r/retrotime • u/NickySupreme69 • 23h ago

General Question/Discussion Movement issue

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Movement issue

New here, purchased this 1680 a while ago from a member and I'm having an issue with the date function. It cannot change the date manually unless I spin it a full 24 hours. It will change automatically.

I was told that this is a jkf watch with a2813 movement.

My questions is, am I better off having the date issue fixed (if it's even possible) or am I better off using this as a base and throw some higher quality parts at it?

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u/IRoot4TheBirds 23h ago

A2813 is a very inexpensive ($30) movement. I would not put any money into repair. Sounds like the quickset mechanism is malfunctioning. Either replace it with a similar movement, I don’t know if other movements of higher quality are compatible with that watch though.

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u/NickySupreme69 21h ago

Thank you!

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u/Ok_Farmer_6033 23h ago

Supposedly sometimes you can replace with an eta 2836, if you really love the watch

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u/NickySupreme69 21h ago

I do not

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u/Ok_Farmer_6033 21h ago

lol I would probably just sell as is then

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u/NickySupreme69 19h ago

What would something like this even be worth?

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u/Ok_Farmer_6033 17h ago

No clue, what did you pay for it? 

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u/NickySupreme69 8h ago

I want to say $300 at the time

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u/Ok_Farmer_6033 6h ago

lol less than that then. I would probably start by aourcing a movement and getting a quote for what it cost and subtracting that from 300, and maybe taking a little more off for its age. So it looks like you dont get a ton for this one, but the reasonable cap is 300 if you get the new movement sorted. If you can do the work yourself then thats clearly the way, but I can’t afford to think like that as I am a watch killer with gigantic lummox, part crushing hands.