Watch Broken - Advice/Repairer Needed

[CrashTD]

Evening,


I have a watch which I have broken is broken. In a perfect world you pull the winder out 1 click and you adjust the date, out another click and you adjust the time. The time adjustment works perfectly but the date adjuster is broken. (Just shy of the 19th if you were wondering).

When I try to adjust the date I can feel it getting to 'the biting point' and I can hear the click although the date does not rotate. I have tried holding the button in slightly, out slightly etc but to no avail.

The watch was a gift so would I rather hang on to it and get it repaired but its times like this I am glad I don't wear my Crosswind to work.

I am assuming part of the mechanism is knackered and was wondering -

a) If opening it up is extremely stupid and is likely to end up with bits of spring and sprocket everywhere.

b) Who is the Watch Forums' resident repair man and how much does it costs to get a watch couriered and 'looked at'. Bear in mind this is only a £200 watch so I don't want to get carried away.

Cheers,

Crash.

[CrashTD]

Nope. Should probably have mentioned that.

[CrashTD]

Its a Guess - GC41003GA. I can only find people selling it (Around £100 now). Barely worth fixing I know but I don't want to get rid of it or wear a broken watch.

As for how it works the best I could find online was - "Swiss quartz movement".

Maybe its a sign that the Crosswind should be demoted to daily use whilst I purchase a new watch.

[bry1975]

Hi chap,

You can probably have it fixed for £20-£30.


Hope that helps.


Bry

[Kapenta]

It sounds to me as though the keyless works needs to be reset. An easy job for a "watchmaker". A battery-changer will have no idea what you are talking about...

Labour cost for doing this would probably be £40-£50...

[CrashTD]

I am around and about in London over the weekend so shall pop in to a watch shop and get it fixed.

I can deal with a £50 bill.

Thanks

[bry1975]

Quartz jobbie should be an easy fix.

[johnbaz]

Hi, i don't think they usually repair quartz watches, but rather simply fit another module as they're fairly cheap to buy in..

Google ryte time watch repairs in Leicester, Steve usually does a nice cheap job on customers watches (i've a few to send off but keep forgetting!)

I may be wrong though and usually am


John

[CrashTD]

Just an update. W

Got what started as an extremely appologetic phonecall today and I instantly started to panic. Poor guy was only ringing to say it would cost £35 not £20.

[cyberface]

If it's a quartz job then the repairer is more likely to replace the entire movement, as it's cheaper in terms of labour (hence the individual parts don't tend to be available).

Did you break it by trying to quick-change the date around midnight? This has always been a definite no-no for mechanical watches (hence my habit of 'only quickset date with hands pointing down' i.e. minute and hour pointing down, 6:30 or 18:30 is far enough from midnight to be safe) - not sure if the same rules apply to quartz movements...

[CrashTD]

cyberface said:

If it's a quartz job then the repairer is more likely to replace the entire movement, as it's cheaper in terms of labour (hence the individual parts don't tend to be available).

Did you break it by trying to quick-change the date around midnight? This has always been a definite no-no for mechanical watches (hence my habit of 'only quickset date with hands pointing down' i.e. minute and hour pointing down, 6:30 or 18:30 is far enough from midnight to be safe) - not sure if the same rules apply to quartz movements...

Think its a quartz job. Replacing the date wheel.

Can you explain this logic to me please? Doubt it was at midnight. I am fast asleep by 10.30