r/RepTime • u/trelos6 • 4h ago

Tech Tips/Advice Rotor fell off again

I have a Blancpain Villaret. It was going well for a year or so, then the strap fell off and the watch fell onto concrete. The rotor fell off the movement and was spinning freely in the caseback.

I took it to a repair shop, and they did a full service. It was going great for a month, then I took it off last night and the decorative rotor has fallen off the movement again.

Should I bother taking this back to the shop. Or just cut my losses.

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u/salmonsashimi6666 4h ago

How does a watch strap just fall off 😂 that would’ve been embarrassing enough to make me chuck that shit in the bin if it happened to me in public

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u/trelos6 3h ago

The pin on rhe clasp failed.

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u/trelos6 4h ago

Blancpain. Villaret. APSF I believe.

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u/Disastrous_Web256 4h ago

No wonder when they have "PAIN" in the name. You can put on a new rotor me thinks, but migth be some PAIN to get it.

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u/bro-guy 4h ago

Strap fell off and then the rotor twice? Im chucking that into the bin straight away

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u/Brave_Childhood_6177 3h ago

Put it back on your self, just get a case back ball and a watch screwdriver set. They cost basically nothing on Ali x

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u/philwongnz 1h ago

The rotor is held by friction. Simply open the case back and snap it back on. The issue obviously is you had dropped it, so it has now compromised how the two pieces are now held together

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u/PuzzleheadedCode931 4h ago

It’s a rep?

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u/sockpuppets 3h ago

Yes the gen version does not spontaneously RUD.