Not a delicate battery is it?!
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
Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it. HHGTTG
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
Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it. HHGTTG
Omega have quoted me £150 for a battery & re-seal for my X-33.
I dont 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
Last edited by zelig; 27th March 2024 at 16:20. Reason: typo
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 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.
Last edited by MartynJC (UK); 27th March 2024 at 23:33.
Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it. HHGTTG
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.
Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it. HHGTTG
Thanks Martyn.
This thread on watchuseek suggests a bad battery.
I have a call back scheduled today, so will arrange the return.
z
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