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| Joined: | Fri May 4th, 2007 |
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I had purchased two others from the same overseas seller during the last year and a half; both of those were pretty nice and exactly as advertised.
This one though....not so much. Upon arrival, I found that the day/date wheels could not be set using the crown (through they would advance if left to do so on their own over night) and the second hand would periodically bounce and/or pause.
The watch was listed as having had a recent "movement service" but clearly something was amiss.
Rather than ask the seller to deal with it, I sent it off to Bob T. for some diagnosis and possible TLC. "Let me know if it's even worth saving" I told him. It wasn't terribly expensive to purchase in the first place, so if it was a total loss I wouldn't be too disappointed, but I was secretly hoping it could be brought back to life.
About a month has passed and Bob sent me an e-mail today. Turns out this "recently serviced movement" had the following issues:
-Movement was flooded with oil.
-Train bridge was bent, it was trued.
-Replaced cannon pinion and day/date drive wheel.
I'm not knowledgeable enough to know exactly how bad that is, but "flooded with oil" and anything "bent" sounds pretty severe to me.
Bob also did a full relume for me and was kind enough to send these pics...should be on my wrist next week. :D
