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Hi guys I’ve got a citizen eco drive fitted with a E760 perpetual calendar module   It was dead and the second hand positioned at around 7 o’clock ( needs recharging indication) sat it in the sun for hours with no change. Fitted a new capacitor and after hours in the sun it will mark time with hour and minute hand but second hand is still at 7. Looking at the citizen info for this module it does require a long charge and has no quick start feature, but it’s been ages now I would of thought the second hand would be moving in 2 second jumps at the very least. I’ve also performed an all reset but even this doesn’t change anything. 

Im wondering if there is anything else I can do or if it’s just a case of the module being US

your thoughts and advice most appreciated 

 

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Does the seconds hands moves to 7h or just stays there when you perform reset? In the latter case that would indicate something is wrong or stuck with its motor and/or position sensor, rather than truly indicating low charge.

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44 minutes ago, jdm said:

Does the seconds hands moves to 7h or just stays there when you perform reset? In the latter case that would indicate something is wrong or stuck with its motor and/or position sensor, rather than truly indicating low charge.

Yes it just stays at 7 , that being the case is there anything I could try or is it a new module required ?

thanks Andy

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5 minutes ago, Andyclient said:

Yes it just stays at 7 , that being the case is there anything I could try or is it a new module required ?

You could try taking apart the entire module to clean and lubricate it, however there would be no guarantee that it would fix it, and if you don't have the necessary skills you may end breaking or loosing some parts. Not that it would be very serious on something that is faulty anyway.

BTW I suspect that Citizen doesn't sell spare modules and they may even not have one even if sent to them for repair. 

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2 minutes ago, jdm said:

You could try taking apart the entire module to clean and lubricate it, however there would be no guarantee that it would fix it, and if you don't have the necessary skills you may end breaking or loosing some parts. Not that it would be very serious on something that is faulty anyway.

BTW I suspect that Citizen doesn't sell spare modules and they may even not have one even if sent to them for repair. 

Many thanks for that , probably best left then I haven't really played about with quartz normally just replaced the module as its usually  easier and cheaper, Cousins do the module but at around £75 + vat p&p etc i don't think its really worth doing , the watch isn't anything special.

Thanks again Andy

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5 minutes ago, jdm said:

If you work with quartz watches gets yourself a "line free" box, discussed in various places on this forum. It could actually work in this case too.

Funnily enough I have got one of those and did try to spin it up on it very briefly but didn't go to mad incase it did more harm than good but nothing ventured nothing gained I shall give it another blast , whats the worst that could happen lol

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1 minute ago, Andyclient said:

I will give it a whizz and report back

The hour and minute hand spin round freely but the second hand doesn't budge , the seconds are pulsing on the boxes sensor but no movement at all from the seconds hand not even a twitch

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