Citizen C652 Skyhawk

[GWD72]

Hi Folks,

 

I've just joined this forum and apologise in advance if this has been covered somewhere here already.  I did search and not find, so here goes.  In the attached photo, you can see one of my C652 type citizen watches.  It has multi-functions which are changed by turning the stem, this turns the small white hand in the dial above the 6 o'clock position of the hour hand.  The problem is, that the position of the hand 1) does not line up with its original positions around the dial i.e. 12, 3, 6, 9 etc and 2) it shows the "WRONG" mode.

 

In the picture you can see evidence of 1) in that the hand is between ALM-1 and ALM-2 positions (where as it originally stopped on the corresponding mark and showed alarm-1 or alarm-2 for example) and evidence of 2) while in this position it is actually showing the time!  The time however, should only be shown when this hand is in its respective 12 o'clock position!

 

The watch is not very old and started doing this maybe 1.5 years after I bought it (and no, no more warranty left on it).  The stem is difficult to turn compared to another C652 I have, although the watch functions otherwise how it should (holds charge, tells time, all functions work etc).

 

I wonder, is it really such a big task to go in and put the hand in the correct place and maybe clean/lube the stem?  Or would it be more complicated than that.  I don't want to sent to citizen because I am afraid they will just charge me for a whole new movement rather than use their brains and fix the small problem (well, I assume it is small).  I also don't mind paying a good watch maker to do it, but I wouldn't have a clue where that might be (I am "unfortunately" in northern Sweden at the moment and will be for a while).

 

Has anyone seen this effect before with citizen eco-drive watches?  Could it be it just needs a clean and "manual" reset of the indicator hand?  Granted it is a small problem, but it bothers the hell out of me and would love to get this back running the way it should!!  Any help would be appreciated!

 

Cheers,

Gordon

 

 

[ro63rto]

11min 35sec in this video for reset.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gscd2h5eEkE

[GWD72]

In reply to ro63rto,

 

I have tried the well known electronic "all-reset" (no video needed, there are instructions in the booklet that came with the watch) but that doesn't do anything to fix this problem, as it is mechanical I think.  I could also mention this watch has never been opened or tampered with. Just over time somehow the mode hand has shifted/jumped out of place, probably since new that stem was always stiff to turn.

 

Thanks anyway for the suggestion though!

 

Cheers,

Gordon