SW200 on watchwinder: doesn’t fully wind!

I have a “Triple Tree” watch winder I bought from Amazon. I’ve had several different watches on it for days at a time with no issue.

The other day, I put my Doxa Army (SW200-1) on it. I noticed that it was losing time after a few days. I put it on the timegrapher, and noticed the amplitude was very low (~250-260 degrees). The movement was also slow (~-10spd). I took the watch off, wound it manually several times, put it back, and the amplitude was back up (~310 degees) and the timekeeping…

SW200 on watchwinder: doesn’t fully wind!

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Reinstalling case back changes accuracy

It’s been years since my last post.

Last year I installed a fresh new 4r36 from Japan in my Seiko Monster (yeah I still love it, wear it 24/7)
I was replacing an NH36 that I’d had in it for a few years.

My frustration is that after I calibrate it to <+/-10sec/ day and <.5ms beat error, when I put the caseback on, the accuracy starts to drift. Then when I cinch it down it’s off by 30sec or more. The beat error stays accurate.
Can anybody explain this and tell me what I can do?
Thanks

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Hack help

Anyone familiar with Seiko 5J32A movement?
Apologies if this is not the correct place to post this.

The movement has been stripped down, cleaned and I’m reassembling now.
Installing the train wheel bridge goes without issue but after a lot of trials I still have this issues.. when the crown is pulled out to the 2nd position (for adjusting the time), the hack is engaged (normally) but when it’s engaged I cannot turn the crown to set the time, if I gently push the hack lever away from the 4th…

Hack help

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Dropped my watch – is this clicking sound normal or a sign of damage?

I put my watch in my tote bag to avoid damaging it during woodworking, but ironically my tote bag fell backwards with the chair and the unpadded bag and watch hit the tiled floor quite hard!

The watch previously ran -10s/day, but now is closer to -15s/day. I also noticed the hour chrono marker is very slightly knocked to the left so that it’ll only hit the hour marker +3 mins or so instead of exactly on the hour. Day and date markers, 24 hour subdial, and hour/minute time and chrono hands…

Dropped my watch – is this clicking sound normal or a sign of damage?

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Anybody “Buy” Anything Recently?

I quote it as a tongue-in-cheek reference to the world’s conundrums these days. This is just a quick note, but down the road, much more detail.

So, as the Bullwinkle narrator once said “On with the show!”:

My newest favorite supplier sent me this fabulous “Anger Ball”:

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I tip my hat ’cause I have an eight-inch wrist and it’s sized for an eight-inch wrist, not one of those cheapy little things that were made in China and sized for a six inch wrist. Of…

Anybody “Buy” Anything Recently?

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