Hello OF,
I have a Longines Heritage Column Wheel Chrono that is exhibiting a bizarre (to me at least) issue with the minute hand. Based on my research, it is a L688.2 that is based on the ETA A08.L01 in case that is helpful in answering my question. Pertinent (I think) to my issue is that it has a hacking second hand.
The issue I am having is that when I stop the watch from running to set it, the minute hand takes about 30 seconds before it starts to run once I start the watch running again. This causes the minute hand to be 30 seconds behind the second hand, which drives me kind of nuts.
I can stop the second hand at 30 seconds instead of 60, which comes close to addressing the issue, although it isn't as exact or precise as I would like (minute hand usually winds up being a tad slow or fast using this method).
I've never experienced this with a watch before, so I want to ask if others have seen this happen before. Is it perhaps just how this movement operates, or is it possible something is wrong with the watch? It runs fine and keeps great time other than this issue.
And because I know OF love pics:
Here is the watch with the second hand stopped at 60 seconds and the minute hand lined up with the marker at 39.
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...and here I've started the watch. It has run for 30 seconds, but he minute hand has not moved.
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and here we are 5 minutes later showing the minute hand out of alignment with the second hand due to the delayed start.
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Any thoughts or info people can provide would be much appreciated. Thank you!
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