rotten03 Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Hey all. Got a question about my newly purchased Blacksteel. Long story short, the chrono won't stop running. When I push the Stop/Start pusher, the main second hand stops but the subdial seconds keep spinning. When I push the reset pusher everything resets back to 12 (including the main second hand) but then the chrono continues going. Am I doing something wrong here. I thought I understood how chrono's worked, is there a mechanical issue here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdkno Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Is it the subdial at 9:00 that continues to run?? If so that is the seconds hand for the watch and will always run. The chrono function uses the traditional seconds hand so the seconds at 9 takes the place of the traditional seconds hand on a non chrono. For refrence when you start the chrono, the big seconds hand counts seconds, the 12:00 subdial registers minutes and the 6:00 subdial registers hours. The 9:00 is as stated the running seconds hand for the watch not the chrono. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Padge Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 The subdial with running seconds at the 9 position will always run, the other two subdials (12 and 6 position) and the large central second hand should stop and reset to the 12 position and not move until you restart the chronograph..... Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotten03 Posted April 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Huh. It works as both of you say. So I have this right...the big main seconds hand just stays frozen at the 12? That seems pretty bassackwards. So if you want to see the seconds at night your SOL? Wow. That bugs me. Maybe a Breitlng isn't for me. I'm glad I don't need it serviced. Thanks for the education and quick responses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Padge Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 All 7750 based chronographs work that way, running seconds on one of the small subdials So chronographs are not for you then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotten03 Posted April 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 All 7750 based chronographs work that way, running seconds on one of the small subdials So chronographs are not for you then Haha guess not. I generally like the simpler/cleaner looks of a non-chrono. I just couldn't resist the siren song of PVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Padge Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Haha guess not. I generally like the simpler/cleaner looks of a non-chrono. I just couldn't resist the siren song of PVD. Well it's one watch that should sell in a heartbeat if you really can't get along with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerthat Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Guess you could run the chrono all of the time Not my recommended course of action As stated your watch is like all chronos not just Breitlings Personally all of my favorite watches are chronos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooh Monster Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Guess you could run the chrono all of the time Not my recommended course of action As stated your watch is like all chronos not just Breitlings Personally all of my favorite watches are chronos I run the chrono on my Skyland all the time and it is fine....watch out running them too early after starting the watch as they have a common problem of not resetting to 12.................which is a major pain !!.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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