How do you silence a noisy rotor?

[prsist]

I have a 21j movt that is noisy. Tighten the rotor screw or apply a speck of lube? What lube is required if needed?

 

[MrYesterday]

Oil it
But a lot of 21js will always be a little noisy.

 

[prsist]

Yikes, pricey

 

[john442]

How do you silence a noisy rotor? ...............

Buy it some new shoes......works for my wife

 

[BADWIN BING]

How do you silence a noisy rotor? ...............

Buy it some new shoes......works for my wife

Good advice.

 

[MrYesterday]

I'm sure you can find oil cheaper from one of our watchsmiths

 

[nielsen]

Didn't the Mad Hatter dip his in a pot of treacle? You might try that

 

[iur]

I put gasket silicone on the bearing of the rotor on my iwc bp. Only needed to put a very little on it but it stopped the noise. That was a year and a half ago and it was worn every day for a year and had no problems.

 

[Inushuk]

Put the watch back in a box and forget it ...

 

[prsist]

Put the watch back in a box and forget it ...

Are you saying just live with it?

 

[rsh]

I put gasket silicone on the bearing of the rotor on my iwc bp. Only needed to put a very little on it but it stopped the noise. That was a year and a half ago and it was worn every day for a year and had no problems.

this works perfectly, exactly what I do...you put a tiny drop on there

 

[JJS123]

I know this is kind of old thread but I tried searching and this was the only thread I found on this issue. I’ve recently picked up a couple of automatic PAM’s and both of the watches have extremely noisy rotors. Before I start tearing the watches apart I just wanted to see if there are any other suggestions how to combat some of the noise of the rotor. I tried dropping a very small dab of mobius oil in the rotor and it didn’t really make a difference. Has anyone tried removing the rotor in a PAM and applied the gasket silicone direct in the bearings like they suggested in this thread?

 

[Svermillion]

I've noticed that my AP Diver has a loud rotor but at the end of the day I think I'm the only one who can hear it. I did take it to my watch smith and he oiled to silence enough wear now I can hear it!

 

[amplitude]

I'm a watchmaker, I'd recommend you take it to your local guy, but a little pml should quiet a loud bearing down. It's stem grease, but it is much more liquid & appropriate for a bearing than silicone.

 

[johnlogan]

Silicone

 

[meteoropatia]

How do you silence a noisy rotor? ...............

Buy it some new shoes......works for my wife

I think this is still a valid option

 

[r0b9502]

I had an AP 15400 with miyota mvmt. Whenever I wore the watch, I got a feeling that the friendly SWAT choppers where hovering my head the whole time (for my protection, not to gun me down, of course). Anyways, I sold it and resolved to never buy a a watch with miyota mvmt again. Note: the fella who bought it didnt seem to care for the noise, and was happy with his purchase.

 

[JunioVB]

Same problem with my Pelagos v4...

 

[mixlong]

Noisy for me and my 3 watchs.

 

[zinduna]

I'm a watchmaker, I'd recommend you take it to your local guy, but a little pml should quiet a loud bearing down. It's stem grease, but it is much more liquid & appropriate for a bearing than silicone.

Thanks for the recommendation. I ordered pml from Otto Frei and silenced four noisy rotors over the weekend. Worked absolutely perfectly!