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Hi. The dial on my wife’s watch has rotated. We have no idea how as she wears it all the time and has not knocked it. We now live in Xiamen and the nearest Tag shop is 1000k away! Is this a common problem and can any watch dealer help?? Many thanks for any good advice. 

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Welcome to the forum Jamie.

I can't help with your issue as I am pretty new to all of this. Someone will be along eventually that has a fair bit of an idea. I would expect that any accomplished watch repairer should be able to fix it up correctly.

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Hi Jamie and welcome to the forum. I am fairly new to this myself but have seen a few postings and replies, your watch is fixable, most likely cause is that the dial feet have broken.

If you look on YouTube Mike has a video of dial feet repair, however, Mike uses a special machine but I do know people have attached new dial feet with apoxy and had very good results.

Good luck, 1000k is a hell of a trip ?

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 Hi Jamie,  certainly the dial feet have broken off Cousins uk watch parts have an assortment of feet for re fitting. The fact the watch has a day wheel  adds to the problem of clearance between the dial and the front plate. Most competent watch repair shops should be able to resolder/refit the feet for you . Attachhd are three different types of machine for the job.

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