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broken mainspring

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 2:14 pm
by burns509
Has anyone ever accidentally broken the mainspring in their Sellita SW210 movement?

Just trying to figure out if it's a common thing to happen.

Cheers

Re: broken mainspring

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 5:30 pm
by Amor Vincit Omnia
You would need to be pretty brutal to break the mainspring on a modern hand winder.

I have (had) loads of vintage and modern hand wound watches over about 50 years. Never broken one yet.

Re: broken mainspring

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 8:17 pm
by burns509
Amor Vincit Omnia wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 5:30 pm You would need to be pretty brutal to break the mainspring on a modern hand winder.

I have (had) loads of vintage and modern hand wound watches over about 50 years. Never broken one yet.
That’s kind of what I thought, that it would take abuse rather than accident. As it happens I’ve had great service and the issue is being sorted - so all is well.

Re: broken mainspring

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:06 pm
by Amor Vincit Omnia
That’s excellent news.