Tudor ETA Winding Issue

[Kevin of Larchmont]

A previous thread on this subject was inexplicably closed. Here is an update to an issue I was having with a recently purchased pre-owned Black Bay Blue.

When I wound the watch the rotor spun with the rotation of the crown, “helicoptering” is what the watchmaker called it, to the extent that I could feel the watch shake in my hand as I wound against great resistance. The automatic winding mechanism worked fine and it kept great time. Research online lead me to a thread here from 2017 which I resurrected by posting on but was subsequently closed. Others had this same issue and had their watches repaired by Tudor under warranty. My watch, long out of warranty was nonetheless warranted by the selling AD who also has a Rolex and ETA trained watchmaker on staff. When I contacted him about the symptoms he said it sounds like the reversers were binding or failed. I took it to him today and he replaced them from his inventory while I waited; apparently it’s a common enough issue with ETA movements for him to keep some on the shelf. The watch is now performing normally.

So that’s my feel-good story about a problem solved by a kind watchmaker at an AD. No questions about value, no requests for investment advice, no complaints about greys, just information about a watch.

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