has the same troublesome movement than the Portos

[RageRover]

Thanks for the answers. I'll contact The Zigmeister, but I also don't think I can afford the service at the moment. I was also thinking about swapping the movement for a Swiss 7750, but gears would still have to be removed and the sub-seconds at 6 would still have to be frozen with the Swiss 7750.

But the cost of service for the Asian 7750 may cost the same as the Swiss 7750 (which I assume was oiled and timed well before ETA sent it out!).

Is there any harm (to the life of the movement) in letting the chrono function 100% of the time (for the center seconds)? I'm a medical student and need a seconds function to take a pulse.

[gioarmani]

Thanks for the answers. I'll contact The Zigmeister, but I also don't think I can afford the service at the moment. I was also thinking about swapping the movement for a Swiss 7750, but gears would still have to be removed and the sub-seconds at 6 would still have to be frozen with the Swiss 7750.

But the cost of service for the Asian 7750 may cost the same as the Swiss 7750 (which I assume was oiled and timed well before ETA sent it out!).

Is there any harm (to the life of the movement) in letting the chrono function 100% of the time (for the center seconds)? I'm a medical student and need a seconds function to take a pulse.

There is no harm or preservation in whether or not you allow the chronos to constantly run. And contrary to poular belief, it doens't use any more "energy" from the movement whether they're working or not.