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Watch was working fine until I tried the Chronograph function. Everything works fine but the chronograph. It won’t reset back to 12. Just lingers around wherever it wants to go back to. Logic tells me it’s grease or broken/damaged spring or both. Found a bit if a rusty portion on the top pusher. Gonna have to try and take this boy apart.. any help will be greatly appreciated. 1d8bcfd22050e888d3ea4fb1f7bf3235.jpg

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35 minutes ago, Wujutiger said:

 

Watch was working fine until I tried the Chronograph function. Everything works fine but the chronograph. It won’t reset back to 12. Just lingers around wherever it wants to go back to. Logic tells me it’s grease or broken/damaged spring or both. Found a bit if a rusty portion on the top pusher. Gonna have to try and take this boy apart.. any help will be greatly appreciated. 

Have you worked on any mechanical watch movement before? Do you have all the tools needed? Starting with a chrono is definitely not recommended for a beginner.

Also, for repair related question we have a dedicated section. This one really is for anything but watches.

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