- 3/7/22
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Hi everyone,
a couple of weeks ago I bought my first rep watch which is a Datejust 36 126234 GMF. The watch was in used condition and according to the seller supposed to have a 3235 movement.
I enjoyed wearing it a lot over a few days until suddenly I noticed that the date setting function was not working properly anymore. It seemed that the datewheel had become loose. I said to myself: Well, it was used and relatively cheap, so not a big deal and as I wanted to get deeper into watches and potentially repair/modify them myself, I decided to just open the watch myself and maybe find the problem. If I screw up the movement completely, I can still learn something and it won't be a too expensive lesson.
You can see what I found on the following pictures.
I am an absolute layman and I didn't see a branding/information on the movement but I believe it is not a 3235 but a 2824-2. I found another datewheel was glued onto the old one and must have come off during wearing. After some minutes reading online I saw that this is a common method. Is it feasible for someone like me to repear it and just glue the datewheel back on? I read about slow curing epoxy resin that gives me time to do corrections. I am happy to hear some of your suggestions. Thanks!
a couple of weeks ago I bought my first rep watch which is a Datejust 36 126234 GMF. The watch was in used condition and according to the seller supposed to have a 3235 movement.
I enjoyed wearing it a lot over a few days until suddenly I noticed that the date setting function was not working properly anymore. It seemed that the datewheel had become loose. I said to myself: Well, it was used and relatively cheap, so not a big deal and as I wanted to get deeper into watches and potentially repair/modify them myself, I decided to just open the watch myself and maybe find the problem. If I screw up the movement completely, I can still learn something and it won't be a too expensive lesson.
You can see what I found on the following pictures.
I am an absolute layman and I didn't see a branding/information on the movement but I believe it is not a 3235 but a 2824-2. I found another datewheel was glued onto the old one and must have come off during wearing. After some minutes reading online I saw that this is a common method. Is it feasible for someone like me to repear it and just glue the datewheel back on? I read about slow curing epoxy resin that gives me time to do corrections. I am happy to hear some of your suggestions. Thanks!