Omega 1337 Movement

[rogart63]

Has an Omega Jaques Mayol 120 m watch incoming . Its a repair or parts watch with an Omega 1337 engine . Don't now if i could service it . Would be nice to see if i could get it going again . Any tips until then . Is their any one out there servicing quartz movement . Preferably Europe 

[bobm12]

Nice Omega, check this out:

I hope you find what you are looking for for servicing the Omega. Did you check out Mark's video on quartz servicing? Maybe it will help.

 

Cheers,

 

Bob

[rogart63]

Nice Omega, check this out:

I hope you find what you are looking for for servicing the Omega. Did you check out Mark's video on quartz servicing? Maybe it will help.

 

Cheers,

 

Bob

Nope .Is that thread in here somewhere ? Or is it youtube ? 

[Geo]

You'll find Mark's videos here:- http://www.watchrepairtalk.com/page/watch_repair_videos.html

[rogart63]

I am not sure it can be saved . Will try to fix sometime in the future . Have to service the moving parts first . And then see if i can save the electric . 

 

[clockboy]

Thats a bad one.   I have used before supplied by meadows & passmores "tarnish remover" followed by "rust remover"

Mark uses bicarbonate of soda. These products might help I but must say that is a real challenge.

Edited January 28, 2015 by clockboy

[bobm12]

In a pinch a few drops of CocaCola would work too...but then it needs to be cleaned well!

 

Cheers,

 

Bob

 

PS. Not that the watch looks thirsty thought... :) I couldn't resist!

 

PS It does work on battery rust...

Edited January 28, 2015 by bobm12

[rogart63]

Put the part with the 1337 number in baking soda and warm water for a couple off hours . The water did get cold  after a while of course . See the difference ? 

 

[Geo]

Quite impressive, are you going to attempt to resurrect the movement?

[WillFly]

We used to put copper coins into Coca Cola years ago - shone them up beautifully - lord knows what it does to one's stomach (I never drink it).

 

That's a challenging movement you have there, but it's looking better already. Good luck with it!

[Lawson]

That cover plate cleaned up remarkably well ... very impressive.

The coil looks in good shape too.  Have you ohmed it out to see if it's a goer?

Is the IC Board is still viable? And is a replacement still available?

[rogart63]

That cover plate cleaned up remarkably well ... very impressive.

The coil looks in good shape too.  Have you ohmed it out to see if it's a goer?

Is the IC Board is still viable? And is a replacement still available?

Yepp .Going to do the whole movement when i have time to dismount it  . Will post then  . Have a nicer movement on an auction site going . Hope it doesn't get to expensive . But sure will test to clean this up anyway . My electric nohow isn't that good but how do i Ohm it ? Have an ohm meter . The IC board is really a mess . Don't now if it works .

[rogart63]

Toke a few pictures while taring it apart . So i can see how it sticks together . A lot of different parts and wheels . 

[Lawson]

rogart63, on 30 Jan 2015 - 01:34 AM, said:

My electric nohow isn't that good but how do i Ohm it ? Have an ohm meter . The IC board is really a mess . Don't now if it works .

 

Ohms is an electrical unit of resistance. George Ohm named it after himself ... the sanctimonious scallywag! :P

Anyhoo, what you are trying to find here, is how much resistance has been created by the windings in that coil of wire.  Normally it will either be on spec, give no reading at all (an open circuit), or to low (a short in the wiring).

Each an every coil of wire, whether it be in a quartz watch, or the electric motor in a vibrator, will have a specific Ohm reading: depending on how the factory wound the coil.  Every coil is different, so you have to have the factory spec sheet to know what resistance it should have.

 

As an example: here is the spec sheet for the coil on an ETA 955.412 Movement.

 

 

You will have something similar for your caliber.

 

To test the coil, place the probes of the meter on the two copper pads connecting to the wire making up the coil (as shown below), and note the reading.

BE CAREFUL!  That wire is VERY fine and delicate.

 

 

Hope this helps mate ... and I wish you well on restoring this little gem :)

[Geo]

I love your illustration Lawson! You forgot to connect the wire to the negative probe though. :)

[rogart63]

Thanks for the nice iilustration . This is how the movement looks after 4 baking soda runs and a nafta clean . 

 

[WillFly]

That looks really good - I'm very impressed!

[rogart63]

Looks better in the real . Have a white led lamp that makes the movement look pale and frosty .

[Geo]

I'm most impressed with that, I hope you get it going eventually. Thanks for letting us see what us possible with something I would probably have binned!

[Andyclient]

Wow thats cleaning up really nicely , great work ;-)

[bobm12]

Nice job!

[rogart63]

More pictures tomorrow . Have put in the keyless work and some other parts . Some of the wheel is in nafta over night . Will go in the UL tomorrow . Atl east i will try to get it to work again . If the electric doesn't work i will see if i could find it sometime in the future . 

[anilv]

Great job.... Really hope this works out, that omega is one of the few omega quartz watches i would like to own!

Anil

[rogart63]

So far so good . Doesn't get the wheels so clean i want. What do you think about putting them in baking soda once ? I am sure they work anyway . 

 

Edited January 31, 2015 by rogart63

[rogart63]

Don't do this :) . A really hard job getting all the gears in place . But now it's there ! First side finished .Geartrain running smooth . Haven't  measured the coil yet 

 

 

Edited January 31, 2015 by rogart63