pwygant Posted September 29, 2006 Report Posted September 29, 2006 Greetings, After 36 hours of usage my second Omega PO is still running about 40 minutes too fast in a 24 hr period. Is this something that I should actually consider service myself or am I correct assuming this watch should be returned? //Cheers
x86uops Posted September 29, 2006 Report Posted September 29, 2006 Is this watch a chrono? If it is, then I had the same issue as yours. I was told that if I manually give it a full wind (40 turns on the crown) for a day or two, then it would solve the problem. It sure did. Give it a try.
pwygant Posted September 29, 2006 Author Report Posted September 29, 2006 Is this watch a chrono? If it is, then I had the same issue as yours. I was told that if I manually give it a full wind (40 turns on the crown) for a day or two, then it would solve the problem. It sure did. Give it a try. Just an Omega Planet Ocean, no Chrono. I have experienced +5 minutes in a new watch over a 24 hour period but never 40.
2005SUBMARINER Posted September 29, 2006 Report Posted September 29, 2006 40min is way too much ! send it back or have it serviced maybe something is stuck in the movement .. like loose case clamp screws etc ..
pwygant Posted October 30, 2006 Author Report Posted October 30, 2006 UPDATE... I was asked by my dealer to send this watch back for repair. They had it for about three weeks and it just arrived a couple of days ago with unfortunately no real improvement hence my dilemma. It still runs about 8-10 seconds too fast per hour. At this point I am kind of afraid that something might be wrong with the movement? Do I contact my dealer again and explain not much was fixed or do I just take the hit? I have bought about 8 watches from him with no particular problems and I don't want to cause any problems since he goes above and beyond most others. Ideas? Sorry, but a loose case clamp wouldn't make a movement go faster... 40 mins is the amout of time (approx) that shows a magnetized balance hairspring. Go bring it in to a watchmaker, let him demag it - costs you a few tiny bucks - and you are happy again. Maybe you can have him adjsut the beat and rate too...
NRG Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 Your choices are: a ) Sort it out with the dealer or b ) Send it to The Zigmeister, stump up more cash but live with the knowledge it will have been correctly serviced and should last a long time.
mr1973 Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 I had a similar problem with my vintage Submariner. I bashed it against something and all of a sudden it was running ridiculously fast, like +5 minutes in an hour. I mentioned it to my Rolex certified watchmaker and he described a pair of curb pins that control the hairspring within the balance. He said the spring may have jumped over a curb pin, altering its tension way too high, making the watch run fast. He said that of COURSE (*rolling my eyes*) he could not recommend anyone doing it, but a good solid whack in the palm of a hand would likely fix it. So I gave it a good whack in the palm of my hand, glass-down. And wouldn't you know it, that fixed the problem. Good as new. Of course I can't recommend anyone actually DOING this. A 100% Nanuq post *hehe* You´re so damn masculine
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