X-33 ready for another 3 years

[MartynJC (UK)]

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.



Decided to move to NATO for a change

[gunner]

Not a delicate battery is it?!

[Qatar-wol]

There are a lot of electrical things going on in that watch, it needs to be a big battery!

[MartynJC (UK)]

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

[zelig]

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

[zelig]

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

[gregbuc]

I love the X-33. It looks like nothing else, is extremely light and comfortable, and dead on accurate. Great watches.

[MartynJC (UK)]

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

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 week

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.

[Willows]

Awesome watch. It's got an alarm that could waken the dead!

[MartynJC (UK)]

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.

[zelig]

Thanks Martyn.

This thread on watchuseek suggests a bad battery.

I have a call back scheduled today, so will arrange the return.



z

[zelig]

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.

z

[futon river crossing]

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.