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Gator and Shark country! It is a hot summer here and usually hot winter, spring and fall,,, oh no, Florida has no seasons, what am I talking about! In any case, when it is not raining or there isn't a hurricane in the neighborhood we usually have excellent weather (what is left!). Then, if you want to enjoy the beach you have to beware of sharks and if you chose the "country", read swamp, then it is the alligators... Well, we still have margaritas, night clubs and watches! ...more than one, (of either) by the way :) What is certain is that from now on I'll be wearing an automatic. I use my watch a lot at work since it is more practical for me to just look at my wrist instead of digging in my pocket for the cell when I carry it on me (I'm not much of a text person either). Considering how awkward it is to carry a cell in your front pocket if you don't wear baggy pants, I've broken more than one cell screen by seating on them, so it is either a belt pouch or the backpack for the cell which puts the device effectively out of immediate reach. Because quartz is accurate and cheap if I damage it it is no big deal. But this one left me flat in the middle of the day! Less than 6 months new from the store and already out of juice! And the battery it takes is the size of a quarter! (CR2016). The worth part is that it seemed to be working fine, seconds hand moving and all, but the watch was slow like 10 minutes every hour! I'm starting to think that Timex is the new Ford... (Fix Or Repair Daily!) Pardon me, Ford lovers! (I've owned one or two in my time too). To make a story short, the watch was rushed to surgeon Bob a.k.a. myself. The open heart operation lasted about 15 minutes: Cut open (bergeon case knife), extract movement, cleaned inside of the case ( Windex, soap and water, whatever), rodico on dial, new battery of course, wristband detailing (no polishing, doesn't deserve it for quitting on me) and Seiko silicon sealant in crown gasket and back for a better water resist deal. My two daughters were quite good assistants supplying air to the patient (bergeon hand pump) and the suture (cheapo case press) for the procedure outlined! They'll still make good watch doctors one day. The watch is happily ticking away and keeping time with accuracy again. Next appointment in 6 months!

Hi All, Just wanted to update you a bit about what I've done so far and ask your opinions. So far I've cleaned, oiled and reassembled the movement. I haven't put dial or hands on it yet as I'm still waiting on day ring. Decided to try it out so I engaged the chronograph and it ran until about ten seconds after the minute counter clicked and stopped. Every time I tried it same thing happened, stops about ten seconds after minute counter clicked. Since it runs well until chronograph is engaged I kind of thought there might be a bad tooth on large second counter wheel. (If that were case why wouldn't it stop after running just ten seconds, should be same place on wheel?) These teeth are very small too see even using 16x magnification. Then I remembered that the teeth of the oscillating pinion and center second counter wheel are supposed to have a bit of space between them when engaged. Very hard too see this. What I did then was to back the clutch spring cam off until the center sweep counter stopped. Then I slowly turned it back until second counter started again. Gave it another fraction of a turn to insure teeth engaged properly with no slipping and stopped. So far it has ran for over an hour with no stopping. The clutch spring cam would need to be rotated another 20 degrees to be where it was set when movement was stopping. Thanks, Charles K

It just dawned on me, this thread might have been about a German motor racing driver that race who raced in the 30's for Auto Union (Audi). :-)