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·hello all,
I bought a vintage omega DeVille with a quartz cal1325 movement which has two problems. for some reference on me, I'm not watch-repair-inept and I've disassembled movements before and returned them to proper order, though not quartz.
The first, is that it intermittently stops and starts. After cleaning the battery compartment and a few battery changes I've had mixed results with keeping it going, but almost always it will lose 15 minutes or so before continuing on(sometimes).
So I assume theres gunk, old oil, maybe a broken gear, maybe something else in the works that is causing the issues. I assumed I could remove the hands face and dial and attempt to clean the movement with “quick clean quartz movement spray” but I'm wondering if a movement swap isnt just the better option, and if so, are there 1325 quartz movements available somewhere besides looking for a donor watch.
The second is that the stem has randomly fallen out and I cant seem to get it back seated. I assume theres a trick to getting it back in on this, but I havent been able to find it.
any tips?
I bought a vintage omega DeVille with a quartz cal1325 movement which has two problems. for some reference on me, I'm not watch-repair-inept and I've disassembled movements before and returned them to proper order, though not quartz.
The first, is that it intermittently stops and starts. After cleaning the battery compartment and a few battery changes I've had mixed results with keeping it going, but almost always it will lose 15 minutes or so before continuing on(sometimes).
So I assume theres gunk, old oil, maybe a broken gear, maybe something else in the works that is causing the issues. I assumed I could remove the hands face and dial and attempt to clean the movement with “quick clean quartz movement spray” but I'm wondering if a movement swap isnt just the better option, and if so, are there 1325 quartz movements available somewhere besides looking for a donor watch.
The second is that the stem has randomly fallen out and I cant seem to get it back seated. I assume theres a trick to getting it back in on this, but I havent been able to find it.
any tips?