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Michael Graham Posted on Jun 05, 2016
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My Coifman sc0170 has stopped working , I've only worn it 6 or 7 times i bought it in March 2016 , after wearing the watch I always put it back in its box any I dears plz

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I see that this is a quartz chrono. Firstly, make sure that the crown (winder) is fully pushed in. If you have had the chronograph function running all the time, this will deplete the battery quite quickly. Also, when you buy a watch, depending on where you bought it, it may have been running for some time perhaps as a display model so the battery might already be well used.
If pressing the crown in doesn't sort it, get the battery replaced. If that doesn't get the watch running then you should return it as faulty (as it was a very recent purchase). If battery replacement does get the watch going then you might want to read the manual to ensure that you're not constantly running the chrono function, which will seriously reduce the battery life..

Testimonial: "Thankyou Geoff I'll try that and see what happens , I know I bought it as new but when I was checking the watch out after I came home from holiday it was it to be a 2011 model, not that new then . Cheers"

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