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Changed the battery (again) for my X-33 after the 5sec tick. All good for another three years and cost - £3.00 replacement battery. Quite a bit of fluff under the echo chamber - but movement clean.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Watches/n...MG_6205-X2.jpg
Decided to move to NATO for a change
Not a delicate battery is it?!
There are a lot of electrical things going on in that watch, it needs to be a big battery!
The whole display lights up like a torch - that must take a lot of power, plus the alarm is the loudest I know on the market - enough to be heard above the jet engines thrusters on a Jupiter 1 launch vehicle.
mine has the 1666C module so TCQ
Omega have quoted me £150 for a battery & re-seal for my X-33.
I don’t fancy doing this myself - even though I have tinkered in the past.
Anyone know anyone in Gloucester / Cheltenham area who could do it ?
z
I received my X33 back from Omega today & was dismayed to see the 5 second EOL skips on the second hand.
As I was talking to the very helpful customer service lady, it sprang into fully operational mode.
I assume this is because it's been sitting in a chilly shipping/storage facility for a few days ?
( it was shipped Friday but I wasn't around )
Is this normal - Or does it need to go back ?
TIA
z
I love the X-33. It looks like nothing else, is extremely light and comfortable, and dead on accurate. Great watches.
Hello z! That doesn’t seem right. The skipping seconds normally indicates a low battery state. I’d keep a careful check over the next weekQuote:
Originally Posted by zelig
It was designed to work in extreme space conditions - I don’t think a cool shipping environment would be as the cold as the depths of space. I’ll try and dig out the specs of the tests - I have them somewhere.
Awesome watch. It's got an alarm that could waken the dead!
Z. Here are the specs. I think yours needs to go back mate! Martyn
The X-33 was extensively tested by NASA and packed a big punch due to the painstakingly thorough effort by Omega to create the ultimate space/aviation chronograph. It was water and pressure resistant to 3 bars, shock-resistant to 3500Gs, and anti-magnetic (ISO norm 764). Its quartz cal.1666 gave an accuracy of -0.3s to +0.5 seconds per day while it functioned flawlessly from -20 degrees Celsius to +70 degrees Celsius.
Thanks Martyn.
This thread on watchuseek suggests a bad battery.
I have a call back scheduled today, so will arrange the return.
:grumpy:
z
Well. I have no idea what they did to it last time they had it, but here is the list of what's required this time ...
Estimate
O900CS011301 COMPLETE SERVICE CHRONOGRAPH, QUARTZ QTY1 O068ST2208 SPRING-BAR 21 MM QTY2 O0015619A2 MOVEMENT CAL. 5619, H2, D QTY1 O090STZ000630 TUBE STEEL QTY1 O088NS5084 BEZEL GASKET QTY1 O086TIZ000632 TITANIUM PUSHER 4H + 10H QTY2 O086TIZ000596 TITANIUM PUSHER 2H + 8H QTY2 O298ZW6027 CRYSTAL GASKET Ø39.10 E0.36 H1 QTY1 O069TIZ000629 CROWN TITANIUM QTY1 O298ZW5133 SEAL QTY1
Crikey it must have been well & truly FUBAR - the only thing original that I'm getting back is the case !
... The estimated date of completion for this repair is 22.07.2024. :disturbed:
z
Mine lasted about 2 years on the 5 second jump mode ;)
Recently got mine back from a 5 month service, looking very nice indeed! 3 pushers replaced, and it now seems uncannily accurate, lost about a second in a month, though there is no mention of a movement change in the report.
I have never used the alarm lol.
Probably my favourite watch.
With the normal X-33 service they always replace those bits. I got a bag of parts back last time - they even replace the screws on the case back.Quote:
Originally Posted by zelig
I don't think it'll take until July but on the bright side, you get a basically brand new watch back.
They also refurbished the bezel action on mine, it’s very stiff now with no back play, and very noisy.
is that a skywalker X33? Looking at the calibre 5619 … are you sure they don’t want to replace the case So that’s what they said after it came back with a jumping hand? I would be furious - unless they do that FOC.Quote:
Originally Posted by zelig
It's a SkyWalker X-33 Solar Impulse Edition.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartynJC (UK)
It went back for the battery change, only to return with the jumping second hand EOL indication.
Luckily, I noticed before it warmed up & returned it - within days of return.
This is now the shopping list of things they need to rectify AFTER they'd serviced it & returned to me.
beggars belief - but it is all zero (additional) cost to me !
z