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: i believe this uses cal 3301.

: whenever i use the chronograph feature... i see
: that the minute subdial does not increment
: until the second hand makes a complete
: revolution... which is great!

: however, i notice that the hour subdial hand
: slowly moves. when the minute subdial hits
: 30 (half hour mark), i see the hour subdial
: hand in between markers (say between 00 and
: the 01 hash), which is what i expect.

: BUT, before the 2nd half of the hour completes
: (say around the 50 minute mark of timing, it
: seems like the hour subdial is practically
: at the 01 hash already??? is this normal?

Haw,

The speedy sub-dial is rather small, so trying using a loupe or some other magnification device to see if at 60 minutes the hour dial reads exactly 1. Also, try running the chronograph for a while, say 3 hours. That way IF the hour dial is indeed off by 10 minutes per hour, you'd be able to easily see it drift off after some time.

Also I know that the 33xx cals. have been known to have reset issues, but I'm not sure about hand 'misalignment' problems though.... I know a few posters here that have a lot of info about the problems of the 33xx. Maybe they could point you in the right direction if you'd want to know more.

Good luck....