Wifey can always tell when I've been polishing something as the inside of the shed looks like its been roughcasted. The actual tool is connected to a plug in power supply by a three pronged micro plug, pretty weird set up, but I've had it for years and still works flawlessly. I've had a Parkside wired one since Moses was a lad. Tarnished or dirty gold just "gies me the wullies". I understand that sometimes gold is used for more than aesthetic reasons, but its a very lustrous material and I think its lustre should be celebrated and not covered up by years of sweaty fingerprints and sebum. Just one of my many quirks, but I like to see it as its was made and intended to be. i get it that most folk seem to like the effect of age showing as it adds character and gives a feeling of having had a life, but if its mine, it gets the shiny. It may be to do with autism and all round Neurofunkiness, but I hate seeing tatty cases and dials. If it is still under warranty, keep badgering the shop or manufacturer for repair or replacement. It sounds like it needs at least a clean and fresh lubrication. I would need to see it first-hand to have a chance of understanding how they interact. Also, if a balance is out of beat they can be reluctant to start swinging, so that might be a factor, and this S-05 movement has a twin balance, so that is extra-complicated. Why the watch should respond to you changing from winding mode to setting mode I don't know, unless there is too much friction in the motion works, which you temporarily alleviate by moving the hands. The other direction is a ratchet, like pedalling backwards on a bicycle. The crown only winds the mainspring in one direction. It is normal for the crown to be harder to turn in one direction than the other. Did you take a picture when you had the rotor off?
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Now it should wind up efficiently when you wear it or running on the winder. OK, it sounds like you have solved a problem with the rotor, whatever it was. If you follow the link Watchtime posted, it's the S-05 movement in your watch. Is it a new watch? If it is still under warranty, and not working properly, get it fixed that way.Īs far as identifying the movement is concerned, HSL and Watchtime are right. You say you have contacted the company for service.
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Does this weight rotate freely, when you tilt the watch back and forth? If you do this gently, but enough to spin the rotor, for about a minute, does the watch start to run? If it does, strap the watch to your wrist and wear it for the rest of the day, then let us know what happened. It takes about a day of wearing to wind the mainspring up fully. It is the movement of this eccentric weight which slowly winds the watch when it is on your arm, everytime you move. In your photo of the back of the watch, that plate with the stripes on it is the rotor. If it makes no sound and you can't feel a ratchet working, then it doesn't manual wind, only automatic. With the crown pushed all the way in, when you turn it backwards and forwards, does it make a clicking sound? If it does, then you should be able to manual wind it. Hello Maciej, thanks for introducing yourself.