Help needed with Timex Q M73 reassembly

[dock]

Dear all,

I recently try to restore a nice big Q falcon eye with M73 movement.

After cleaning I tried to reassemble the day plate, but I fail to find the correct placement. It just doesn't slip into a connection.

I am just hobbyist, so please excuse my silly questions.

If anyone has experience with this model (or the M63), please help. I did not find a Timex service manual.

Many thanks for your time,

Chris

[oldhippy]

I'm sure someone will be able to help you. There are a few members on here who are really into Timex repairs and they have parts. 

[dock]

Hello to you from Germany and many thanks for your kind words! 

Chris

[JerseyMo]

you must install the date ring first and than the day ring

 

[JerseyMo]

and it looks like you are missing a dentent spring

 

[Melt]

This service manual should help. Fit date wheel first and as JerseyMo says your missing the spring. Next or maybe first push the date spring out the way under the hour wheel. Fit the date wheel with flat side towards crown. Follow service manual its better than my words! Very similar if not identical day date arrangement. 

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Edited May 25, 2021 by Melt

[dock]

Many grateful thanks to Melt and JerseyMo! Will post pics after reassembly and report the result. I have the detent spring, it is not yet back in place. I did not take the movement fully apart, btw, just removed the here missing parts and then sprayed contact cleaner. This might be stupid, we will see. The main problem with this watch was that it stopped after a few ticks.

I also ordered a fresh battery, this might help, too. 

I completed the big parts so far (the bezel had felln off and the crystal was missing).

Until soon,

Chris

[dock]

Hello everybody, the project now is almost finished - the watch runs smoothly and on the second. One issue newly came up, though: the seconds stop doesn't work and the hand setting sometimes doesn't catch, so that the crown turns but for a moment the hands don't move when I want to set them.

Maybe the crown stem isn't yet placed back properly. 
Also, I have to blow away the tiny dust particles, which still are visible on the dial.

It is a beautiful watch, anyways. The metal band is also Timex.

All the best,

Chris

[Melt]

Nice an original falcon eye from the late 70's.

Great dials in these electric watches.

The Timex movements with electric balances are interesting but....

The only problem is they either work well or most seem to have broken date fingers and stop randomly even after a service. I can fix a mechanical Seiko but these Timex movements are so fiddly and because there are no jewels it  must wear the pivots etc eventually. 

I do like the smooth second hand though and the loud tick!

[JerseyMo]

so you sprayed it with cleaner but did you oil the pivots?  

[dock]

Hi and many thanks. I did oil some pivots, but had a hard time understanding the manuals regarding the exakt spots where to oil, so was rather cheap with oil.

The hand setting now works fine - I had bend the two metal stems holding the crown too far apart.

Seconds stop stil doesn't always work, will try to get some oil in the setting spring pivot.

I cleaned the dial now, please see the result. 

Many thanks again for your very kind words and extremely helpful advice!!

 

 

Edited May 28, 2021 by dock
replaced photo with one showing correct date

[dock]