need help with vintage chronograph movement

[james89]

I had this watch for about 4 years now. It is running but keeps terrible time and the chronograph function is not working. The chronograph will run for a little bit and stop, but it still reset to zero. I want to have this watch overhauled and repaired. Can any one tell me how much does it usually cost? and can you also tell me something about the movement?

[kilyung]

Interesting. It looks like a 60s or 70s re-issue of the 40s chronographe. The movement looks like a Landeron 17J manual wind movement.

[james89]

Originally Posted by kilyung

Interesting. It looks like a 60s or 70s re-issue of the 40s chronographe. The movement looks like a Landeron 17J manual wind movement.

Thanks, Mike. do you think it is easy to service these types of movement? will parts be readily available?

[kilyung]

Although there's some corrosion on the case, the inside looks reasonably clean. Thankfully it's manual wind so fewer parts to worry about. You'll want to work with a good watchmaker who can fabricate or modify modern parts to fit in case you need new parts as I doubt replacement parts are easy to find. You may have to source a parts watch, worst case. If all the parts are in good shape, then a simple service should be easy.