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·So... since day 1 my Nivada Grenchen Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver has had a pronounced, one would say, double "clicky" start/stop pusher - both in feel and audibly.
Being only somewhat familiar with the brand and not at all with the movement (Sellita SW510 M BH B) before my purchase three weeks ago I didn't think anything of it. The reset pusher however was (and is) much smoother in its action in & out.
When I wear a chrono I typically use it often throughout the day (timing cooking, Bicycling, errands, arguments with my wife, wait times for her apologies, etc).
Yesterday evening, wearing my CASD, I engaged the chrono at the start of boiling some pasta for my daughter's dinner and noticed that the start/stop pusher engaged with an even more than normal pronounced clicky almost crunchy sound. Not overly concerned yet curious I looked down at the watches dial and realized the chrono had not engaged... Uh oh.
Tried it a few more times... no dice. Dammit. First watch I've had that broke -- charmed life aside, and so new, brand new.
Outside of the chrono function the watch continued to keep time, great time in fact.
Start/Stop pusher is clicky and crunchy, reset pusher still smooth, crown still winds and hacks. Just no chrono function.
An hour or so later, and while showing my daughter what had occurred, things became weirder.
Showing her the start/stop pusher and what was wrong she pointed out, "Dad, is it normal for that small dial to stop and start with that pusher?" She was looking at the seconds sub-dial.
Shit, she was correct... when I would engage and then disengage the no longer working start/stop pusher for the chrono it was now stopping & starting the second's hand in the second's sub-dial.
Here's a video I shot to illustrate the problem...
I've since written Nivada Grenchen about this but suppose I won't be hearing back until Monday during business hours.
Any watch people have any thoughts on what exactly broke or is no longer working + why the pusher is now starting & stopping something it should never start and stop?
Being only somewhat familiar with the brand and not at all with the movement (Sellita SW510 M BH B) before my purchase three weeks ago I didn't think anything of it. The reset pusher however was (and is) much smoother in its action in & out.
When I wear a chrono I typically use it often throughout the day (timing cooking, Bicycling, errands, arguments with my wife, wait times for her apologies, etc).
Yesterday evening, wearing my CASD, I engaged the chrono at the start of boiling some pasta for my daughter's dinner and noticed that the start/stop pusher engaged with an even more than normal pronounced clicky almost crunchy sound. Not overly concerned yet curious I looked down at the watches dial and realized the chrono had not engaged... Uh oh.
Tried it a few more times... no dice. Dammit. First watch I've had that broke -- charmed life aside, and so new, brand new.
Outside of the chrono function the watch continued to keep time, great time in fact.
Start/Stop pusher is clicky and crunchy, reset pusher still smooth, crown still winds and hacks. Just no chrono function.
An hour or so later, and while showing my daughter what had occurred, things became weirder.
Showing her the start/stop pusher and what was wrong she pointed out, "Dad, is it normal for that small dial to stop and start with that pusher?" She was looking at the seconds sub-dial.
Shit, she was correct... when I would engage and then disengage the no longer working start/stop pusher for the chrono it was now stopping & starting the second's hand in the second's sub-dial.
Here's a video I shot to illustrate the problem...
I've since written Nivada Grenchen about this but suppose I won't be hearing back until Monday during business hours.
Any watch people have any thoughts on what exactly broke or is no longer working + why the pusher is now starting & stopping something it should never start and stop?
