Anyone ever had this happen?

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Pro bass

·Sep 8, 2020

I was just timing my boiled egg the other day, and when I pressed reset, the second hand flew back and then fell off. Luckily, one of my neighbours is a retired jeweller and watch repairer and he sorted it out. He said he had to “nip” the tube on the second hand slightly as it wasn’t as tight a fit as it should be and kept slipping past 12 when he pressed reset. Anyway the watch is fine now and my boiled egg this morning was spot on.

 

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DSotW

·Sep 8, 2020

Ouch, no, have never experienced that! Glad to hear it's back in order...

 

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Archer

·Sep 8, 2020·Omega Qualified Watchmaker

Loose chronograph hands are not uncommon by any means. Glad you got it fixed.

 

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Pazzo

·Sep 8, 2020

Glad you got that "issue" fixed.
I would give that watch a pressure test, now that it has been opened.

 

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Marsimaxam

·Sep 8, 2020

Never had the large second sweep hand go flying off on any chronograph I own. I have had them not reset to zero, I have had to push the reset button more than once to get the sweep hand to reset, but no flying off.

I did have the AP logo pop off the top of the crown about a week after I bought the watch... AP gave me a new crown and the logo has not popped off in almost 20 years.

 

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·Sep 8, 2020

Pazzo

Glad you got that "issue" fixed.
I would give that watch a pressure test, now that it has been opened.

He did pressure test it. His test gear will only test down to 90 metres and the watch managed that OK.

 

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WatchCor

·Sep 11, 2020

Good that you got it fixed quickly. 👍

I had a (vintage)watch that I sent for service, and my watchmaker said that he suspected that the chronohand had been superglued to the stem. 😒

Superglue would of course keep it from falling off ever 😎 I don't think that is SOP anywhere, however.