Posted on Jan 23, 2008

The second hand is not moving

Hi,

I have a Citizen 8700 BL8000 54L watch. I noticed that since last weekend the second hand of my watchis stuck and is not moving in normal mode. It seems that the hand itself can move (for example, when I am setting up time, the hand is reset to 6 o'clock position automatically). I hope this is not due to any serious problem. (I am sure I have not dropped the watch or bumpped it anywhere).

Any Help please?

Thanks,
SR

Vix17 Feb 02, 2008

Having the same problem - the second hand stops moving. The time is correct and keeps moving it's only the second hand that stops. At first i thought it was just the low power setting it had gone into having been in the dark all night but even after being in direct natural light for many hours it still hasn't started up. I managed to fix it before by playing around with it but it stopped again and can't seem to get the second hand going again.\

Can anyone help?

Victoria

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Got the same problem guys.
I always had the chronograph running, just so the second hand would move.

but is there anyone from this website going to answer this problem.

lots of people are facing this issue, help us with the solution. This is not a technical problem.

I pressed the buttons in my Guess watch when it was new and the second hand stopped. I tried all options to turn it on, no go

I always had the chronograph running, just so the second hand would move.

Anonymous

I have the same problem with my watch. The second hand
tends to stop even if it's not dim. Leave the watch outside
in bright sun for several hours. I've found that this will charge the watch so that afterwards,
the second hand will work even inside (well, not all the time,
but if it's fairly bright).

Anonymous

Got the same problem guys. i have one of the new electronic diving eco drives.
First time i managed to get it going again, by forcing all the hands to the top for diving mode, then back to normal, this action ´nudged´the minute hand back into motion, but a little later it stuck again at the same spot.
I guess mines going back to the factory, and i´m gonna b watchless for a few weeks :(

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Posted on May 24, 2008

SOURCE: the second hand is not moving

Are you sure the big second hand is not used for the chronograph? I once had a watch that did exactly that. There was a small second hand in the lower left which was the normal secondhand, while the big second hand was used only for the chronograph. It annoyed the cr*p out of me, so I always had the chronograph running, just so the second hand would move.

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