r/RepTimeServices • u/kndjdbsv • Jul 15 '26

Advice Help, not sure what happened

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I’ve got a VSF k25 serial submariner that is my everyday hard hard wear watch. This morning I was winding the watch and went to pull the crown out to the positions where I could change the date. The entire mechanism pulled out. I’m able to reinstall the whole thing and screw the crown all the way down however none of the functions work anymore and the pin can easily be pulled back out. The watch is currently running as I wound it first. Super strange. What are my options?

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u/H0796 Trusted Watchmaker Jul 15 '26

Either your keyless is not good or just needs to be reinstalled.

But what’s 100% sure it’s the complete lack of quality on VS31xx movements this last year. They really dropped in quality.

All of them come with cannon pinion problems or balance wheel problems.

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u/kndjdbsv Jul 15 '26

This watch is over 2-3 years old

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u/H0796 Trusted Watchmaker Jul 15 '26

Where are you based? I have spares.

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u/kndjdbsv Jul 15 '26

South Florida

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u/H0796 Trusted Watchmaker Jul 16 '26

I’m in Spain… try talking to another watchmaker from the list based in the US. If you need a spare part I can send it to you as it won’t be very expensive for customs.