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·Dear people,
Firstly, I want to say that I am just so incredibly happy to meet you all here and that I could find this forum with all of the genius people with so much experience! This is my very first post, and if I am breaking any rules I very much apologize and ask the moderators not to punish me too harshly.
The following situation is keeping me up at night and giving anxiety:
So a few days ago I just did the unexplainable- found omega seamaster mariner and bought it for so cheap I can’t even say (under 200 bucks, even less) - in non working condition. The outer condition is just so nice and I managed to clean every little case part. Then I was getting into the movement - opened the case and saw that it was quite dirty inside and a screw randomly fell onto my table. After an inspection I saw that the motor and two little wires that connect the motor to the circuit were not even touching and they were outside and not on the inside. Presuming that either the motor or the electronics might be dead I started the search. Then all the hell broke loose - I figured it’s a 1320 movement that has just so many parts being sold for it online but I didn’t find any single eBay ad with the motor. After a while I managed to source an electronics module for it which costs some money. But me having zero experience with quartz movements - I have no clue what isn’t working on it.
Going to omega service is not an option - this is my DIY project and I don’t want to pay over 800 bucks for the official restoration. I am planning on repainting the black dial myself with a microscope, micron by micron and blueing (blackening) the scratches places chemically. But I really don’t know what to do and I have so many questions.
1. I found a watch with a 1325 movement - are they identical in size? Many parts are interchangeable, but not the electronics module. I don’t care about the value, the watch is for me
2. I can pay over 300 bucks for a watch that 100% has the same movement - but don’t want to. Do I have to? What would you do?
3. The crown is broken and only the inner pusher is left. The outer turny wheely thing is gone. What watch could be the best donor?
4. Shall I risk and buy the electronics module? What is the probability that it’s not that what’s broken, but the motor? There is no motor on the internet.
5. Do you know exactly which other watches had precisely the 1320 movement?
6. What is the way to find out what’s exactly broken?
I am including the pictures of my watch inside (it’s square), right after that a photo of my watch from the internet - and right after that the watches that might have the same movement for people to see. Can some kind soul help me find any solution? I am going insane over it.
Thank you to everyone here!
My watch:
Internet picture:
Similar watches I found:
Firstly, I want to say that I am just so incredibly happy to meet you all here and that I could find this forum with all of the genius people with so much experience! This is my very first post, and if I am breaking any rules I very much apologize and ask the moderators not to punish me too harshly.
The following situation is keeping me up at night and giving anxiety:
So a few days ago I just did the unexplainable- found omega seamaster mariner and bought it for so cheap I can’t even say (under 200 bucks, even less) - in non working condition. The outer condition is just so nice and I managed to clean every little case part. Then I was getting into the movement - opened the case and saw that it was quite dirty inside and a screw randomly fell onto my table. After an inspection I saw that the motor and two little wires that connect the motor to the circuit were not even touching and they were outside and not on the inside. Presuming that either the motor or the electronics might be dead I started the search. Then all the hell broke loose - I figured it’s a 1320 movement that has just so many parts being sold for it online but I didn’t find any single eBay ad with the motor. After a while I managed to source an electronics module for it which costs some money. But me having zero experience with quartz movements - I have no clue what isn’t working on it.
Going to omega service is not an option - this is my DIY project and I don’t want to pay over 800 bucks for the official restoration. I am planning on repainting the black dial myself with a microscope, micron by micron and blueing (blackening) the scratches places chemically. But I really don’t know what to do and I have so many questions.
1. I found a watch with a 1325 movement - are they identical in size? Many parts are interchangeable, but not the electronics module. I don’t care about the value, the watch is for me
2. I can pay over 300 bucks for a watch that 100% has the same movement - but don’t want to. Do I have to? What would you do?
3. The crown is broken and only the inner pusher is left. The outer turny wheely thing is gone. What watch could be the best donor?
4. Shall I risk and buy the electronics module? What is the probability that it’s not that what’s broken, but the motor? There is no motor on the internet.
5. Do you know exactly which other watches had precisely the 1320 movement?
6. What is the way to find out what’s exactly broken?
I am including the pictures of my watch inside (it’s square), right after that a photo of my watch from the internet - and right after that the watches that might have the same movement for people to see. Can some kind soul help me find any solution? I am going insane over it.
Thank you to everyone here!
My watch:
Internet picture:
Similar watches I found:
