TAG Heuer F1 Calibre 16

Morning everyone,

So I wonder if I can get some advice and knowledge from you all...

I brought this TAG new about two years ago now and it's a great watch. I brought it from a trusted seller on ebay with good reviews did my research so currently not worried about it being a fake.

The one thing that I was surprised about is that as of a few days ago, the bezel you turn to control the hands on the face to change time turns but I'm not getting a flush movement from the hands themselves, they are sometimes catching and then not so I'm unable to easily say move the time forward or back as required


Question is, is this normal? The dealer says yes and that it's likely the stem needs replacing. He works in the industry and days he can complete a full refurbishment on it and give a new warrenty also. (Yag suggest 1-2 years so seems okay)

This is my first nice watch that's mechanical so it's new to me...

Can add photos on request if you wanted to inspect the watch.

Welcome Jamie. Please refrain yourself from posting photos of your watch. This forum is flooded with photos of mechanical watches of every country on earth. It frankly overwhelmed our Amazon servers. God knows Jeff has better things to do than tending to our loaded servers. Please try your best to describe the watch in details. If possible, please disassemble the watch and describe the condition of the stem. This will allow us to advise further. No photos, please.

Thanks for the warm welcome and no problem.

I'm not an expert at disassembly of watches and dont wish to avoid my warrenty.

I'm trying to eliminate the possible reasons. Could a stem prevent to watch hands from moving fluidly ?

Super helpful advice thank you...

P.s may be worth reading the last comment about posting images...