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    X-33 ready for another 3 years

    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.



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    Not a delicate battery is it?!

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

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    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
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    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

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    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

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    Last edited by zelig; 27th March 2024 at 16:20. Reason: typo

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by zelig View Post
    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

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

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    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.
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    Thanks Martyn.

    This thread on watchuseek suggests a bad battery.

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



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    Last edited by zelig; Yesterday at 10:25. Reason: Link added

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