: "Greetings!"

: hi.

: "I own a 1153N Carrera, and I have a
: couple of questions, which I'm hoping that
: someone can
: answer for me."

: nice watch, i have three myself and enjoy them.
: i'll see if i can help?

: "First of all, I was correcting the date
: on the watch at month-end, and upon moving
: the hands "clockwise", the crown
: just rotated, and eventually became
: unscrewed and came off in my hand. I
: carefully replaced it with no problem, but
: now I can't move the hands clockwise without
: the crown free wheeling and coming unscrewed
: as before."

: that is something i have heard happening on
: other watches, but i've been lucky and never
: had it happen to me as of yet. i would think
: any competent local watchmaker should be
: able to take care of that for you.

: "Setting the hands counter clockwise
: works as
: normal, no (spinning of the crown) and the
: watch continues to keep perfect time. I've
: owned the watch for some time now and I like
: to keep it as perfect as possible. It's one
: of my proudest possesions!"

: sure i can imagine. if your in the usa, send it
: to lvmh this way you will get the best work
: done on it and maybe a nos crown if needed?
: if they have one? this is likely your best
: option. plus i'll assume it hasn't been
: serviced for awhile? might not be a bad idea
: to have that done and kill two birds with
: one stone.

: "My questions: -Is this a major problem
: to
: repair?"

: like i mentioned above...it's never happened to
: me so i have no first hand experience, but
: on the few i have seen...it seemed to be a
: minor issue. at least that was my impression
: of it, although most i have seen with this
: issue were farily modern where parts weren't
: a big issue to acquire. although i think
: they just lock it down with some sort of
: "glue" for a lack of a better
: term? i'm not sure of that, but the few
: posts i had seen with this issue they didn't
: mention having to replace the crown or stem,
: so this is my assumption. keep that in mind,
: it's only an assumption..i am no watchmaker.

: "How screwed up is my watch now (I'm in a
: panic!)"

: i don't think it's major.

: "-Is this a common problem to this
: watch/movement?"

: i don't think so. the cal 11/12's seem to be
: pretty reliable if serviced by a competent
: watchmaker. i have a half dozen or so cal
: 11/12's and have never seen that issue with
: them in particular from anyone who owns one,
: nor my own. although, i think it could
: happen to any movement/watch.

: "-Is there something I might be doing/not
: doing which may have created this problem in
: the
: first place."

: i doubt it, but maybe putting a little too much
: torque on the crown too many times over too
: many years, mnight have possibly helped it
: to come loose? although i doubt it.

: "-What about my using a winder with the
: Micro
: Rotor movement? (Although I don't see how
: this would have any effect; or am I
: wrong?)."

: imo, it wouldn't hurt the movement. i do see
: some difference of opions on winder on
: vintage watches, but mainly it's more about
: long term affects on wearing the parts down
: by keeping it running all the time, not so
: much immediate damage. all in all i wouldn't
: worry about that.

: "Any thoughts, ideas or opinions would
: certainly be appreciated by all."

: you got all of mine above.

: "I don't see many questions pertaining to
: repairing Heuers, on the forum, but I'm a
: little anxious to know what may have caused
: the problem, and what I might do to ensure
: that it doesn't happen again."

: like i mentioned above, it's one of those
: things that can happen. i don't see it
: often, so i'm assuming it's not real common,
: but then again i don't have a good sampling
: really to figure any real statistics. i do
: own about 50 or so mostly vintage watches
: and chronographs so i can base some
: assumptions on my own limited sampling. here
: is what i leanred. old watches and
: chronographs can have problems and sometimes
: it can take many watchmakers to fix the
: problem.

: in your case i'd just package it up and mail it
: (usps insured registered only) to lvmh in
: nj. it will take some time, but this is your
: best option imho.

: "Thanks!
: Bruce"

: good luck.

: "I travel a great deal, and to keep the
: watch
: sitting idle for a week or more at a time, I
: invested in a quality watch winder. I set
: the winder to the correct setting for the
: Micro Rotor movement, and it seems to be
: working just fine and keeping good
: time."

: as i would think it would.

: j.h.

Thanks for the great information, J.H.! I'm going to take your advice and send it to LVMH and have this problem taken care, and you're right, I might as well have it serviced too.

Once again, thanks! You've made me feel, much, much better!

Take Care!........Bruce