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Pam 6497 movement problem needs fixing
- Thread starter ewing
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Thanks guys....ewing was asking for me as I had bought a 127 off him and over wound it by a hair on Friday and it's now fubard.
Was trying to get some help closer to home, as we live in Canada and didn't want to have to send over the boarder to have it done....if that's my only option, then well lesson learned about winding it like a Gorilla I guess. :lol:
Was trying to get some help closer to home, as we live in Canada and didn't want to have to send over the boarder to have it done....if that's my only option, then well lesson learned about winding it like a Gorilla I guess. :lol:
- 4/3/06
- 14,200
- 12,726
- 113
This could be a really simple fix.
What tools do you have? You simply have to release the pressure on the spring.
You could do it the "not supposed to way" and simply losen the piece that prevents the gear from slipping backwards and that would probably get it going again.
There is very little that you could do to this movement that would screw it up any more than it is, and certainly nothing that would cost a lot to repair. You would already be paying someone to do it as it stands now.. you might as well give it a shot.
If you are in Ontario , and Sarnia is not too far of a drive, we could plan to meet up and I could help you (I'll let you come across :lol: )
What tools do you have? You simply have to release the pressure on the spring.
You could do it the "not supposed to way" and simply losen the piece that prevents the gear from slipping backwards and that would probably get it going again.
There is very little that you could do to this movement that would screw it up any more than it is, and certainly nothing that would cost a lot to repair. You would already be paying someone to do it as it stands now.. you might as well give it a shot.
If you are in Ontario , and Sarnia is not too far of a drive, we could plan to meet up and I could help you (I'll let you come across :lol: )
- 4/3/06
- 14,200
- 12,726
- 113
Sorry,, at work,, thinking all sorts of things and could not spit out what I was trying to say.
If you loosen the Click which Keeps the Ratchet Wheel from spinning backwards (unwinding the movement) The click's tooth will have to rise above the ratchet wheel in order for the ratchet wheel to spin backwards.
I do not think this method is recommended and it may not completely work for you, but it might give you enough play in that spring to allow it to begin ticking and unwind the movement naturally. I've done this a couple times for other reasons but it would probably help you out in a pinch. Remember, this movement in swiss is only around $125 from Otto Frei (I think it's still around this price).
If you loosen the Click which Keeps the Ratchet Wheel from spinning backwards (unwinding the movement) The click's tooth will have to rise above the ratchet wheel in order for the ratchet wheel to spin backwards.
I do not think this method is recommended and it may not completely work for you, but it might give you enough play in that spring to allow it to begin ticking and unwind the movement naturally. I've done this a couple times for other reasons but it would probably help you out in a pinch. Remember, this movement in swiss is only around $125 from Otto Frei (I think it's still around this price).
daytona4me said:
Please don't to this movement what you did to the 7750 in your Cousteau. You really f*cked that one up good, am waiting for a new movement to have that installed!!
daytona4me said:
Thanks for the offer bro, but Sarnia is like 4 hours from my house. :mrgreen:
Should I just get it replaced, or is their someone on this forum that we could trust that wouldn't cost me a fortune to get fixed?
costa rica puerto rico vaccum just a few stamps away..
other than that, send to the ZCanuck
or maybe someone local can looky
very difficult tricky hard impossible almost problem!
and nobody will giving straight answer!
Sheeite!
other than that, send to the ZCanuck
or maybe someone local can looky
very difficult tricky hard impossible almost problem!
and nobody will giving straight answer!
Sheeite!
How did you "overwind" it...
Use a WRENCH...???...I have owned, (and frequently wound) hundreds of mechanical watches over the past 50+ years, and have NEVER managed to "overwind" one....In my experience, once they are fully wound, you simply cannot turn the crown any more...(at least ordinary mortals cant!!)....I own several examples of this type movement, and find them to be perhaps the most robust examples of wristwatch mechanisms in current use...I am at a loss to understand what you did to this watch... :roll: :roll: :roll:racmbs said: