Seiko 6139B Chrono center wheel out of alignment

[Jakub]

Good evening!

have been working on this Seiko Pogue with 6139B, for some time now. There was multiple changes in broken bridge screws and bad 888612. So went down eBay and resource those items.

Now when everything arrived, put it finally together and to my surprise chronograph resets quite nice, but not to 0. More specifically it resets to 12s. This end of pivot is D shaped as well as hand. With my strongest loupe I see that flat of D is facing this 12 minutes marker too. 
 

Did anybody met with misaligned center wheel like this? What is potential to fix this (I mean, these are not cheap to get).

Cheers,

Jakub

[Graziano]

Hi there Jakub, this is a common problem and fixable .You can either source another seconds hand which will be aftermarket and i'm guessing you don't want to do that , or what you need to do is purchase a hand setting movement holder like this one https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/VTA-S-501-Handsetting-Tool-for-SEIKO-6138-6139-2020-VERSION-Orange-NEW/303671613901?hash=item46b43d19cd:g:VYAAAOSwdy1dymN1 

whilst setting the hand you push the reset button to center it at 12 o'clock ,however be very careful not to crack the seconds hand post . The reset button needs to be kept depressed when fitting these to hold the relevant wheels in the correct position.

 

Also have a read of this for 2nd approach https://thewatchbloke.co.uk/2016/11/04/seiko-61389-sweep-hand-issues/

Edited February 22, 2021 by Graziano

[Jakub]

Hi @Graziano! Honestly, you cheered me up a lot with your answer, thank you. Interesting that I couldn’t find anything about this on internet, maybe because I wouldn’t pay attention to topics about setting hands. As you recommend, the movement holder is ordered. For delivery reasons I’ve taken this one https://www.ebay.com/itm/193909107883 

It doesn’t look as good, but I believe it will do.

Cheers

Jakub