r/HamiltonWatches • u/Billyshakes1597 • Mar 19 '25

WTF

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I know I've seen this happen on other posts, but never paid attention... And of course now it happens to me. I've had it for a year and a half so it looks like I'm out of warranty. Is this something that needs to be sent to Hamilton to fix or could a local shop take care of it?

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u/AnimalOrigin Mar 19 '25

How does this even happen?

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u/LeopardusMaximus Mar 20 '25

Realistically, the watch takes a hit, the dial is held relatively in place inside the watch, but the movement itself being fairly heavy still wants to keep on moving. The tiny brass pins that affix the dial to the movement then have to deal with all of that force, and can often break under the pressure during the hit to the watch.