Tag Aquaracer Winder comes out

Tag Aquaracer Winder comes out

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Fluffsri

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3,161 posts

195 months

Thursday 12th February 2015
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I have a Tag Aquaracer Calbre 5 and just before christmas i undid the winder to change the date and the wheel came out of the watch. I tool it to Goldsmiths who basically said I had over wound it, to be honest hardley wound it up as i just adjust the date and time and throw it on. I sent it back to Tag for repair (took ages)and have worn it probably 6 or 7 times since it was repaired and yesterday the wheel came out again, this time i ahvent wound it up at all so that cant be a reason for it.

I havent been home to confirm but I think its out of warrenty now. Anyone heard of this happening on Tags?

Variomatic

2,392 posts

160 months

Thursday 12th February 2015
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Not heard of it particularly from TAGs but it's not that uncommon as a fault generally. It's caused by wear or damage to one or all of the following (in rough order of likelihood):

Stem
Setting lever spring (where the spring also retains the lever, as it does on 2824 based movements like the Cal 5)
Setting lever
Movement front plate.

The good news is that all of them except the last one are fairly cheap repairs - it usually makes sense to change all of them together to be safe. Plate wear is very unlikely indeed unless you've got the only 60 year old Cal 5 in existence!

Oh, and it has absolutely bugger all to do with you winding it. You can't overwind them, overwinding is a myth that should have died with the verge pocket watch but has been kept alive by places that want a handy excuse to avoid responsibility for problems. The fact that Goldsmiths are using it..... well, you decide!

You can (in some circumstances) cause wear to the reverser wheels by winding them every day for a year or two but that's nothing to do with "overwinding" as people normally mean it wink

Fluffsri

Original Poster:

3,161 posts

195 months

Friday 13th February 2015
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Cheers for the reply. Thanks for the info and Im glad you said about the 'overwinding'issue, unfortunately Goldsmiths are my only Tag dealer in the area.

Variomatic

2,392 posts

160 months

Friday 13th February 2015
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Then speak to your friendly local indie repairer wink

Unless it's still in warranty (assuming they'll accept it as warranty), parts and fitting isn't a big job - roughly £30 parts and about the same in time to fit them.

Fluffsri

Original Poster:

3,161 posts

195 months

Friday 13th February 2015
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Only just out of warrenty. Ill do some googling to find a local repairer, thanks again!

Mr_C

2,441 posts

228 months

Friday 13th February 2015
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Post it to Joe (variomatic)..

hajaba123

1,302 posts

174 months

Friday 13th February 2015
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Send it to Joe (Vario) top guy on here, quite a few people use him.

Variomatic

2,392 posts

160 months

Friday 13th February 2015
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Thanks guys smile

Fluffsri

Original Poster:

3,161 posts

195 months

Monday 16th February 2015
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My local repair agent said it was impossible for him to get TAG parts so he wouldnt take it on, suggested I went to Goldsmiths in Farnham as they are nearest TAG dealer. Vario, would you take it on?

Variomatic

2,392 posts

160 months

Monday 16th February 2015
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Yep, not a problem.

The Calibre 5 is an ETA 2824-2 base and all the keyless work (the setting and winding mech) is left as standard ETA parts, which are easily obtainable at the moment (ie: I keep them in stock smile )

Most TAG crowns are also available (but I have to order them) if it's the crown itself that's at fault.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 16th February 2015
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This happened to my Carrera - also a Calibre 5.

It was about 2 months out of warranty but TAG fixed it for free.

Depending how far out of warranty it is, it might be worth trying. I included a little sob story note with it which the dealer said probably helped smile

Fluffsri

Original Poster:

3,161 posts

195 months

Tuesday 17th February 2015
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garyhun said:
This happened to my Carrera - also a Calibre 5.

It was about 2 months out of warranty but TAG fixed it for free.

Depending how far out of warranty it is, it might be worth trying. I included a little sob story note with it which the dealer said probably helped smile
2 MONTHS OUT OF WARRENTY AND WAS ONLY FIXED (SAME FAULT) 2 MONTHS AGO. Sorry for caps, Im on works comp lol

Ill try this first and then if no jpy Ill drop you (Vario) a PM cheers fellas!!

Fluffsri

Original Poster:

3,161 posts

195 months

Sunday 1st March 2015
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I went to Goldsmiths on Friday to see if it could be fixed. I had it repaired in July and TAG repairs carry a 1 year warranty. So as the same fault has happened again its a free of charge repair, happy days!