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OK - I discovered that a friend of a friend is a watch and clock repairer so I got the watch sent to him to have a look. Pre sending it - he said it would depend on the quality of the replica as to whether he could do much with it or not, ie whether the fingers were on splines or just on a pin with the end peened over. I bought it from China over the 'net and had to rely on the sellers description and quality control being as good as they claimed they were..... Well it tuned out that the fingers were indeed on proper splines and it was a simple job for him to fix - BUT and this is the interesting part, he went on to say that it was the best replica watch he had ever seen. The watch had a genuine ETA Swiss movement, was spotless inside and the watch serial number, in addition to being stamped in the correct place on the outside of the case - was also stamped internally in the correct places as well. As the "repair" cost me just

Ah - its probably best left to someone that knows what they are on with then - perhaps a visit to the local marketplace jeweller may be in order . I am nailed on to make a mess of it if its anything other than very straightforward. I adjusted the strap OK - but that's arguably my limit lol. Its a shame - cos other than that - its a real nice looking copy... Thanks for the advice guys.

Hi Guys I have just rec'd a new UPO - but the hour hand is slightly out of synch from where it should be. i.e. at 12.00 o'clock, the hour hand is still lagging behind and at the 3 minutes before the hour position instead of straight up as it should be. It lags behind on the entire circuit. Is this a big job to sort - I don't fancy returning the watch to China to get it sorted - and I don't see my local Omega specialist being keen on it either ...... Any help would be great thanks

Hello all - another newbie onboard fom the good old (not) United Kingdom and Sheffield specifically. I've has a few Omega Seamaster copies over the last few years, some better than others to be fair - but generally all OK. Just waiting on a Planet Ocean Ultimate to arrive (hopefully) to replace my current Seamaster model that is starting to lose a little time now. Looks a useful site so Hello to ya'all