 Disconnected spectrum gives a reducing subspace

For a normal operator with disconnected spectrum $K=K_1\bigsqcup K_2$, the indicator function of a nonempty proper clopen component union is continuous on $K$. The continuous functional calculus makes it a nonzero proper self-adjoint linear projection commuting with $T,T^{\ast }$. Its range is therefore a nontrivial closed reducing subspace. No eigenvector is needed.