Hello, I saw another watch thread here people were responding to so hopefully this question isn't too retarded. Pic related is my grandfather's old watch. It runs fine, but the second hand doesn't turn. I think it has to do with this copper wire you can see in the upper part of the mechanism. Anyone know what that's for/what it might be replacing? Potential fix? I know nothing about watch mechanics but I have a good amount of small general tools and my day job is electronics repair so I'm not bad with my hands.
>>2949909Bro you have a fucking chiming watch movement, don't touch that shit. Take it to a professional and if you can't afford the $10,000 to fix it then sell it to some one who can.
>>2949916And yeah, that gold gear with the tiny ass teeth on the bridge that is being held by wire should be touching the gold gear in the center with the tiny ass teeth, that is what turns the seconds hand.
>>2949916What does that mean, chiming watch movement? Sorry, I don't know anything about this stuff. Any guess on the purpose of the wire?
>>2949949It has a built in alarm that rings every hour etc, it's the circular ring around the outside. It's way more complicated and rarer than a normal movment.As for why it's like that idk, it seems more deliberate than just something broke and that was all they could do to fix it. That bridge seems to be for more than just holding that gear in place, maybe tying up those parts disables the alarm idk.
>>2949949>>2950122it kinda looks like someone wired the hammer that hits the chime to make it stop chiming
It looks very similar to the mechanism in this listing, I think op has a chronograph and they disabled the chrony function.https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/antique-quarter-repeating-chime-chronograph-pocke-1001-c-a584da29c8You can see in this video that the wired up wheel shifts to the seconds hand when he presses the chrono button.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLbkEujMvyAIn either case, OP has a work of art and shouldn't be fucking around with it. Take it to a professional to have the wire job undone.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqGsFLlQCdA
OP here, thanks for the replies. The chrono button doesn't appear to want to press down (obviously I'm not putting substantial force, I don't want to break something). I'm guessing it's stuck in the down position, potentially due to the wire. It does strike me as odd that if the wire is meant to silence the chime for whatever reason that it was also placed in a way that prevents the second hand from moving too. Wouldn't it make more sense to put a damper on the hammer that hits the chine itself? Professional service is out of my budget for now so I think I'll just leave it for a while until I can afford it.