Reply With QuoteMaybe though I did see a video of a service performed on - well it was either a B1 or X3. Involved some high tech timing gear and sensors as well as full seal replacement and pressure testing.
Just wondered ?
When a high end Qtz has been in for a service and listed on the bill is
'Overhaul of movement' , what precisely do they overhaul ? or is this just another line of Bull for a battery change and to justify the total charge at the bottom ?
Maybe though I did see a video of a service performed on - well it was either a B1 or X3. Involved some high tech timing gear and sensors as well as full seal replacement and pressure testing.
They'll either replace the whole module, or strip the module down and clean, relube, fit new parts etc etc
Quartz movements are supposedly a pain to work due to the stepper motors/magnetism etc etc
Not sure about other high end quartz movements but here's some info on the Rolex Oysterquartz movement which explains why it would need servicing like a mechanical. :)
http://www.oysterquartz.net/the_5035_movement.htm
JNEDS,
Thanks for the link, still on the list of thermo=compensated movements i would like to have.
Regards
Peter
I have just had one of mine serviced - I don't know what is involved, but I know it wasn't cheap (don't ask :wink: ).
I know they don't just replace the movement on these - quite apart from the relative rarity, each movement is numbered with the same number appearing on the gold plaque on the front of the case.
p.s. don't worry about the very bent spring bars, this is an old (and not very good) picture and they were changed some time ago :)
Here's part of the service manual for a widely (by Omega for example) used high end ETA movement
As you can see, the servicing regime is remarkably similar to the 2892 which is the mechanical equivalent.
Hey that looks like a Marine Chronometer to me......'elephant' movement. Was it STS who serviced it?Originally Posted by Stanford
I have just had one of mine serviced - I don't know what is involved, but I know it wasn't cheap (don't ask :wink: ).
I know they don't just replace the movement on these - quite apart from the relative rarity, each movement is numbered with the same number appearing on the gold plaque on the front of the case.
p.s. don't worry about the very bent spring bars, this is an old (and not very good) picture and they were changed some time ago :)
I have one of these incoming any moment now....my first MC.
Congratulations on your incomer :)Hey that looks like a Marine Chronometer to me......'elephant' movement. Was it STS who serviced it?
I have one of these incoming any moment now....my first MC.
Yes it is an OMC (1516 caliber) and it was serviced by STS
Yep mine is the same, a 1516....when parcelfarce eventually deliver it on Monday anyway from the USA via Romania (don't ask it's a long story :roll: )Congratulations on your incomer :)Hey that looks like a Marine Chronometer to me......'elephant' movement. Was it STS who serviced it?
I have one of these incoming any moment now....my first MC.
Yes it is an OMC (1516 caliber) and it was serviced by STS
It's got the original box, papers / timing cert, instructions, warranty card, the lot. But no battery in it (no battery damage though but..) so no idea if it ticks!!
It'll be hand delivered to STS and then I will find out...but I already did my research to cater for worse case scenario (both components replaced) and I know what a service will have cost you. Not cheap! But as mine is movement/case numbers matching and STS have the technology, she will run again whatever happens.
Apparently even Bienne won't service these any more. Which, bearing in mind it's plastered over their website as the most accurate watch ever made, period, to not support servicing them seems....well.....rather at odds with Omegas proud view of their own history :roll:
Anyway, one fact you may not know as I write. It was a specialist firm in essex who were actually commissioned to develop the vibrating capsule in the first place by Omega. So, in a rather delicious way, my Marine Chronometer is coming home :toothy7:
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