Selling my GP here if anyone interested - sorry for the spam
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f=215&t=2120725

@ytkwong - you know what, the same thing happened to me. I had a Tag way back in the late 80s. Whenever I get my battery replaced, I sent it to the main service centre and like yours, mine too had some water seepage inside after that and spoils the whole quartz movement. The service centre refused to accept any responsibility. Anyway I had swear off Tags forever.



This post has been edited by idoblu: Nov 27 2011, 08:08 AM

here taken from timezone -
1.1.3 What does "17 jewels" mean?

Higher grade watches have traditionally used a jeweled movements, which means that jewels (originally natural ruby, now synthetic ruby) were actually used in the movement. These jewels are functional - they are used as the bearings for the wheel trains and in high wear parts such as the escape lever and impulse jewel.
A lower-end movement from before 1970 would typically use 5 or 7 jewels; this end of the market has pretty much been taken over by quartz. Nowadays, most manual wind watches will have a standard complement of 17 jewels, which are:

1: Impulse jewel (the part of the balance wheel assembly which receives a kick from the escape lever)
2-5: Balance staff pivot bearings (two pairs - in combinations of one pivot jewel (i.e. jewel with a hole to receive the axle (pivot) of the wheel) and one cap jewel (i.e. jewel without a hole outboard of the pivot jewel, to prevent excessive movement of the balance staff), usually shock protected)
6-7: Escape lever pallets (one pair)
8-9: Escape lever pivot bearings (one pair)
10-11: Escape wheel pivot bearings (one pair)
12-13: Fourth wheel pivot bearings (one pair)
14-15: Third wheel pivot bearings (one pair)
16-17: Center wheel pivot bearings (one pair)
Note that automatic winding movements, and movements with additional functions such as chronographs and calendars, can up the total number of jewels tremendously. For example, the IWC Il Destriero Scafusia (claimed to be among the most complicated wristwatches manufactured) has a total of 76 jewels to accommodate the time, perpetual calendar, rattrapante chronograph, repeater, and tourbillon functions - and this is a manual wind watch.

see the thin red hand? thats the second time zone in 24 hours
in this case it is showing 9:10am

This post has been edited by idoblu: Apr 11 2012, 11:32 AM

*wrong post*

This post has been edited by idoblu: Apr 10 2012, 08:14 PM

how is the am/pm indicator gonna help in this circumstance?

you mean you cant tell when it is night or day? well i suppose if you are in a bunker with no windows and you got knock out cold for the last 24 hours, you might be needing a am/pm indicator

I dunno about your dual time watch but mine the date follows the primary time which is the big hands. That doesnt tell you anything about whether its am or pm.
your watch more keng


one more thing - who says you cant change the date when the time is between 10pm - 2am? You can change the date, just that you are not suppose to use quick setting

This post has been edited by idoblu: Apr 11 2012, 11:38 AM