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Hey guys, I've been a long time lingerer, and this website has in no small part been fueling my recent Seiko obsession. But I finally decided to register today to get some much needed assistance with one of my 6139s.
I recently got my hands on an original 6139-6005 black dial for my Seiko FrankenPogue (6002 case with a 7030 dial), so I went to my watchmaker to change the dial. He got it done within about 30 minutes, and I went home a happy camper.
However, on reaching home, I realised that it had stopped running, both the chronograph hands as well as the main minute and hour hands. Figuring the spring must have run out, I tried shaking it, to no avail. I then reset the chronograph (I always keep my 6139s running), and voila, it's running again.
Unfortunately, it stopped again just a few minutes later, and only restarting after resetting my chronograph. I then noticed that every time it stopped, it would stop with the chronograph seconds at 58 and the minute counter at 7 minutes. Starting and stopping the chronograph, without resetting it, would make the seconds hand move back and forth a tiny bit, but it would not continue to run unless it was reset. And if I left the watch without the chrongraph engaged, the watch would continue to run with no problems.
It's now been with my watchmaker for the past week, but he says that he can't find what's wrong with it. According to him, everything appears to be correct and clean, and he can't isolate the source of this problem. I've given him the old dial, hoping that may somehow fix it, even if that seems unlikely.
Has anyone here encountered this sort of a problem before? Or any idea what the problem might be? I'd initially thought it might be a mainspring issue, but I don't think that would cause it to consistently get stuck at the 7 minute mark on the chronograph counter?
Thanks a bunch guys, I hope to be able to post up pictures of my Seikos once I manage to get them all under one roof again.
I recently got my hands on an original 6139-6005 black dial for my Seiko FrankenPogue (6002 case with a 7030 dial), so I went to my watchmaker to change the dial. He got it done within about 30 minutes, and I went home a happy camper.
However, on reaching home, I realised that it had stopped running, both the chronograph hands as well as the main minute and hour hands. Figuring the spring must have run out, I tried shaking it, to no avail. I then reset the chronograph (I always keep my 6139s running), and voila, it's running again.
Unfortunately, it stopped again just a few minutes later, and only restarting after resetting my chronograph. I then noticed that every time it stopped, it would stop with the chronograph seconds at 58 and the minute counter at 7 minutes. Starting and stopping the chronograph, without resetting it, would make the seconds hand move back and forth a tiny bit, but it would not continue to run unless it was reset. And if I left the watch without the chrongraph engaged, the watch would continue to run with no problems.
It's now been with my watchmaker for the past week, but he says that he can't find what's wrong with it. According to him, everything appears to be correct and clean, and he can't isolate the source of this problem. I've given him the old dial, hoping that may somehow fix it, even if that seems unlikely.
Has anyone here encountered this sort of a problem before? Or any idea what the problem might be? I'd initially thought it might be a mainspring issue, but I don't think that would cause it to consistently get stuck at the 7 minute mark on the chronograph counter?
Thanks a bunch guys, I hope to be able to post up pictures of my Seikos once I manage to get them all under one roof again.