Omega 1332 help

[Ollie2805]

Hi all

i wonder if anybody could help me with how to get rid of this battery corrosion in this omega I picked up yesterday. I am very new to watch repair and just have basic tools.

thanks in advance

Ollie

[AlexeiJ1]

I would remove the silver bolts holding the circuit cover, then remove the circuit board. Leave the bridge over the gears and the coil cover.

Then clean gently with some tissues with water - so you can see the extent of damage to the gold plated bit.

There are spares on ebay if you look up Omega 1332 or Omega 1337 on ebay - but they require a fine soldering iron (dont ask me how I know)
If there is no obvious corossion, it could be cleaned with some steel wool, aluminium foil, or similar. However often the acid fumes get to the gears of the movement and then it requires a stripdown, clean and oil - which is beyond basics stuff for a beginner.

I recently serviced the same movement. At the end  of the day you have nothing to lose as its a throwaway if its not working - average value on these in scrap state is $250. If its solid gold, then $1500 possibly for gold value.