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Re-Setting A Hattori Vd54 Movement

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I found a quartz Lip chronograph in a box of jumble in a sale at the village hall recently. It had a fairly weather beaten case, a scratched crystal, and a flat battery. I don't buy quartz watches as a rule but - for a couple of quid - I thought I'd get the back off for fun to see what made it "tick". Anyway, I got a new battery in it - which doubled the price :lolu:  - and checked it out. To my surprise, it started running! However, the chronograph hands weren't set right and it seemed to be all over the place, flying back to odd places on the dial. I thought I'd check out the movement which, when the case back was off, revealed itself to be a Hattori VD54B - seemed quite a reasonable movement. Thinking that I could, at least, check the cost of a replacement, I did a search on Hattori VD54 and discovered a fact sheet which gives the full technical spec - including re-setting the chronograph hands. After a bit of fiddling, I managed to get the second and minute hands back to zero. The 24 hour hand appears to be set at 12 and I haven't investigated that yet, but might have a play later. So the chrono appears to be doing what it should.

 

Result. I append the fact sheet in case anyone else finds it useful, and it tells you how to do the re-set. A pic of the movement enclosed as well.

 

Hattori VD54.pdf

 

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Thanks Will - good post!

 

Utilising the top and bottom pushers when the winder is pulled out will often set the sub-dial hands but some movements also need to have the winder in calendar set position for some of the sub-dials. And other movements will require the top or bottom pusher to be pressed and held for a few seconds to get into set mode (again with the winder in the hand set position).

 

Without the instructions it's a case of fiddling until you get it right :)

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This seems to be the same as my Sekonda chrono with a Miyota os20,  the 24 hour hand just follows the hour hand on the watch and serves no purpose as I can see, other than as a PM or AM indicator.  A nice find for £2.00 + battery.  The lower coil in the picture seems to have a hair near it,  is it just a stray hair?

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This seems to be the same as my Sekonda chrono with a Miyota os20,  the 24 hour hand just follows the hour hand on the watch and serves no purpose as I can see, other than as a PM or AM indicator.  A nice find for £2.00 + battery.  The lower coil in the picture seems to have a hair near it,  is it just a stray hair?

 

Indeed a stray hair!

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Indeed a stray hair!

I thought so............................it was silver not copper! :-)

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On 5/15/2014 at 3:21 AM, WillFly said:

...Result. I append the fact sheet in case anyone else finds it useful, and it tells you how to do the re-set. A pic of the movement enclosed as well.

The .pdf is no longer present.  Can you please re-attach?

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