Advice on Omega 561 movement please.

JohnWoo · May 19, 2021

High all.
Received my new purchase today, C shape connie with a 561 movement.
Should this movement have a 'hack' facility, also should there be a quick method of changing the date rather than continually turning around the the hands for several 24 hour periods?
Thanks for your thoughts.
John.

gatorcpa · May 19, 2021

Here is a page from an old Omega instruction book from that era:

http://www.old-omegas.com/youandyouromega66.html

No hacking on caliber 56X movements.

Hope this helps,
gatorcpa

JohnWoo · May 19, 2021

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gatorcpa
Here is a page from an old Omega instruction book from that era:

http://www.old-omegas.com/youandyouromega66.html

No hacking on caliber 56X movements.

Hope this helps,
gatorcpa

Thanks for the info, bit of a relief to know it's all ok.
I thought about the reverse to 9pm method but was warned off this method by a watchmaker some time ago [although it was on another make of watch].
I owe you a beer!

Dan S · May 19, 2021

JohnWoo
I thought about the reverse to 9pm method but was warned off this method by a watchmaker some time ago [although it was on another make of watch].

This is the conventional way to set the date on watches with "semi-quickset" movements. I would believe the manufacturer's recommendation.

amcclell · May 19, 2021

I have at least 7 or 8 calendar watches from a variety of manufacturers that use the 9pm-1am semi-quickset date method - AS, Omega, Felsa, Zenith, Bulova.

Advice on Omega 561 movement please.

JohnWoo

gatorcpa

JohnWoo

Dan S

amcclell

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