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Giving a diagnose to a watch I have not seen and where I have not had a second opinion from a colleague I feel I am skating on very thin ice here
Jun 27, 2020,02:09 AM
But I would try to elaborate in very general terms out of my far from complete knowledge about anything .....
- If a watch received shock (falling, being knocked against something, hit with something) many things can happen; dislocating or jamming components, breaking or bending pivots, cracking jewels, bending the hairspring and worst case, breaking a pivot)
What COULD have happened in your case is a jamming or dislocation of a wheel, there is a certain vertical play in the gear train and you might have had a jamming or dislocation of a wheel that has "fallen" back into place when you put it on the winder. Another possibility is that the seconds wheel pinion is bent (it goes through a hole in the calendar finger tube on this movement if
To Fred´s question about the vulnerability of the co-acial escapement; even if there is a three-legged anchor engaged in a two level escape wheel - I do not really believe that is more "delicate" than the traditional escapement.
Regardless, I would have taken the watch to a competent watchmaker, it must be one found locally for an inside-out inspection (starting with the escapement and working "outwards" till you end on the dial side with the minute tuber and hours wheel. If you hand it over to a Omega dealer, it will most likely be sent to Switzerland where it will sit for months. But a competent independent watchmaker should be able to take a look at it and at least either confirm that everything is OK or identify a potential problem.
Good luck, and I understand your frustration.
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Working once again, ticking along nicely
By: nacelle : June 25th, 2020-05:48
Thanks all for your valuable suggestions about getting my timepiece running smoothly once again. So far so good, 11 hours and counting 👍👏 ...
Thank you sir.... [nt]
By: nacelle : June 27th, 2020-05:59
I'm certainly skeptical that it will remain working as before, if it happened once it will undoubtedly occur at another time...
Hope
By: Weems@8 : June 25th, 2020-13:09
Stay strong. In mind, let inspect your Speedmaster. Certificated Omega watch center. Many buro’s closed. Is there a possibility to send the watch to an Omega watch center? Insurance? When my Tissot fall, the hands were bend.