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The watch thread: pocket, wrist, sporty, showy? You name it!

Nice looking watch.

Possibly weird question Baz - don't all the bits go in a tray or something? That would terrify me - one sneeze and it would be game over!

I only lay all the parts out for customer as I said I'd take lots of photos for him, the parts stay safe and sound in one of these trays and once the new spring
turn up I'll wash all the parts ready for reassemble.





Yes - I have to think Seiko will not - for the price - have the consistency of more expensive movements.

In particular, looking at my 6R15C balance spring at rest, the coil spacing uniformity looks too far off for the centre of mass to stay in one place - let alone be coincident with the balance staff. Nevertheless, my 6R15C is in a SARB035 too and I still really like it.

And BTW that 281 degree amplitude on your timing machine is great and more than I have seen reported before for a Seiko movement. By eye mine looks more like 215 degrees dial down.

Your right 281 is pretty high but the watch is brand new, I serviced a Seiko 7009A movement at University the other day and that was only around 245 ish but its was an old one
and not in great shape to be fair
 
In case it helps anyone here with an Omega, I spent a small fortune having my 1958 Seamaster 600 repaired by Luxury Watch Repairs. It had been losing 5 minutes per day before it finally stopped altogether a while ago. Had it not been of sentimental value I'd have considered it not worth the outlay. When I eventually got it back it was at least working again, but still losing 5 minutes. So the much vaunted post-repair 'thorough test by our specialists' (which they insist was actually carried out) failed to reveal that it wasn't keeping time....which makes someone either a liar or an incompetent.
It's now being repaired (adjusted?) under guarantee. Very, very slowly.

Don’t feel too bad, I recently had my Speedmaster Professional serviced by Omega at a cost of £630.00 and 3 months of lost wrist time. It came back in visually immaculate condition and was keeping time to +/- 1s per day, so someone had done a great job of regulating it. I got a load of replaced parts back, including the mainspring, pallet fork, escape wheel,all the hands and some other stuff:

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Unfortunately they must have knocked something else out of kilter because the chronograph kept stopping at 57s.

Omega said, immediately, very sorry, we’ll sort it. Which is nice, but I’m without my grail watch for at least another 3 months…
 
@bazza, do you need any spare Omega bits for any projects? I doubt anything in my pic is actually knackered, especially stuff like the pushers or the crown and stem.
 
Don’t feel too bad, I recently had my Speedmaster Professional serviced by Omega at a cost of £630.00 and 3 months of lost wrist time. It came back in visually immaculate condition and was keeping time to +/- 1s per day, so someone had done a great job of regulating it. I got a load of replaced parts back, including the mainspring, pallet fork, escape wheel,all the hands and some other stuff:

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Unfortunately they must have knocked something else out of kilter because the chronograph kept stopping at 57s.

Omega said, immediately, very sorry, we’ll sort it. Which is nice, but I’m without my grail watch for at least another 3 months…
If I'd paid £600 and waited 3 months and it still wasn't right I'd be incandescent.
 
If I'd paid £600 and waited 3 months and it still wasn't right I'd be incandescent.

Yeah, I was, internally, but it was sort of better, apart from the bits that were worse.

The nice lady in the Omega Boutique was very apologetic and helpful, and I’ve found upsetting nice ladies rarely leads to positive outcomes.
 
Yeah, I was, internally, but it was sort of better, apart from the bits that were worse.

The nice lady in the Omega Boutique was very apologetic and helpful, and I’ve found upsetting nice ladies rarely leads to positive outcomes.
Me too, but I sometimes don't care who I upset and I would be asking for some of my substantial sum of money back. Nice lady or not.
 
Mine's in my small rotation of favourites, too. It's an original in a world of its own, & it makes me happy.
It's a design classic for sure, and suitably different from the usual suspects to have its own appeal. I'm resisting buying one.

I'm currently making a point of wearing each of my working watches. I think today's is going to be a Vostok Amphibian.
 
I have a small collection of watches, nothing of any value and a mixture of automatic, manual, quartz & electronic movements. Currently wearing this Omega Constellation Megaquartz 32khz
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Sadly the Megaquartz are no longer repairable so enjoying it while I can.
 
Calling @bazza. and any other watch-knowledgeable folk.

I came across a neat little Orient for sale locally but couldn't find any informationon on it using the big G.
As this is knock off central I'd like to know if it's a genuine model or a copiers special variation.

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I have a small collection of watches, nothing of any value and a mixture of automatic, manual, quartz & electronic movements. Currently wearing this Omega Constellation Megaquartz 32khz
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Sadly the Megaquartz are no longer repairable so enjoying it while I can.


Not true this guy can fix them

https://electric-watches.co.uk/service-and-repair/

That's Omegas really elegant first integrated bracelet I have 2 Mechanical Automatic Constellations with that case / bracelet, the face above matches the1200? series mechanical movement that I got fixed by Armstrong Watch Repairs
 
Calling @bazza. and any other watch-knowledgeable folk.

I came across a neat little Orient for sale locally but couldn't find any informationon on it using the big G.
As this is knock off central I'd like to know if it's a genuine model or a copiers special variation.

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Orient are one of the three major Japanese brands and are now part of the Seiko group though not widely sold in the UK. I have two Orients in my collection and consider them good watches for the money.
 


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