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Old 6 March 2015, 01:06 AM   #1
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My caliber 1570 stopped!

Hi, I have a vintage gmt with caliber 1570. It just stopped out of the blue. No matter how I move my arms or wind it, it just does not work :( did anyone experience this before?
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Old 6 March 2015, 02:06 AM   #2
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Yes, I had a watch stop working...

I got it fixed..
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Old 6 March 2015, 05:02 AM   #3
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Don't want to sound like a jerk, but it happens. How long since service?
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Old 6 March 2015, 10:03 AM   #4
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visit to the watchmakers in order methinks.
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Old 6 March 2015, 10:05 AM   #5
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Welcome to the Forum. So you've wound it fully and it still doesn't run?
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Old 6 March 2015, 10:41 AM   #6
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Broken mainspring?
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Old 6 March 2015, 05:14 PM   #7
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Yep, probably needs some attention!
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Old 7 March 2015, 07:55 AM   #8
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Probably the mainspring. Should be a fairly easy and inexpensive fix. I changed the main spring on one of my old subs. Then again I fancy myself an amateur watchmaker.
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Old 12 March 2015, 05:50 AM   #9
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Probably the mainspring. Should be a fairly easy and inexpensive fix. I changed the main spring on one of my old subs. Then again I fancy myself an amateur watchmaker.

Hey, Chris. I brought it to a watchmaker. The only problem was a huge amount of dirt inside the movement. The watchmaker said that by the amount of dirt, he thinks that the watch probably had never been serviced before 😨 it is almost 50 years old. It's running clean now :) thanks guys
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