Hi guys

i have a 1970's heuer 1553N and i just got it serviced. the chronograph seconds hand wouldint always reset back to 12 but now it doesnt work at all, if i flick my wrist of spin the watch the chronograph seconds hand moves freely... like a compass theres no resistance but its still on its stem so it spins in a circle. can anyone help? i really dont want to spend it away again for 3 months and it come back broken..

thanks
Joel

 

This is the watch im talking about the orange seconds hand

 

Well the bad news is, you'll have to send it out again for service. The good news is, it could be a simple fix that a local watchmaker can take care of. I had an old TAG F1 that had its seconds hand do that, it turned out a gear was misaligned, which was fairly simple to take care of.

 

i think i found the problem. good news is that its probably not a gear, the second hand fell out into the dial. so it wasnt secured in the tube correctly. hoping thats the just of the problem.. out it goes!