Hi guys, I trust I meet y'all doing good. I know it's quite a challenging time one way or the other for every individual out there all around the world. But I trust we're all gonna pull through 😊. So just hang in tight.
Last week, I noticed that my wristwatch in which I had just replaced its battery still took a pause. I carefully observed if this was still caused by the battery or whether it was the wristwatch's engine that's bad. It was then I noticed that the second's hand was coming in contact with the minute's hand which caused the whole process to take a pause. So I thought to myself that's it's going to be a quick fix.
I popped open the back cover and then tried to tilt the engine outwards a little so I can use a needle to raise the second's hand since it was bent downwards. I tried a couple time but still there seem not to be a change. So I thought it would be better to completely bring out the engine and make the adjustment properly.
In order to bring out the wristwatch's engine, one will need to firstly pull out the wristwatch's crown. The crown is that knob we turn in order to set the wristwatch's time. So I was unsure how to do that, although I have seen it been done before, just that I couldn't remember how. And also, it seems wristwatches engines are of different types, so the process will certainly be different. Well, I headed to YouTube to seek for help in which I can't really say it helped. Cause I tried all possible procedures I saw in the video but still I couldn't get the wristwatch's crown out.
After several attempts, I decided I was just going to try lifting up the second's hand without completely bringing out the wristwatch's engine. I was able to lift the second's hand over the minute's hand but I noticed the second's hand wasn't moving. It was then I noticed that the wristwatch had stop making the ticking sound also, which means it has completely stopped working.
I thought maybe I had mistakely tampered with the battery, so I brought it out and replaced it again, but still I wasn't still working. I was beginning to get worried already but I exercised patience and carefully observed the wristwatch's engine. It was then I noticed I had tampered with something else. I don't even know what it's called, but I looked like a thin coil of corper wire wounded together.
It seem I must have mistakenly tampered with it while trying to force the wristwatch's crown out. I immediately felt sad about it. This isn't the first time something like this has happened to me. I'm an engineer in the making and I'm exposed to electrical installation/maintenance and repairs of electrical/electronic devices. So I find myself trying to fix a lot of things. And sometimes in the process I end up causing another damage while trying to fix one. But I'm always glad that at the end I'll be able to resolve the initial problem and the extra problem caused.
But in this case, it's a wristwatch's engine which I'm not exposed to and I have never worked on any before. I just knew there was nothing I could do rather than to count my loss. I wasn't happy at all cause I'll have to spend another unplanned fees in completely replacing the wristwatch's engine.
Well, I took the wristwatch to a wristwatch engineer or do I say wristwatch mechanic's shop for the wristwatch's engine to be replaced the following day and It cost me 3,500 naira which is equivalent to $2.2 and now my wristwatch is working perfectly fine. Its been a week later and there hasn't been any form of pause in its working process.
