robsa Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 Last year one of the markers on my green LV Sub dropped off. This was becaue one of my case clamps is broken and so I kept banging it to drop the movement back into place. Aanyway, I decided this would be a nice, easy job that I could do myself... on my lap on a magazine whilst watching TV... hmn. Classic case of overcojnfidence I feel. The upshot of all this is I have killed my watch! The stem no longer goes back in the movement. It's a genuine ETA by the way. I can slide the stem back in and it goes in so far but simply pulls back out again. I tried pushing a paperclip in the hole and pushing it in but the same thing happens. Oh, er, I forgot to put the time to 12 as well! Have I totally killed it...? ( So what I want to know is, all you watchsmith types... Am I missing something or have I simply buggered it up completely? If I have then I will use it as a practise watch. And next time I will make sure I have the correct tools and a clean, well lit and quiet environment to work in - not a butterknife and can of WD40! Robsa
adrenalin Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 Sounds like you buggered up the keyless works. I would suspect a full removal from the case and teardown would be in order... Let us know how it turns out. -K
Shundi Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 Sounds like you buggered up the keyless works. I would suspect a full removal from the case and teardown would be in order... Let us know how it turns out. -K Agreed...shouldn't be too tough at all for a competent watchmaker but I wouldn't advise trying to fix the keyless works yourself. Trust me. I got it done on an older Rado I purchased and it took me a 3 days 1-2 hours per day of swearing, throwing things, and drinking gin to steady my hands... def. find a competent watchmaker to fix this!!
Rocketeer Posted January 13, 2009 Report Posted January 13, 2009 It's a common problem on those ETA movements, it's so easy to press the detent button just a little to far and dislodge the set lever and set spring. It's fixed by just re-assembling the keyless section properly but you need to be confident about removing the movement, hands, dial and date wheel to get to it. For any watchsmith it's usually a minimum charge repair. Email me if I can help.
robsa Posted January 14, 2009 Author Report Posted January 14, 2009 Wow, thanks guys. Is it worth it? I mean, how much are these ETA movements? It will be at least
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