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     Turriff New member Username: Turriff Post Number: 1 Registered: 06-2012 Rating: N/A |
Sometime back in the late 1990's I acquired a plastic bag full of watches in either a police or surrogate's court auction. Just one other guy noticed the bag had two JLC / LeCoultre alarm watches. We hammered each other until he finally dropped out. (As it turned out, none of the other watches were worth beans.) The SS JLC 825 Memovox was about the only watch I wore for many years before the alarm stem and crown separated (from internal rust) and were lost on the street. The watch, though, still keeps time. I thought the LeCoultre GF Worldtime Memodate might serve as donor movement. But although the second hand keeps time, the hour and minute hands hardly budge. Looking up this issue on the net yields mention of either cannon pinnion or maybe clutch wheel issues (for watches of other brands). I understand from reading the archives that the 825's clutch wheel is considered the weakest part of the movement and hardest part to find. Any ideas of what might be wrong? My watchmaker wasn't much help on this, but he also wasn't much help on ideas on possibly repairing the rusted out alarm stem (and tube?) on the SS JLC 825. I really liked that watch...the GF Memodate, not so much, which is why I never wore it. Been wearing a big lump of a 1970's SS cushion Bucherer AS 5009 that keeps quite good time but the raspy alarm is whimpy and the thin, silvery stick hands are really hard to see on the greyish dial. I want to wear a JLC (alarm) again. | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 5654 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
If the watch is running and keeping a good rate, but the hands do not move, it is almost certainly the canon pinion. Fortunately, it does not require a new one, just slight compression to its tube so that it has a tighter friction fit with the center wheel. Any decent watchmkaer can do this. Regarding your stems, they are not a difficult to find part, but the clutch wheels are very hard to get. |