UPO with "swiss eta" second hand stuck/stopped

[TheCold]

I have a 2 year old upo that I got back about 3 weeks ago from a modder. When wearing it for approx 2 weeks I noticed something(which I thought was in my imagination) that the second hand seemed to move across the 9-12 marker more slowly or with trouble.. Anyhow after wearing it one day I saw that the second hand was stuck at the 9 mark(or whereabouts) thus rendering the movement stopped. I shaked it quite violently and it would start again, would not get stuck for about 1 day, half day or randomly stopped , than it stopped at the 12 mark sometime and I shakde it and now its completely not moving from the 9 mark. I don't know but when looking at the second hand it looks awfully close to the crystal and it might be that it get stuck to the crystal, although why I can't get it from that position by shaking it, beats me. Im going to send it back to finedd on monday and hopefully he can resolve the issue whether its crystal or movement. My question is when a movement is dying are these the tells? or how can I know for certain when It should be serviced since before I sent it, the watch was working like a charm and now it just stopped. Can shaking a watch too hard ruin the movement somehow? Or could it be the second hand is touching the crystal in such a manner that shaking it won't let it loose.. Any help or comments are as always appreciated!

 

[katt]

I think the movement is probably fine . Something happened during the time it was being modded like the second hand not having enough clearance either between the crystal or between the marker itself .

 

[levelmanroger]

Sounds like the second hand is rubbing against the crystal. I had this problem with a Seiko once. My watch smith fixed it in 2 minutes for free.


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[TheCold]

Thanks for a quick response! I also think the second hand is hitting the crystal but what concerns me now is that I can't "shake" it loose, might be the angle and by shaking it won't give the second hand the amount of power from the balance wheel to get past and is stuck there .. Being sent to finedd and he will probably fix this for me

 

[rsh]

The second hand needs to be set on better, you shaking it made it more loose and is higher now than when you first got it...should be easy fix

 

[TheCold]

The second hand needs to be set on better, you shaking it made it more loose and is higher now than when you first got it...should be easy fix

That actually makes sense! Will send it to finedd so he can fix it!

Again thanks everyone for your helpful and quick responses!

 

[md2020]

+1 super EASY Fox youll have it back in no time.

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