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Anyone heard of this?
A couple of weeks after I first got my 5712 (about 9 months ago) it suddenly lost all power on the reserve and stopped. The watch was put on with the reserve full so it wasn't a case of lack of activity. Wound the watch up fully and it never did it again until this last week. Now twice in one week it has suddenly lost all power. I'm going to take it in to the dealer, but does anyone have any idea what may be happening?
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Anyone heard of this?
A couple of weeks after I first got my 5712 (about 9 months ago) it suddenly lost all power on the reserve and stopped. The watch was put on with the reserve full so it wasn't a case of lack of activity. Wound the watch up fully and it never did it again ...
Perhaps the bridle is too slippery
In an automatic like the 240 that powers that watch, the end of the mainspring isn't riveted to the barrel, but held in place by a bridle, designed to stay put during running, but slip to prevent the automatic mechanism from over-winding it. It's a carefu...
