Limited Edition Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 Hello, I have been wearing my Breitling Superocean Hertiage Chrono Rep for about 7 weeks now and the watch has been running fine. Today, I wore it again for about half a day and I let it sit in my watch box. I went back to discover that my watch lost a considerably amount of time after having just wore the watch for half a day. Now, the hour mark does not even line up to the hour anymore. For example, at 12:00, the hour mark is at the 58 minute while the minute hand is at 60 minutes. What is wrong with my watch? How can I get it corrected and aligned again? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limited Edition Posted November 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 Please refer to picture: Also, the date change is now at 7:00 as opposed to 12:00. Refer to video: http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i106/Lim...nt=MOV02112.flv What has gone wrong with the watch and do I need to send it back? Can I get it corrected and aligned again? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronoluvvv Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 7 weeks is a rather short amount of time but seeing how these hands have dislodged themselves, a watch smith could put them back correctly ... i'd contact the dealer first & aim for a working replacement though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limited Edition Posted November 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 7 weeks is a rather short amount of time but seeing how these hands have dislodged themselves, a watch smith could put them back correctly ... i'd contact the dealer first & aim for a working replacement though Yes, 7 weeks is practically brand new. It has gotten at most 2 weeks of wear time since I got it. How would the hour hand dislodge and date change be of a problem simultaneously? Did something go wrong with the movement itself? The second operation seems to run fine. I have contacted the dealer. We will have to wait and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 The hand stack looks okay. The reason for the date change at 7 as opposed to 12 is that the hour hand might have slipped on the post. This could have happend for a numerous of reasons (bump, bad hand tube, not enough friction etc.). This would also explain the watch running behind 4 hours all of a sudden ... The only solution is to uncase the movement, remove the hands and correctly reinstall them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chino Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 My A7750 PAM050 suffers from the same symptoms of heavily delayed date changing, at 7:00 o'clock, but it keeps perfect time... it bothers me somehow but I've managed to live with it just by not wearing it on new year's eve... Will the solution be the exact same: hands reinstall? thanks guys. Chino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTone Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 Cross Posting Topics have been merged into this one Thread... Cross/Double posting taint in the rules... Please refrain... Thanks, TT PS: That's why your original Cross Post was deleted yesterday ... . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limited Edition Posted November 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 The hand stack looks okay. The reason for the date change at 7 as opposed to 12 is that the hour hand might have slipped on the post. This could have happend for a numerous of reasons (bump, bad hand tube, not enough friction etc.). This would also explain the watch running behind 4 hours all of a sudden ... The only solution is to uncase the movement, remove the hands and correctly reinstall them. This makes perfect sense. I have a feeling that is a matter of a hand slip. There is not enough friction on the hand tube to turn this particular hand. Perhaps, the actual time fell behind 5 hours. But even after getting it realigned and installed again, what are the chances that this will re-occur again in the future? How does one apply more friction on the tube? More lubrication? This particular watch seems to be much more delicate than the rest; almost too delicate if this can happen while the watch was NOT in use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 This makes perfect sense. I have a feeling that is a matter of a hand slip. There is not enough friction on the hand tube to turn this particular hand. Perhaps, the actual time fell behind 5 hours. But even after getting it realigned and installed again, what are the chances that this will re-occur again in the future? How does one apply more friction on the tube? More lubrication? This particular watch seems to be much more delicate than the rest; almost too delicate if this can happen while the watch was NOT in use. I had one lose lots of time and it was a loose hand but it wasn't apparent at first as the hand set fine was stable when moved...but certain types/directions/force of movement the hand spun around. The hands were reset and all has been well and it hasn't happened in the past month or so. This was the first time it had ever happened to The Zigmeister and likely was due to getting bumped hard in the post in spite of decent packing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limited Edition Posted November 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Now that we have concluded what the problem is, should this get sent back to the dealer for a fix? Dealer says they warrenty 1 year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru1 Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 I would bring it to my watchsmith and he would use some glue and have everything new adjusted. Sending it back could create more problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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