Although the automatic movement runs strong and keeps accurate time the date wheel doesn’t roll over. Given this and considering the movement’s unknown service history a complete overhaul is required. This seldom seen vintage 1970’s Revita is an example of a watch that in my humble opinion looks markedly better in person. It has a…

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Although the automatic movement loses about 3 minutes by the end of its approximate 37 hour power reserve period and the date wheel rolls over as it should the crown/stem is temperamental. While the crown/stem connection is solid it’s difficult to pull the crown out to set the time. And when the crown is pushed…

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FOR PARTS/REPAIR – although the automatic movement keeps accurate time over an approximate 38 hour power reserve period the date wheel is finicky as it will manually roll over but gets hung up when trying to do so automatically on its own. Given this and considering the movement’s unknown service history a complete overhaul is…

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FOR REPAIR – while the movement runs strong and keeps accurate time over an approximate 38 hour power reserve period, the crown/stem pull out. It can be pushed back in and wound without issue but the date and time cannot be set. Given this issue and considering the movement’s unknown service history, a complete overhaul…

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While the movement runs strong it tends to run anywhere from 45 minutes to more than an hour slow at the end of its approximate 38 hour power reserve period. And while the date wheel rolls over the day wheel does not. Additionally, occasionally after winding the crown several full revolutions there will be a…

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FOR REPAIR – The movement runs about 7 minutes fast by the end of its approximate 38 hour power reserve period. And while the time can be set without issue when the crown is wound too quickly it will occasionally sound like crunching lettuce. I’ve noticed that if the crown is wound very slowly this…

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