Just fixed my Ziggy 036...

[rmcsherry]

The Zigmeister returned this watch to me a few months back with the 'T Swiss T' mod, tritium lume and some other bits, and it was promtly dropped on the floor - leaving the movement in a mess. I spent yesterday evening taking it apart, finding a new Swiss 6497, installing the high canon pinion, and reassembling the watch - it now works fine and looks great. It's cosmetically a little damaged, but I prefer to show the wear over the years - it gives it character!

The strange thing is, I chucked the old Swiss 6497 onto the desk thinking it'd be too much hassle / too expensive to repair - and the impact got it running again. I've checked it with a loupe, and can't work out what's wrong - it's now in a new case and runs as though it's bomb proof! I would have thought the first thing to go would be the hairspring when you drop a watch - is it possible that the dial feet had twisted, putting pressure on the second hand? That's the only thing I can think of - and I was extremely careful with the dial, but the feet were at quite an unusual angle and had to be straightened before reinstalling the dial.

Anyway, here are the rather poor, blurry pictures:

[fishgodeep]

Great Ross ...good job fixing and a great looking watch - love the dial

I have had similar issues with small second hands ....a dead watch starts running again once you take the dial off and free the second hand ...sometimes if the dial slips upwards and presses against the SH this can stop them as well

Cheers

FGD

[dadog13]

Looking good Ross...love the look of the tritium lume, looks nicely aged...