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Hi guys. Just a newbie here - never really had an interest in watches before but was going to clean & calibrate one of my old watches (one of the dials, small timewatch one, the hand doesn't land back onto zero position it lands slightly at 1oclock angle) but Realised the calibration will be tricky as have zero knowledge about parts and components and only have basic watch kit. It's an Armani exchange ax1214 watch.

 

Stumbled across this because as I was putting it back together I was having trouble with one of the screws which wouldnt seem to go in and screw it self... Its the screw for the electronic board in the watch - to the right of the coil cylinder placed in the middle of the watch. (Crown is facing me)

Anyone have an idea what I am talking about and whats happening?

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Hi I have half opened my watch to calibrate it and realised it's not a good idea because don't have the right tools plus can freely see the parts. ( First time opening a watch)

 

My question is that I am trying to close it back up but one screw for some reason doesn't seem to be going in and screwing... Its an Armani ax1214 watch.

Anyone know why this is happening? I have circled the only area that is giving me this problem and preventing me from closing the watch.

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4 minutes ago, Haych said:

Hi I have half opened my watch to calibrate it and realised it's not a good idea because don't have the right tools plus can freely see the parts. ( First time opening a watch)

 

My question is that I am trying to close it back up but one screw for some reason doesn't seem to be going in and screwing... Its an Armani ax1214 watch.

Anyone know why this is happening? I have circled the only area that is giving me this problem and preventing me from closing the watch.

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I have ensured its the right screw I'm using and the part of pushed down properly etc

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Try removing the board and coil and using the same screw, screw it into the hole and observe what is happening. Is the thread of the hole stripped? Are you screwing into plastic or a brass insert? 

And check all the other screws you have taken out. Are all of them the same? Sometimes we think we didn't mix up the screws, but your bench gremlin will switch them around when you are not looking. 

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These watches are made by Fossil in southern china for Armani and as such there appears to be no technical information available regarding diagrams etc. So other than checking the various screws you removed for length and position, why it doesnt screw in. parts not seated correctly, wrong screw (too short) stripped thread, It is a process of elimination.

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59 minutes ago, clockboy said:

Most quartz movements no longer need a calibration. Not sure why the screw is not fitting is it the correct screw.

By "calibration" the OP meant fixing the reset position of the chrono hand. He mentioned that in another post which I have now merged. He did not explain or picture by how much the hand is off, as the reset is normally done with a combination of pressed buttons as mentioned above. He then proceeded to remove screws from the module in the attempt to reach to the dial side, that is of of course never needed, even more on a front loader as this one appears to be.
Correct he was instead in saying that attacking a watch without tools and knowledge is a bad idea. 

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