Posts Tagged ‘Citizen Eco-Drive’

One of the hands has come off the subdial of my Citizen Eco-Drive watch. It is caught between the hour and the minute hand stopping the watch. What should I do?

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

You should immediately pull out the crown (winding knob) and stop the Eco-Drive watch.  This will protect it until you can get it repaired.  If the watch movement keeps trying to turn the hands and can’t, it could damage the mechanism.

I have broken the winding post and knob off my Eco-Drive watch, it still runs so I keep wearing it.

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

The winding knob (the crown) has a gasket inside that fits snugly over the post (the stem) and creates a water resistant seal to prevent dust and water from entering the Eco-Drive watch.  It takes very little water inside a watch to rust and damage the movement (watch mechanism).  We recommend you have the stem and crown for your Eco-Drive watch replaced as soon as possible.