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How do I reset Breil Chronograph sub dials hands?


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So I got my self this nice Breil chronograph and I love it so much but what is annoying me is that the sub dial hands aren't aligned properly which is driving me insane every time I look at the watch, I tried pulling out the crown and pushing the pushers but the only thing that happens is the  second counting hand moves when I pull the crown all the way out, and it was aligned perfectly in the first place,  I tried pushing the tow pushers together for a couple of seconds and that didn't do anything neither.

 

Is there a way that I'm not aware of to reset these buggers? 

Also, is Breil a good watch? I couldn't find much information about it online.

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54 minutes ago, Ammar said:

but what is annoying me is that the sub dial hands aren't aligned properly 

As mentioned abover already, you need to remove the caseback to identify the movement and obtain the exact procedure. It is normally not difficult at all but I understand it may be confusing at first for owners trying to guess it. 

 

54 minutes ago, Ammar said:

Breil a good watch?

It is a an Italian brand, well known domestically, which can be manufactured in Swiss or China, or with  Japanese mivment, depending on the product grading. As with any watch you judge the quality bazed on objective elements more than what's on thr dial. In your case a sure negative point is the integrated strap that will be almost certainly impossible to replace with an original or well matching generic one when worn out. 

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On 4/14/2022 at 10:43 AM, jdm said:

As mentioned abover already, you need to remove the caseback to identify the movement and obtain the exact procedure. It is normally not difficult at all but I understand it may be confusing at first for owners trying to guess it. 

 

It is a an Italian brand, well known domestically, which can be manufactured in Swiss or China, or with  Japanese mivment, depending on the product grading. As with any watch you judge the quality bazed on objective elements more than what's on thr dial. In your case a sure negative point is the integrated strap that will be almost certainly impossible to replace with an original or well matching generic one when worn out. 

I just noticed, the right sub dial is just a 24h dial, the left one is the minute counting dial.

That's uselees tbh since this 24h hand moves with the wach hands you can't set it sperately🤣

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Have you even run the chronograph function?

  1. The minute sub-dial should reset to 12 o'clock.
  2. The second sub-dial should reset to 12 o'clock (and then it should run continuously - correct?)
  3. The twenty-four hour dial seems to show that it is 9:40pm.
  4. The main second sweep appears to have reset correctly to 12 o'clock. 

I wonder if it has been opened by an inexperienced individual who manually moved the sub-dial hands?

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