Happy new year all.
Last night I was sporting my recently purchased Pam286 and at about 10:30pm it stopped. Frozen stiff. So this morning I removed the case back and found the problem. There was a small screw lodged up against the winding wheel (I know that's not the correct term but I'm still learning. This is the first time I've ever even removed a case back). I looked around to see if I could spot a hole missing a screw but couldn't. I'm assuming the makers dropped it in there, couldn't find it, so grabbed another. While I had it open, I cleaned the inside of the case back and checked the tightness of all the screws. One screw holding the movement in place was much looser than the other ones. Anyway, I'm pretty proud of myself for finding this without running straight to a local watch smith. I got to use a few of the watch tools I purchased like the rubber ball and small screw drivers. Watch seems to be running fine and wheel is turning freely.
Here's a pic of what I found.
Sent from my DROID
Last night I was sporting my recently purchased Pam286 and at about 10:30pm it stopped. Frozen stiff. So this morning I removed the case back and found the problem. There was a small screw lodged up against the winding wheel (I know that's not the correct term but I'm still learning. This is the first time I've ever even removed a case back). I looked around to see if I could spot a hole missing a screw but couldn't. I'm assuming the makers dropped it in there, couldn't find it, so grabbed another. While I had it open, I cleaned the inside of the case back and checked the tightness of all the screws. One screw holding the movement in place was much looser than the other ones. Anyway, I'm pretty proud of myself for finding this without running straight to a local watch smith. I got to use a few of the watch tools I purchased like the rubber ball and small screw drivers. Watch seems to be running fine and wheel is turning freely.
Here's a pic of what I found.
Sent from my DROID