Repairs to a Tissot PRC200

[NiceCupOfTea]

4 year old Tissot PRC200 chrono, for some reason the sweep second hand and tenths dial don't reset to zero as of last week.

Need a new strap too.

Any suggestions on where to take it? Was going to take it into Ernest Jones or somewhere and get them to send it off (think they are "authorised").

Bit worried about the cost though - the watch was only £200 or so and I'm afraid fixing it and getting a new strap will cost a lot. Was a present though so I really don't want to write it off

[bry1975]

Dude,

Have you tried pulling the crown out and pressing the pusher buttons?

[Slinky]

bry1975 said:

Dude,

Have you tried pulling the crown out and pressing the pusher buttons?

That was going to be my suggestion too.. I have a fossil that does it from time to time..

[bry1975]

IMO brand new movement will between 20-50quid.

Bry

[NiceCupOfTea]

Slinky said:

bry1975 said:

Dude,

Have you tried pulling the crown out and pressing the pusher buttons?

That was going to be my suggestion too.. I have a fossil that does it from time to time..

Bugger me!

Seems to have fixed it - how did it get out of sync in the first place?

[DickyKnee]

Same watch, same thing happened. The watch place I used (near Liverpool St Station in London) fixed it. Apparently it is very common on these watches and due to the position of the stopwatch buttons which get knocked. They sorted it out when they changed the battery so no charge.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Any idea on where to source a strap? Bablas are selling them at £35 quid which seems very steep indeed.

[CommanderJameson]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Bugger me!

Seems to have fixed it - how did it get out of sync in the first place?

They All Do That, Sir.

My hyper-accurate motorised radio atomic solar G-Shock has a procedure for zeroing the hands, too.

[bry1975]

Chaps,

Seiko use to state the pusher buttons could also be used for counting so that's probably one reason why they can be stepped, from my experience it's only the half decent movements that have the counting feature.

Just my 2 pence.

Bry

[CommanderJameson]

bry1975 said:

Chaps,

Seiko use to state the pusher buttons could also be used for counting so that's probably one reason why they can be stepped, from my experience it's only the half decent movements that have the counting feature.

Just my 2 pence.

Bry

Blimey. I never knew that. Every day's a school day on PH.

[Slinky]

CommanderJameson said:

Blimey. I never knew that. Every day's a school day on PH.

Snap! Would you call a Miyota OS10 a half decent movement?

[bry1975]

I've actually got a spare brand new OS10 movement here they're oks zero jewels but most quartz watches are these days.

Imo for longevity you can't beat a 15 jewel Seiko 7A quartz chronograph regarded as about the best.

Bry

[andy_s]

bry1975 said:

you can't beat a 15 jewel Seiko 7A quartz chronograph regarded as about the best.

Bry

I'd agree with that one.