omega 751 continues to irk me

[noirrac1j]

Thanks Bob! I'm more of a mad scientist type and yes, it is working perfectly. I can hardly believe I actually repaired this one: it seemed to have so many issues. It'll have to stayin my collection.

J

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[noirrac1j]

6 hours ago, jdm said:

Be reassured that I understand perfectly what you say, it's just like that for me watches like any other beautiful objects are.. objects.

Of course I had many toys that i loved, but they were just toys. The feelings I've experience living with them will stay with me as I live or recall memories, objects are mere enablers. Think of Leonardo di Caprio and his many young dates: he can't just get too attached

 

That is funny! 

So many beautiful objects....so little time!

JC

[anilv]

On 5/13/2016 at 9:38 AM, noirrac1j said:

That's a good question Anil, and one that I didn't even formulate when the problem arose. The wheel itself is tiny and beyond the realm of repair to my eyes. Perhaps someone with the right tools and skill set could repair it. Do you need the calendar wheel? Its yours if you want to try repairing it.

 

JC

Hi Noirrac...

Where  I'm at the cost of new parts is enough to put people off repairing old watches.. hence the reason I will try the repair vs replacement.

Example...servicing a mechanical watch will cost ago in myr100, or approx USD25.

Things which should be replaced but are often not like crowns, clutch wheels, automatic rotor pivots would easily bring the cost up to around MYR500 (USD125). This may be cheap in the west but to a lot of folks who hold onto the watches for sentimental purposes its a fair bit of money.

Anil

[noirrac1j]

1 hour ago, anilv said:

Hi Noirrac...

Where  I'm at the cost of new parts is enough to put people off repairing old watches.. hence the reason I will try the repair vs replacement.

Example...servicing a mechanical watch will cost ago in myr100, or approx USD25.

Things which should be replaced but are often not like crowns, clutch wheels, automatic rotor pivots would easily bring the cost up to around MYR500 (USD125). This may be cheap in the west but to a lot of folks who hold onto the watches for sentimental purposes its a fair bit of money.

Anil

Thanks for that information/reality check. It's clear to me this is a luxury hobby--in the truest sense of the word! I can barely talk to people about it without getting quizzical looks. If someone is interested it is usually ends up with them asking if I could fix a watch for them! 100 ringitt is all it cost to overhaul a mechanical watch? That's very low. Before I learned how to do this myself I had a guy in the diamond district here in NY that would charge me $180 for a day/date mechanical watch...and he was one of the cheaper and trustworthy ones. Do you do repair watches as a main vocation, or are you a hobbyist like me?

JC

[anilv]

Hobbyist ... for the reasons above not really feasible to be a full time watch repair person. Also people tend to be expect chronometer grade performance from all types of junk just because its 'Swiss'.

Lets face it, nothing can match a 10dollar Casio for accuracy!

Anil 

[szbalogh]

Are You sure that the second hand was slipping on the second hand staff? If its an indirect driven second hand movement then it is possible that the pressure on the staff was low and it was wobbling at the gear teeths. 

[noirrac1j]

7 hours ago, anilv said:

Hobbyist ... for the reasons above not really feasible to be a full time watch repair person. Also people tend to be expect chronometer grade performance from all types of junk just because its 'Swiss'.

Lets face it, nothing can match a 10dollar Casio for accuracy!

Anil 

You've got that right!

JC

[noirrac1j]

2 hours ago, szbalogh said:

Are You sure that the second hand was slipping on the second hand staff? If its an indirect driven second hand movement then it is possible that the pressure on the staff was low and it was wobbling at the gear teeths. 

Hello SZ,

Yes the sweep second hand was slipping because I checked the engagement of the sweep second pinion teeth. The spring pressure was OK. It was actually the post on the sweep second hand itself which had become warped or stretched out in such a way that it could no longer be sustained by pressing. Its strange I know, but the only thing I can think of is that the sweep second hand wobbled incompletely on its post while I was wearing it, and continued sweeping around while mispositioned. This had the same effect as a flanging tool. When sweep second hand eventually fell off completely, the damage had already been done.

JC