Amusing failure in Omega analogue watch

[geoff]

Don McKenzie wrote:

So I had to take it to Cobblers Plus Watch Works, and they charged $35
and gave a 2 year guarantee.

Took it back 26 months later with the receipt, and they wanted to
charge me the same, so I told them I was going to replace it with a
junk watch, and they immediately dropped the price to $25.

Where do you get the tools, and how much would you expect to pay?

I don't want to be a jeweler, but at $35, when I know the battery
could be purchased $35 a 100 from China, seems a little rich.

Last time mine cost $12.50. Was something like $35 if I wanted it pressure
tested to it's rated depth.

geoff

 

[geoff]

L.A.T. wrote:

Let it run.
When it has made up the time it missed when it wasn't running it will
resume normal speed.
Not many people know this.

Juist leave it. It will be spot on twice a day.


geoff

 

[geoff]

rebel wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:51:34 +1000, Don McKenzie <5V@2.5A> wrote:

geoff wrote:

Have you thought of maybe changing the battery ?

geoff

My Omega costs $35 a battery change.
They give you a 2 year warranty, and they always run out in 26
months.

Have seriously though of getting a $19.95 throw away watch, and
flogging my engraved gold retirement Omega.

I have an Omega *real* analog auto-wind (no battery) from the early
sixties that still runs like a swiss clock (cough!).

I have a real Omega analogue mechanical watch that I need to wind every day
by hand. But I use my electronic one because it runs just fine for over 2
years at a time without needing to wind anything.


geoff

 

[geoff]

Don McKenzie wrote:

Best I pass on that one. A gold engraved $2000 retirement watch, will
end up with the grand kids, when I fall off the perch.

They can then sell it for $35. \

Please pass them my address !

Actually a worthwhile investment in a battery, as it would likely seize up
in not working for a long period.


geoff

 

[Don McKenzie]

geoff wrote:

Don McKenzie wrote:
geoff wrote:

Have you thought of maybe changing the battery ?

geoff
My Omega costs $35 a battery change.
They give you a 2 year warranty, and they always run out in 26 months.

And ?

Have seriously though of getting a $19.95 throw away watch, and
flogging my engraved gold retirement Omega.


I'll give you $35 dollars for it - same cost as the battery you can't
justify investing in !

geoff

thanks Geoff, caught me out!

Best I pass on that one. A gold engraved $2000 retirement watch, will
end up with the grand kids, when I fall off the perch.

They can then sell it for $35.

Don...





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[rebel]

On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:47:24 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
<grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote:

I have an Omega *real* analog auto-wind (no battery) from the early
sixties
that still runs like a swiss clock (cough!). It has a "one-piece-case"
i.e. no
rear access -- probably part of the 100m immersion rating. It needs a
special
tool which apparently flexes the glass/perspec/acrylic front to remove it.

If it's a "good" watch, it has a mineral cover, not plastic. Some watches
have undoped sapphire (aluminum oxide) covers.

It's a *good* one. That's why I was vague/multi-biguous about the material, as
it obviously has to flex for removal.