Reply To: Stem and Sleeve Problem

[Bob Tascione]

Hi BYJWR1,
If you haven’t already tried the following you may find it helpful in diagnosing the problem. Case the movement again without the dial and try viewing the winding/setting mechanism in action to see if something is catching or dragging. If everything looks good and you’ve tried moving the case sleeve down towards the movement but it still won’t move into winding mode then your problem my be with your crown hitting the pendant too soon. This will keep it from activating winding. If it’s possible to lower the sleeve more but when you do the stem won’t move down far enough to click into place then this may well be the problem.
Another way to check would be to remove the crown and activate the stem with a pin vise with the movement in the case and dial in place. I prefer viewing everything in action though. Your choice.
That would probably be the first thing I would check.
Hope this helps BYJWR1…please let us know what happens and we can go from there if necessary.

Bob