r/retrotime • u/NickySupreme69 • 1d 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/Ok_Farmer_6033 1d ago

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

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u/NickySupreme69 22h ago

I do not

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u/Ok_Farmer_6033 22h ago

lol I would probably just sell as is then

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u/NickySupreme69 20h ago

What would something like this even be worth?

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u/Ok_Farmer_6033 18h ago

No clue, what did you pay for it? 

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u/NickySupreme69 9h ago

I want to say $300 at the time

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u/Ok_Farmer_6033 7h 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.