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wisguy · 20 June 2018, 11:40 AM

Took it out of the safe three days ago, wound it, set the time & date and left the house, when I got in the car I felt my hand shaking and noticed that it was the rotor spinning like crazy, took it off and it was still going.

I did not make a movement that would get the rotor going so fast, turned the watch around and it was stopped.

Wound it again and put it back on my wrist and it seemed fine, been wearing it ever since until a couple of hours ago when it stopped...

Tried to wind it but the crown felt funny, harder to turn that usual, so I set it down and will take it to the watchmaker tomorrow.

Anybody experienced something similar? The rotor just going off on its own?

SL BRABUS · 20 June 2018, 02:31 PM

Not normal.....

The rotor should spin freely one direction and the other direction should be little resistant for winding....

nyc2la · 20 June 2018, 02:38 PM

Sorry to hear this. How old is the watch? Hope it’s a quick repair, if needed.

PJ S · 20 June 2018, 05:23 PM

Sounds like the mainspring dumped its energy through the winding mechanism.
Something definitely isn’t right, and getting it looked at rather than hoping it was a one off, is the correct course of action.

wisguy · 20 June 2018, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nyc2la

Sorry to hear this. How old is the watch? Hope it’s a quick repair, if needed.

It’s about 5 years old.

wisguy · 20 June 2018, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PJ S

Sounds like the mainspring dumped its energy through the winding mechanism.
Something definitely isn’t right, and getting it looked at rather than hoping it was a one off, is the correct course of action.

That’s what I thought.

I guess we’ll know soon enough! Will update you guys.

wisguy · 6 July 2018, 02:02 PM

Turns out a screw from the dial came loose and was creating havoc, fortunately it did not damage nor scratch anything and the watch is all good again.

jtpopper · 6 July 2018, 03:27 PM

Nice. Happy ending.

Fujiman · 8 July 2018, 05:06 AM

Where did you bring it? It was only a couple weeks from your last post to it's fixed.

Other than pricing, one of the things that holds me back from this brand is what I understand to be slow, very expensive service (understand my service cost thinking comes from owning Rolexes and Omegas).

wisguy · 8 July 2018, 06:55 AM

I took it to my watchmaker, he told me he would look at it and let me know if it needed to go to PP.

The turnaround was actually a couple of days.

The guy has worked on all my watches and I trust him.

20 June 2018, 11:40 AM	#1
wisguy "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Earth Posts: 2,406	5167 acting weird Took it out of the safe three days ago, wound it, set the time & date and left the house, when I got in the car I felt my hand shaking and noticed that it was the rotor spinning like crazy, took it off and it was still going. I did not make a movement that would get the rotor going so fast, turned the watch around and it was stopped. Wound it again and put it back on my wrist and it seemed fine, been wearing it ever since until a couple of hours ago when it stopped... Tried to wind it but the crown felt funny, harder to turn that usual, so I set it down and will take it to the watchmaker tomorrow. Anybody experienced something similar? The rotor just going off on its own? __________________ 5230G / 5146G / 124060 / BB58 / '59 Constellation

20 June 2018, 02:31 PM	#2
SL BRABUS "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: U.S.A Watch: Only Rolex & Patek Posts: 3,339	Not normal..... The rotor should spin freely one direction and the other direction should be little resistant for winding.... __________________ Rolex Forum: Mainly Rolex & Benz pictures...!!! Click the above link to join the club...^^^... "SL BRABUS" aka BenzWorld Undercover Moderator

20 June 2018, 02:38 PM	#3
nyc2la "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Real Name: Stephen Location: Beach Watch: 16660 Posts: 9,174	Sorry to hear this. How old is the watch? Hope it’s a quick repair, if needed. __________________ "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." --- RWE

6 July 2018, 02:02 PM	#7
wisguy "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Earth Posts: 2,406	Turns out a screw from the dial came loose and was creating havoc, fortunately it did not damage nor scratch anything and the watch is all good again. __________________ 5230G / 5146G / 124060 / BB58 / '59 Constellation

8 July 2018, 06:55 AM	#10
wisguy "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Earth Posts: 2,406	I took it to my watchmaker, he told me he would look at it and let me know if it needed to go to PP. The turnaround was actually a couple of days. The guy has worked on all my watches and I trust him. __________________ 5230G / 5146G / 124060 / BB58 / '59 Constellation

20 June 2018, 05:23 PM	#4
PJ S Banned Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: UK Posts: 3,990	Sounds like the mainspring dumped its energy through the winding mechanism. Something definitely isn’t right, and getting it looked at rather than hoping it was a one off, is the correct course of action.

6 July 2018, 03:27 PM	#8
jtpopper "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Real Name: Jim Location: Vt Watch: In pursuit. Posts: 39	Nice. Happy ending.

8 July 2018, 05:06 AM	#9
Fujiman Banned Join Date: May 2018 Location: USA Posts: 182	Where did you bring it? It was only a couple weeks from your last post to it's fixed. Other than pricing, one of the things that holds me back from this brand is what I understand to be slow, very expensive service (understand my service cost thinking comes from owning Rolexes and Omegas).

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