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Hey Folks,
some of you may know that my 3 month old Breitling B01 all of a sudden had some shavings of a substance inside the dial.
Having contacted the TD and got (eventually) a reply, it was more or less take it to a watch maker first.
Being in N.I., we have no such guy unfortunately....so a intuition got the best of me and tonight I did my first ever ''E.R'' style D.I.Y on a watch.
The movement in question ; a 7750.
The goal; to strip the watch down and find out what this bloody stuff was.
Big breath****
I am pleased to report it all went very well.
I had to take the movement back out a second time on reassembly as there as another particle of AR (as the issue later revealed itself to be), and had some issues getting the stem back into the movement...but alas persistency brought completion.
Have to say, quite enjoyed the experience, even though I was shaking like a leaf.
Turns out the ''glue like'' substance as i would describe it , is AR flaking off.
I have also included some photos of how bad the AR has become.
Have fun!!
All back together in one peice.
whats your thoughts on the AR after 3 months??
some of you may know that my 3 month old Breitling B01 all of a sudden had some shavings of a substance inside the dial.
Having contacted the TD and got (eventually) a reply, it was more or less take it to a watch maker first.
Being in N.I., we have no such guy unfortunately....so a intuition got the best of me and tonight I did my first ever ''E.R'' style D.I.Y on a watch.
The movement in question ; a 7750.
The goal; to strip the watch down and find out what this bloody stuff was.
Big breath****
I am pleased to report it all went very well.
I had to take the movement back out a second time on reassembly as there as another particle of AR (as the issue later revealed itself to be), and had some issues getting the stem back into the movement...but alas persistency brought completion.
Have to say, quite enjoyed the experience, even though I was shaking like a leaf.
Turns out the ''glue like'' substance as i would describe it , is AR flaking off.
I have also included some photos of how bad the AR has become.
Have fun!!










All back together in one peice.
whats your thoughts on the AR after 3 months??