My first Breguet! and what happend next...
After years of yearning for a Breguet and in specific a 5817 with the Guilloche Dial, i made the plunge when i reached an important work milestone. After browsing the web, looking at watches for sale and negotiating with dealers I found the perfect example and pulled the trigger. A nice 5817 with full set box, papers and freshly serviced including 2 years of warranty on the movement.
But during the second day after wearing it to the office and leaving it on my desk while I was play hockey in the evening I came back to a watch that was running slow, by about 15 minutes. After being away for about 4 hours, which is an crazy amount to me. After leaving the watch on my desk overnight (without touching it) the watch was slow by about 6 hours in the morning.
After communicating with the seller regarding this issue they asked me to continue wearing the watch and to monitor the timekeeping. While wearing it the first few days the watch was keeping perfect time while worn, but if layed down during the evening/night timekeeping was completely off. And after 4 days the watch even stopped running while I was wearing it.
After notifying of them of the stopped watch during wearing. The seller want to take the watch back for inspection/repair. They think it might have been damaged during shipment to me (box didn't look like it had taken a beating) and suspect an issue with the power reserve.
I have several watches but something like this I have never encountered. So I want to reach out to my fellow Breguet enthousiast for information and advice, does anybody recognize this type of timekeeping in a 5817? And if so what was the issue and how was your experience solving it?
The dealer has been very helpfull and understanding and I have good trust in their willingness to resolve the issue. But I do fear a strenuous process of diagnosis and service, and i want to be as informed as possible during this process. And get back to wearing my favourite (for now) watch in the collection ofcourse.
I'd appreciate all the advice and knowledge you could share, thank you!