and Chuck, I especially appreciate all the help with the Carrera movements, this also includes thanks to Bruce, Matthias and Jeff. There are many gentlemen in this group.

: Need a little help with my new watch. Man,
: everyone's got a new watch....me too! Just
: got an Autavia 1163 V off Ebay. The dial,
: hands are perfect; better than I expected.
: I received one too, today... Not a Heuer
: or even an Omega, but a pretty cool one all
: in all. I'll have to see if I can take a few
: pictures over the weekend...

: Here's my question. It's an auto Cal 12, but,
: as with all autos that have sat I went to
: wind it. All my other watches wind smoothly,
: this felt like a ratchet, and a little
: tougher than my others; I did set it and
: it's keeping perfect time so far. Should the
: winding feel this rough with the Cal 12s?
: Well, I just so happened to visit
: watchmaker dave today, and one of the things
: on the list to have him look at was my
: 112.602/11063V...

:

: Yeah, that's the one! =)

: So let me check it... Hmmm...

: Definately not the smoothest wind in the world,
: perhaps not a quite a ratchet... Your watch
: is probably fine, I wouldn't lose sleep over
: it, but the next time you visit your local
: watch maker I'd take it along and have him
: give it an inspection with the ole' Mark I
: eyeball...

: BTW, the reason mine was in was to have the
: Chrono Second hand to Zero properly (done)
: and see if the discoloration just above
: Automatic on the dial cleaned. That's going
: to take a new dial if they are available, if
: not... A little patina on a 20 year old
: watch (approximately) is tolerable.

: Also, any way to quickset date? Chuck has a
: manual on his website but it is for the
: later autos. Appreciate any help. One
: of the shortcommings of the Micro-Rotor
: movement is that quick set date (like colors
: other than Black on a Model-T Ford) wasn't
: available even as an option. The quickest
: way to set the date is to cycle from about
: 9:45pm to 1am and repeat until the date is
: properly set.

: I hope this helps. Congratulations and I am
: sure I speak for the rest of the forum in
: saying we are avidly waiting pictures of
: your latest addition!

: -- Chuck

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