Is my depth gauge broken?

[Shepody]

So, I'm still very much a newbie diver and am trying to patch together a basic diving system with used gear.

I purchased a used gauge console off eBay. It arrived today and this is what the depth gauge looks like:

Am I wrong or should the needle be on the right hand side of the brass pin. This might be a silly question, but can this be fixed? I suspect not. How would something like this happen?

 

[ibj40]

Is the black needle the "tell-tale", adjustable by the slotted aluminum button? What happens if you turn the slotted aluminum button counterclockwise?

 

[Shepody]

The red needle is the max depth, adjustable by the slotted aluminum button. The black needle is the actual depth. I can't move it at all. Once I got to depth I just can't see it moving past the brass post. It's almost like it got lifted up and pushed onto the wrong side of that post somehow.

If I turn the button counter clockwise it resets the max depth back to zero:

 

[claymore]

You could move the max depth pointer away from zero and give the gauge a good rap face down on a flat surface padded with a towel may pop the pointer may pop the pointer back over the pin.

 

[grf88]

It is possible that the gauge was dropped while the maximum depth needle was applying a little pressure to the depth needle causing it to jump the pin. If, as I suspect, the bezel can not be removed you could try to reverse the process by using the maximum depth needle to apply a slight pressure from the opposite direction and then slamming the gauge face down on a rubber surface such as a mouse pad. On the outside chance that this does work make sure that the calibration is still accurate by comparing it with another depth gauge for at least several dives.

Edit: Looks like Claymore beat me to it.

 

[Stoo]

Looks like someone did about a 280-footer and B*ggered it... ;-)







Or it's slipped on the pin... either way, I don't know I would want to count on it. If can get it working, you might want to test it against another gauge to make sure it isn't out of whack.

 

[Shepody]

It worked!!! Thanks everyone!

I will definitely test it against another gauge.