I seem to have achieved the impossible....

[pip t]

....and killed a Seiko 5. It just doesn't work. No amount of shaking to wind it or gentle tapping seems to ressurect it. I have no recollection of dropping, bashing or otherwise abusing it - any ideas what could have caused it, or indeed what could fix it - i.e am I missing something blindingly obvious?! Or is it a trip to the menders/new watch time?

[Eighteeteewhy]

Silly question, but is the crown pushed in?

[pip t]

Eighteeteewhy said:

Silly question, but is the crown pushed in?

Hehe, yes, it is...... But this is the kind of thing i'm thinking, am i just being a dunce somewhere along the line?!

[pip t]

Apologies for the thread resurrection, but a little bit of dark magic appears to have happened.....!

I finally got round to a clear out of the watch draw, and picked up the above dead Seiko 5. As I picked it up I shook it it and.......the second hand started moving! Gave it a proper shake to give it some charge, put it on, and it's been running flawlessly for a couple of days now......!

So they lesson we learn is, Seiko 5s DO break........but they also fix themselves!

[Jaged]

Did you go anywhere near a strong magnetic field?
Fitting new speakers etc?


Sometimes faint magnetic fields can dissipate over time.
Just a thought.

[pip t]

Possible I guess - I work with speakers a lot...maybe the watch got a bit too close for too long or something....I'm surprised it never happened before though of this was the cause.....