HBB Reliability?

[davebs]

Hey guys, I've got an HBB coming next week (hopefully) that was from one of the first batches w/ the rose gold bezel. I got a really low price on it because the second hand just started to reset to 2 instead of 12. I've been reading up on it in anticipation of getting it, but I was just wondering what has been your experiences with its reliability for those of you who have had it a while now? It came out about a year or so ago didn't it? Also, if something breaks down, has it been pretty fixable or is it just fubard? Is the second hand resetting to 2 the beginning of a slippery slope of breakdown ending in a beautiful paper weight? Thanks guys.

 

[Klink]

second hand has slipped, it can be reset

hi beat 7750 so far so good, seems pretty reliable.. the old 7750 low beat was problematic

sounds like you got a nice watch

Life is Good!

Klink

 

[davebs]

Did the earlier ones use the slow beat? I guess I'll have to give it a listen when it gets here

 

[Yannou]

Did the earlier ones use the slow beat? I guess I'll have to give it a listen when it gets here

I think it's a 28.8 for this version...the low bit was with the HBB Lite only ..

 

[MikeC65]

second hand has slipped, it can be reset

hi beat 7750 so far so good, seems pretty reliable.. the old 7750 low beat was problematic

sounds like you got a nice watch

Life is Good!

Klink

How do you reset it? My HBB's hand at the 6:00 position is doing the same thing.

 

[Rogerthat]

Believe you have to glue the chrono counter hand to the post.
Search resetiing chrono hands or hands slipping, not resetting to 0, etc., someone did a great picturial on how to exactly do this with close up shots and all.
Do some looking here and at RWG and you will find it.

Definitely a known problem with 7750's.
Most watch repair guys can fix this as it can happen on Gen's too.

Cheers,
M