DOE1345 Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 I am a complete novice to buying watches and came across this forum by chance (good fortune?). I have recently purchased a Daytona (Asia) with seconds running at 6. A lovely looking watch but totally unreliable in that it (sometimes) just stops without warning. You cannot be certain when you look at your wrist that the time is correct .....but it could be....as very occasionally it runs for 24 hours without a hitch. Another forum pointed me towards this site ("ask The Zigmeister") and explained that the problem may be as simple as having my watch serviced and oiled. For some reason I'm told these watches are shipped without the movement being lubricated....why is this?? Can anyone tell me how a person in the UK gets his broken watch repaired and / or serviced. I have approached the seller directly many times but have had no response (despite his reputation as being a damn good chap!). Is this really $350 down the drain or can anyone help a novice get his dream watch repaired at a reasonable cost? Comments and advice would be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Can anyone tell me how a person in the UK gets his broken watch repaired and / or serviced. I have approached the seller directly many times but have had no response (despite his reputation as being a damn good chap!). Do you mind if I ask who the seller is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWG Technical Posted May 6, 2006 Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 I am a complete novice to buying watches and came across this forum by chance (good fortune?). I have recently purchased a Daytona (Asia) with seconds running at 6. A lovely looking watch but totally unreliable in that it (sometimes) just stops without warning. You cannot be certain when you look at your wrist that the time is correct .....but it could be....as very occasionally it runs for 24 hours without a hitch. Another forum pointed me towards this site ("ask Ziggy") and explained that the problem may be as simple as having my watch serviced and oiled. For some reason I'm told these watches are shipped without the movement being lubricated....why is this?? The fundamental problem is the movement itself, and the demands on it due to the running seconds at 6. I have covered this topic in great detail, here are two posts that explain it all out, have a read... Daytona Asian Daytona... Can anyone tell me how a person in the UK gets his broken watch repaired and / or serviced. I have approached the seller directly many times but have had no response (despite his reputation as being a damn good chap!). Is this really $350 down the drain or can anyone help a novice get his dream watch repaired at a reasonable cost? Unfortunatly the cost of the watch does not have any bearing on the cost of servicing a chronograph movement, commercial shops typically start at $450 and up for servicing a chrono model... So reasonable cost as a percentage of price, doesn't really go together...after you read and view the pics in my two above links, you will understand the undertaking required to take one of these apart and service it... RG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOE1345 Posted May 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 Ok thanks anyway for responding. It was very enlightning reading your article on the modified 7750. Looks like I'll just have to put it down to experience and avoid this kind of movement in future. Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cskent69 Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 The fundamental problem is the movement itself, and the demands on it due to the running seconds at 6. I have covered this topic in great detail, here are two posts that explain it all out, have a read... Daytona Asian Daytona... Unfortunatly the cost of the watch does not have any bearing on the cost of servicing a chronograph movement, commercial shops typically start at $450 and up for servicing a chrono model... So reasonable cost as a percentage of price, doesn't really go together...after you read and view the pics in my two above links, you will understand the undertaking required to take one of these apart and service it... RG Zigga, there are nearly $1000 Daytonas on the Aspire site. Are these any different than the ones you hvae discussed in your reviews/tutorials? Also - just a question - is there any movement you can try to acquire that you could retrofit/put into one of these new Daytonas that WOULD work? Why hasn't someone just simply designed one to fit? Since they seemed to have designed revised versions of the 7750? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWG Technical Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Zigga, there are nearly $1000 Daytonas on the Aspire site. Are these any different than the ones you hvae discussed in your reviews/tutorials? Also - just a question - is there any movement you can try to acquire that you could retrofit/put into one of these new Daytonas that WOULD work? Why hasn't someone just simply designed one to fit? Since they seemed to have designed revised versions of the 7750? I have not seen the $1K models, my guess is they contain ETA 7750's and not asian ones...does it make a difference? Not really as I have had a number of ETA $1K ones in for repair... If you read the links, then you know the basic problem, asking a 4 cylinder engine to power a tractor trailer... As far as I know, there is only one movement with the post 2000 daytona layout - a genuine Rollie one... So there are no options other than the 7750 model...and I have made my views known about these and the problems they have... RG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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