Dear Members, today a friend of mine noticed that my Tutima Military (Lemania 5100) has following issue, I did not noticed before: When the movement is wound by hand, the rotor turns with it and the watch vibrates noticeably. My questions: Is this an issue and if so, a big one? Is a full-service necessary or is a „simple“ repair sufficient? Thank you in advance!
It is an issue. The rotor pawls that should disengage during manual winding are sticking which leaves the rotor directly connected to the winding works. This can cause damage as the rotor is not designed to spin that fast and the winding system is not meant to apply that much torque. It should be fully serviced. I doubt you'd find a watchmaker who would repair "just" this problem and put a guarantee or warranty on it or stake their name that the problem is fixed.
Thank you for your quick and very understandable explanation. I have read that the supply situation with spare parts for this refererence is very difficult and therefore a service at Tutima direct is unavoidable. I am located in Germany, so I hope it won’t be a problem.