Hi John,
Your Yachtmaster likely has one of three problems:
1) the hand loose on the pinion, or
2) the movement needs to be serviced
3) there is an issue with the button/gear for that function within the movement.
Automatic watches must be serviced every 3-5 years as the oils dry out and dust and debris in combination with the dried oils create excessive wear on the parts within the movement. As one must change oil in a fine automobile, it is the same with a Rolex.
We use the same processes as Rolex and are able to attain discontinued parts Rolex no longer supplies.
My suggestion is to use a Certified Master Horologist for your repair. We can certainly assist you with your repair at a much better price than Rolex. Thanks for the rating!
SOURCE: setting the time
well ive just had a similar problem with my rolex datejust oyster perpetual, was quite confusing and unerving at first but i found out online how to do it, with the 'winder' you need to turn it until it is released from its screw, then it will need to be pulled out one click if it is a datejust to change the date then again for to change the time, if you have a dayjust which has the day on also i guess its the same
SOURCE: ROLEX QUICK-SET FEATURE
1) un-screw the pin by turning it towards you, until the spring pops it out. 2) pull the pin out to the next notch 3) turn the pin towards you and watch the date change (if the minute hand is moving when you turn the pin, you pulled out too far).
-Mike
www.perfect-timing.biz
SOURCE: Rolex ad Daytona 1992 replica
The advice given here is accurate to a degree. When wound, a rolex daytona IS running. However, it is the running seconds hand in the small sub-dial that is actually running. In the earlier Daytonas, this sub-dial was at the 9 o'clock position on the dial, (pre-2001 series daytonas). The later daytonas, from 2001 on, use the seconds at 6 position for counting seconds. The main sweeping second hand on the watch dial will NOT start until activated by the pusher at the 2 position. That pusher needs to be unscrewed and then pushed to start the large sweeping second hand. This action, in turn, starts the remaining 2 sub-dials in motion, counting minutes and hours. To stop the chronograph function, you push the pusher @ the 2 position again, to stop the sub-dial hands from counting, and then push the pusher @ the 4 position to re-set the dials to their "straight up position". This stops the chrono's function, until it is needed again, BUT the main running seconds, (at either the 9 or 6 sub-dial position, depending on the year series of the daytona) will continue to run, thus keeping accurate time.
Hope this gives you a better idea of how the timekeeping of the chronograph function on a Daytona works.
So, to start your seconds running you need to start the chrono function by pressing the pusher at the 2 position. That will allow you to see the large sweeping second hand I think you're referring to here.
Hope this has helped.
Doug
SOURCE: My watch second hand does not move an hour after accidentally falling from a 2 feet high cabinet.
MY SECOND HAND WONT MOVE ON MY ESQ WATCH
SOURCE: My rolex second hand gets stuck after about 45
mcdevito75 here, Look for a small watch repair shop in your area, souds like when the after market bezel was installed it may have bent the second hand and now the second hand is jamming something around the 9.
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