Four days should do it
Well, I can honestly say, none of my 8 calibre 5 movement watches broke within 5 minutes as if they would , and I can report all 8 are perfectly reliable and accurate. So the science is not working as mentioned in my house. Maybe I live in an alternate universe. That can be the only explanation
Well, I can honestly say, none of my 8 calibre 5 movement watches broke within 5 minutes as if they would , and I can report all 8 are perfectly reliable and accurate. So the science is not working as mentioned in my house. Maybe I live in an alternate universe. That can be the only explanation
Pleased for you... but do you hand wind them? Even some ADs have admitted to me that the Calibre 5 is the one that causes trouble.
Firstly, congrats on your 8 pieces. Sounds like a great collection. Can you confirm whether these are all Aquaracer’s or whether they are different models? Can you also confirm whether you manually wind or whether you use alternative methods? We can then compare like with like.
Secondly, any mention of actual Science in this thread is purely tongue in cheek, although the issue is very real for those of us who have been affected by what appears inevitable when manually winding.
Mine took 7 months to break, with me being very careful with it when wearing and also when manually winding.
Hi sure, it’s 3 Aquaracers , 1 F1 and 4 Carrera automatics .I swap watches each week and do not use a watch winder , I wind manually 30 times gently before I wear them and always change the date at 6am. Can I ask the problem being referred to here is it only calibre 5 from tag or all 2824-2/Selita Sw200 movements. Thx
That’s interesting, as manual winding is happening with you on a regular basis then. I only ever wound mine gently and around the same 30 half winds at most.
I only have experience of this problem with my Cailbre 5, but am led to believe it follows through to all SW200 movements.
I see, well this movement is by far the mostly widely used Swiss movement in the world ever. I really do find it hard to believe they are failing left right and centre to be honest here. There maybe a weakness in the manual wind action of some but I’ve never experienced it, nor anyone I know. The 43% fail rate , what time period is it over ? Not 2 years I’m sure maybe 20.
Is the problem spoken here about only the calibre 5 or general to all ETA 2824-2 and Selita SW200 movements ?
https://calibercorner.com/sellita-caliber-sw200-1/
Granted this is a comment on the SW200 not the ETA 2824, although it is mentioned and it is a clone of the ETA. The SW200 is what is used in Calibre 5 watches now.
Calibre 5 swap (ETA replaces Sellita)
Calibre 5 swap (ETA replaces Sellita)
To add another experience with this movement, my Carrera Calibre 5 Modular 45 (Sellita SW200-1 movement factory fitted) started working a little erratically some weeks ago (the watchwinder was not able to keep it running for more than 4-5 days, even with the setting of maximum turns per day) until suddenly one day, having wound it manually the night before, it stopped completely and it didn't start again 😲, even by winding it even more by hand or shaking it (It is true that the watch had never been serviced, and it is from 2018 😗)
The budget to repair it was about €360, and since I was going to spend more money than I would have liked, I decided to look at prices to fit a new ETA 2824-2 movement instead (my watchmaker confirmed that it is better and more reliable than the Sellita) and therefore at least improve the movement that the watch had.
I found this ETA movement in a German store (to avoid customs fees if I bought it in Switzerland) for €200 including shipping, and my watchmaker charged me €45 to change the movement, keeping the original date disc and TAG Heuer rotor, which are directly interchangeable between the Sellita and the ETA movements. The watchmaker told me that this new movement gives very good readings on the precision and amplitude machine 👍
Calibre 5 swap (ETA replaces Sellita)
To add another experience with this movement, my Carrera Calibre 5 Modular 45 (Sellita SW200-1 movement factory fitted) started working a little erratically some weeks ago (the watchwinder was not able to keep it running for more than 4-5 days, even with the setting of maximum turns per day) until suddenly one day, having wound it manually the night before, it stopped completely and it didn't start again 😲, even by winding it even more by hand or shaking it (It is true that the watch had never been serviced, and it is from 2018 😗)
The budget to repair it was about €360, and since I was going to spend more money than I would have liked, I decided to look at prices to fit a new ETA 2824-2 movement instead (my watchmaker confirmed that it is better and more reliable than the Sellita) and therefore at least improve the movement that the watch had.
I found this ETA movement in a German store (to avoid customs fees if I bought it in Switzerland) for €200 including shipping, and my watchmaker charged me €45 to change the movement, keeping the original date disc and TAG Heuer rotor, which are directly interchangeable between the Sellita and the ETA movements. The watchmaker told me that this new movement gives very good readings on the precision and amplitude machine 👍
