jake48 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 I am stumped! Can anyone help? My Breitling Blacksteel has gone crazy! If I run the chronos and stop them. Push the reset button - the second hand returns to one second past the last place it was. Like this - if it was on 12 straight up and I run the chronos and reset them, it goes to one second after. Run it again and reset it and it stops at two after, the next time it stops at three after, then four after etc and so fourth. The second hand was checked and it is not loose on the cannon pin.... Any ideas? AAAARGHHHHH!!!!!!!! Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vric Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 you sure it's not a quartz ? Seriously.. Wth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 The handpost is loose... not the tube on the cannon pinion. You need to remove the hand and use a loupe. Glue the hand and post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRae Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 The handpost is loose... not the tube on the cannon pinion. You need to remove the hand and use a loupe. Glue the hand and post. +1, had the exact same problem on both my 3717's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake48 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Thanks guys - The general consensus here and with some of my friends is that were the tube meets the hand is loose. I will pull the second hand and put a little glue at this point and see what happens... Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 The master explains: THe hand slippage is not normally between the hand and the shaft (chrono seconds shaft that is), but the actual tube on the hand. The tube is not rivited hard enough to the hand and it can slip... Here is the way I fix it...not for the faint of heart... Apply glue here side view, not too thick on the glue... GLUE installed, should look like this. If the hand to the post is slipping, a small amount of glue on the tip of the post, and THEN installing the hand usually fixes it... Putting glue on the top, as you can see in the above pics, does little, since the post and the tube are both below the hand, not on top of it. RG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake48 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 The master explains: Thanks rollie man (and thank you too Rob) I feel like I just got schooled by Yoda! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake48 Posted February 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) Here's the update - I took the watch to a local watch maker and explained to him the problem and that the repair was to glue the underside of the hand to the tube. He said "No problem" Two days later I came back and the hand was now looser then when I took it to him (he told me it was "Something inside and there was nothing wrong with the second hand") Clearly this guy didn't have a clue as to what he was doing... After a little more asking around I found a second watch maker in the area and took it to him. I explained what seemed to be the reason for the loose second hand and he said "I can definitely fix it" I came back two days later and voil Edited February 6, 2009 by jake48 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmurphy926 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Here's the update - I took the watch to a local watch maker and explained to him the problem and that the repair was to glue the underside of the hand to the tube. He said "No problem" Two days later I came back and the hand was now looser then when I took it to him (he told me it was "Something inside and there was nothing wrong with the second hand") Clearly this guy didn't have a clue as to what he was doing... After a little more asking around I found a second watch maker in the area and took it to him. I explained what seemed to be the reason for the loose second hand and he said "I can definitely fix it" I came back two days later and voil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 The watchmaker explained that although the tube had been glued successfully, the tube was made from such a low quality soft steel that it had stretched out and would no longer grip the post. He removed the old tube from the hand and replaced it with a new one and now it runs fine... I second Elvis above!!! You're going to get a lot of PMs from people asking where this guy is. You should ask if it's alright to pass on his name by private messages (not posted on the forum) to people looking at having rep repairs. I'm sure he'll be glad for the business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmurphy926 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I second Elvis above!!! You're going to get a lot of PMs from people asking where this guy is. You should ask if it's alright to pass on his name by private messages (not posted on the forum) to people looking at having rep repairs. I'm sure he'll be glad for the business. Well thank you...thank you very much (he says in his best Memphis twang). BTW, when I saw this picture, I just had to make it my avitar...I especially like the way that Elvis has the brightest halo and the way Jesus is looking upon him with apparent reverence!!! I love it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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