Where to get my watch fixed?
Where to get my watch fixed?
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SpeedMattersNot

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4,506 posts

220 months

Wednesday 29th December 2010
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Hi guys, never ventured onto this forum before.

Earlier this year, I was gifted an Alpina Geneve 12 hours of Sebring 2010 thingie. I can't find too much information on it, as every article I find regarding this particular watch, with pictures it looks slightly different.

Here's a couple of snaps for the experts, if it helps.





My problem is, I seem to have partially cross-threaded the winder thingie. It twists out anti-clockwise as ecpected, half pulls out to adjust the day counter, then fully pulls out to adjust the time. Then when clicking it back in, I click it twice in, but it's very stubborn to engage on it's thread when turning clockwise, to wind it back into it's lock position.

Before I go taking it to a watch shop and getting my pants pulled down, I thought I would check here first, to see if it's a characteristic of these watches, or whether it's worth getting fixed and if possible - any idea where I could take it?

Thanks in advance.

tertius

6,914 posts

254 months

Wednesday 29th December 2010
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Give Steve at Ryte Time Watch Repairs a call - he'll be able to give you an idea on whether its readily fixable or not.

I guess it will depend on whether it needs new case parts or not and how easy they are to get hold of. For what its worth Alpina use stock ETA movements, but this doesn't sound like the movement is of any concern.

LukeBird

17,170 posts

233 months

Wednesday 29th December 2010
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tertius said:
Give Steve at Ryte Time Watch Repairs a call - he'll be able to give you an idea on whether its readily fixable or not.
This.

Nice looking watch as well. smile

GC8

19,910 posts

214 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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+3 for Steve Burrage.

hilly10

7,527 posts

252 months

Thursday 30th December 2010
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This guy gets good reviews. Gonna use him next week

http://www.chealwatch.com/