Broke Speedmaster 3570.50 during winding

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Hello Omega experts,
I tried to find this topic in the archives but I must be very bad at using the search engine (it took me a while to figure it out on Watchuseek) but I'm quite sure that I'm not the first to have done this.........

........I was winding my 3570.50 this morning -- I've had this watch for 1.5 yrs now. I was wearing it yesterday so it was wound yesterday. this morning i went to wind it & had gotten about 30 winds in when I heard a click & then the crown had almost zero resistance to it. And, I noticed the seconds had just stopped dead it its tracks. I wound it a few more times not recognizing what just happened -- i could hear the ratcheting sound as i did the winding motion. Not sure what i was happening (probably nothing) & the seconds hand did not move at.
I changed the time -- the seconds hand moved for a few seconds & then stopped. I could do this a couple times. The third time I did it, no effect on the seconds hand/did not move.

looks like i broke the watch while winding. I'm quite sure that i did not put too much pressure when winding (as I've done this many, many times before). So, I cannot figure out what was different this morning compared to others -- why the watch broke?

from the above symptoms, can anyone tell me what might be broken? Is it fatigue on the parts from repeated winding for 1.5 yrs? It's supposed to be a manual wind watch so it's supposed to be hardy in this department -- crown, crown stem, attachment of crown stem to winding mechanism, etc.
Looks like I need to send it to a repair shop.... 🙁
thanks for the help.
 
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You've had it for 1.5 years but did you buy that new or did it have a previous owner?

I don't know the actual strength of the various parts in that mechanical chain involved with manual winding but it sounds like you broke the mainspring. Out of paranoia, I usually stop winding my manual watches once I feel a good amount of resistance.

Either way, yea send it in for service. If it was brand new and only 1.5 years old then you can probably get it fixed under warranty.
 
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Sorry, forgot to mention — I bought it used. So, it had a prev owner who was the original owner.

thanks for your reply. shoot! I broke the main spring! 😲😬::facepalm1::🤬
 
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Used makes more sense, no one knows how much the previous owner abused that watch.
 
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Sounds like the mainspring broke, but that's usually replaced at a complete service. So you'll need to send it in for a complete service. Sometimes they last a long time, sometimes they don't.
 
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The mainspring broke, you just got unlucky where it broke. I had a pre-moon once where the mainspring broke but it would still run for 30 hours after winding. It's nothing serious and you are highly unlikely to do further damage by playing with the crown.
Your only realistic option is a full service, your watch could be getting on for 20 years old and is probably well overdue a service regardless.
 
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Broken mainspring in at the arbor. If it had broken out at the tang end, the watch would still rung - I've seen them run for nearly the full reserve and very accurately with a broken spring.

As noted, full service is required.
 
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Broken mainspring in at the arbor. If it had broken out at the tang end, the watch would still rung - I've seen them run for nearly the full reserve and very accurately with a broken spring.

As noted, full service is required.
yeah, just my "bad" luck that it broke at this unfortunate location -- arbor end. the seconds hands stopped dead in its tracks because the watch suddenly ran out of power. 🙁
called Nesbits -- $800 + shipping both ways... 🙁
 
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yeah, just my "bad" luck that it broke at this unfortunate location -- arbor end. the seconds hands stopped dead in its tracks because the watch suddenly ran out of power. 🙁
called Nesbits -- $800 + shipping both ways... 🙁

I believe Omega charges $750 + tax if you drop it off a boutique. Of course factory service caveats (polish, etc) apply.
 
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I used my independent watch maker with an Omega parts account to service my 80’s 145.022 and it cost me $640 to do a full service.
 
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You guys are lucky to have local, independent watch repair personnel. I don’t have any such luck.
If I take it to my AD it will be promptly sent to SGUS in NJ. They’ve worked on my SMP 300 Pro on a few occasions in years past & I think I can do a better job than them & I know nothing about watch repair. I’ve had some drastically bad experiences with them unfortunately.
If not Nesbit’s, I need to find another repair service with known good outcomes. But not SGUS….
 
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I used my independent watch maker with an Omega parts account to service my 80’s 145.022 and it cost me $640 to do a full service.
Mind if I PM you for contact info if you are also in USA? Thanks.
 
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I was happy with Nesbit's last year when they overhauled my 1973 Speedmaster. You can go over your options with Jan.