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Seiko Calibre 4006 Escape Wheel Doesn't Stay In Place

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I have this seiko bellmatic with calibre 4006, the watch is not running. I disassembled it and found that the escape wheel doesn't stay vertical (meaning that the jewel is not holding it in place, so it pivots on it's base), so, as far as I can understand, it's not making contact with the hands wheels and so the watch is not running. However there's also something else, the watch winds but it doesn't unwind, I don't understand why. Shouldn't a malfunction like that of the escape wheel also make the watch unwind very fast?

 

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Imagine it moves on the base like this -> V where the base of the v is the pivot and the V describes the pivotal movement in circles ... So it's the upper part that is not held by the jewel on the upper plate.

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At the apex of the V or inverted V for the top there should be a tiny spike That is the pivot... Or not if its broken, Very hard to see as its tiny you will need quite high magnification to see it!

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