Sellita SW200-1 "sticky" rotor?
Just inherited my brother's old Aquis as he transitioned to smart watches. It's an older one with 733 caliber (Sw200-1).
Noticed that the rotor doesn't behave quite the same as my Glycine, which also has SW200-1. On the Glycine, the rotor moves pretty smoothly when I give it some shake. On the Aquis, it's kind of erratic. On some shakes it would move around but occasionally it would get "stuck" in certain positions for a while.
The watch is also running out of spec (-20 sec per day) but I'm not sure if this is just regulation issue or if that rotor movement is a sign of a bigger movement issue. Just checking to see if anyone has had a similar experience with their SW200 watches.
The watch was fully serviced two years ago and was worn sporadically so I would have assumed I still had a few years till the next service due date, but that might not be the case.
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It's going to have to go back to your service centre one way or another.
Great watches, good luck getting it sorted 👍🏻👍🏻
It sounds like you’re gonna need a service. Perhaps it was dropped or whacked on something at some point since it’s last service. On the other hand you can tolerate it until it gets worse, then service it down the road.
His loss. Beautiful watch!
I had this issue with mine, sometimes while winding the rotor would spin as well. Then I started noticing metal flakes on the caseback crystal. A full service took care of it though.
That’s a beautiful watch. I’m no expert, but a service would do it some good. Then I would hope it will be worth the investment.
“Transitioned to smartwatches” is one of the sadder sentences I’ve read in a while.
Needs service only, Any trusted watchmaker will give you service and that Aquis is not that old.The Aquis collection came out in 2011, 13 years for a watch is nothing
This is a known issue with SW200 movements. Not that it happens a lot, but there are many documented cases of this exact issue. I’ve never had a problem out of the 10 or so watches I’ve had with this movement but others have. It’s going to need a service to resolve it.
It sounds like you’re gonna need a service. Perhaps it was dropped or whacked on something at some point since it’s last service. On the other hand you can tolerate it until it gets worse, then service it down the road.
It’s a known issue with these movements.
A fully wound watch will have an erratic rotor as it meets resistance. ETA 2824 is the same way being the original
I had this issue with mine, sometimes while winding the rotor would spin as well. Then I started noticing metal flakes on the caseback crystal. A full service took care of it though.
The 2825/SW-200-1 can have this happen. It's and issue with the reverser gears
Thank you folks - to the watchmaker it goes 🥲