Misaligned day wheel

rmcd · Dec 23, 2016

Hello. This is my first post.

Should I accept the word from a reputable watch repair guy that a new day wheel may not be perfectly aligned in the window?

Background - I bought the watch in Zurich. It came with a German day wheel. I asked the watch repair guy here in Toronto to order an English wheel and install it. The result is pictured. I challenged him about it and was told that there isn't an adjustment and that it's the nature of the day wheel.

For completeness, the watch is a calibre 752, serial number indicates 1970. Case ref 166.111. Back is below.

I expect I know the answer you'll all give me:
a) try another repair guy (I'd appreciate a recommendation for Toronto) and
b) put the German wheel back in and learn my German day names.

Is that correct? Or is there an adjustment? Or a different wheel. The container for the wheel says "72207501516A". I assume that's a part number.

Many thanks.

ulackfocus · Dec 23, 2016

Two possibilities:

Wrong day wheel
Wrong watchmaker

You could always bleach off the German days and hand write in English days with a Sharpie. We've seen crap like that on eBay so why can't you do it? 😉 😜

rmcd · Dec 23, 2016

Thanks. Might be easier to simply learn German.

Canuck · Dec 23, 2016

When you advance the day and date during adjustment or re-setting, you should see a distinct "click" of the day ring and the date ring as they advance. I suspect you are not seeing that distinct "click" when the day ring advances. I think you need to talk to whoever did the work.

rmcd · Dec 23, 2016

Thanks Canuck. When I manually advance it to set the day,date,time it does "click" as it changes. But I haven't watched it during its normal change time to see what it does. Either way the misalignment ends up being the same.

Regardless, i gather I shouldn't accept this nor the explanation.

Since you're a fellow Canuck, do you know a good repair guy in the GTA?

Many thanks.

Vicke · Dec 23, 2016

The forums resident canadian watchmaker is @Archer . Don't know where in the country he located, but if he´s to far away or to busy perhaps he can point you in the direction someone competent.

Longbow · Dec 23, 2016

rmcd
Hello. This is my first post.

Should I accept the word from a reputable watch repair guy that a new day wheel may not be perfectly aligned in the window?

Background - I bought the watch in Zurich. It came with a German day wheel. I asked the watch repair guy here in Toronto to order an English wheel and install it. The result is pictured. I challenged him about it and was told that there isn't an adjustment and that it's the nature of the day wheel.

For completeness, the watch is a calibre 752, serial number indicates 1970. Case ref 166.111. Back is below.

I expect I know the answer you'll all give me:
a) try another repair guy (I'd appreciate a recommendation for Toronto) and
b) put the German wheel back in and learn my German day names.

Is that correct? Or is there an adjustment? Or a different wheel. The container for the wheel says "72207501516A". I assume that's a part number.

Many thanks.

I would have left it with the original language, has a certain charm. I've got watches with English, French and German....thankfully no Arabic or Chinese, then I probably would change. Who knows what's really written on the thing?

rmcd · Dec 24, 2016

Thanks @Longbow. All very pretty and perfectly aligned. And you're right, I think I'll end up going back to the original German.

I agree on the point about not knowing what's really written. I was given a t-shirt recently with Korean on it. I had that checked by two different Korean nationals.

Thanks @Vicke for the pointer to @Archer. @Archer.... I'd appreciate a PM or post with a suggestion for the Toronto area. Thanks so much.

Happy holidays to all who maintain and contribute to this wonderful resource.

Cheers

Archer · Dec 24, 2016

You have a PM...and my guess who did the work too...😀

EDIT - and I was correct! 👍

Mouse_at_Large · Dec 24, 2016

Slight thread drift, but I think I am correct in saying that one Omega was produced only with a non-English date - the cal.1045 Speedmaster mark V, though some have been modded with an English date wheel http://www.chronomaddox.com/MarkSeries.html

Longbow · Dec 24, 2016

rmcd
Thanks @Longbow. All very pretty and perfectly aligned. And you're right, I think I'll end up going back to the original German.

So, time to start practicing. Here's a little helper for the holidays

rmcd · Dec 24, 2016

A perfect Christmas present 😀 Thank you. I'll print that and post it on my office wall.

@Archer has given me some really good advice and nailed-in-one the watch repair guy. I'll post an update once I've followed his advice.

Merry Christmas all !

Misaligned day wheel

rmcd

ulackfocus

rmcd

Canuck

rmcd

Vicke

Longbow

rmcd

Archer

Mouse_at_Large

Longbow

rmcd

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