Does the had move only after the chrono function has been activated?
I managed to buy long waited Speedmaster 3861 sapphire case version on week ago from local AD. Watch performing extremely well and I'm very happy for it. When I started to look very precisely chronograph hour hand, it's very little on rightside. Hour hand pointer still fit the zero marker on the dial. I can easily live with this tiny nyance, but is such small alligment error normal on chronograph's?
I have the exact same thing on my FIOS. The way I fix it is I run the chrono for a few seconds, stop the chrono and then when I reset, hold the reset pusher down and slowly release it.
On mine, when I slowly release the reset pusher, you can see the hour hand move off the zero line. If it does, while still holding the reset pusher, push it back down all the way and you will then see the hour hand move back to zero. Slowly release the reset pusher and eventually the hour hand will not move while slowly releasing the reset pusher.
Hope this makes sense. If not, I can try record a video of this process.
Hey mate
Sorry about the late reply. Its quite hard to record and show the process with one hand but hopefully you can see what I did in the video
You can see in the first few seconds of the video the hour hand is slightly off the 12.
I run the chrono for a few seconds and then stop the chrono.
I then press and hold down the reset pusher. I slowly release the reset pusher ensuring the hour hand doesn't move off the 12 (this part is hard to see). When the reset pusher is finally released you can see that the hour hand is straight on the 12.
Hope this helps. Just play around with the reset pusher to see if it helps align the hour hand. Make sure you dont press the reset pusher while the chrono is running.
Same issue here! Bought the new sapphire sandwich a few weeks ago and immediately noticed that the hour counter hand was off. Incredibly frustrating to have that on a watch of this caliber/price. Just tried the suggestion from @jjjones but no luck 🙁
After playing around with the chronograph, I think the specific cause of my watch's alignment issue is actually a small amount of "hour creep".
The hand would reset to perfect alignment, but sometime later it will move just slightly off centre.
Will this cause any mechanical damage/issues if I just leave it alone? I am not sure it is worth it to part with the watch for a few months to get it addressed.
