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·Hi all, I have a beautiful Omega Speedmaster Pro 3572.50
- I've owned it for about 6 years now, and it's never skipped a beat or given any issues. That being said, I own and wear over 12 watches and during this Covid period don't get a lot of wrist-time for any of them.
- Today, I would it up as usual and headed out for some meetings. After about 3 hours, I realised that the time had not moved since 11.00am and found that strange. I noticed the seconds hand was not moving, and the balance wheel on the open caseback was also not moving.
- I tried winding the watch and although it winds with the sound it normally makes, it was not building up any resistance and seemed to wind indefinitely.
- I proceeded to pull out the crown, and all of a sudden the seconds hand started moving, the balance wheel was also moving as per normal, it was as if pulling out the crown somehow "unstuck" something that was blocking the watch from functioning as per normal.
- I wound the minutes hand forwards and backwards, and noticed that when turning the minutes hand backwards - the seconds hand also moved backwards momentarily.
- Overall, it's a very strange thing that's happening to my Omega and I was wondering if anyone had any insight into this. Ultimately, I think I will need to bring it to a reputable watchmaker to have a look.
- I'm probably not sending it to Omega, to avoid the risk of them changing out my tritium hands/dials or mishandling the watch somehow.
Thanks in advance for the input, and looking forward to hearing any insight!
- I've owned it for about 6 years now, and it's never skipped a beat or given any issues. That being said, I own and wear over 12 watches and during this Covid period don't get a lot of wrist-time for any of them.
- Today, I would it up as usual and headed out for some meetings. After about 3 hours, I realised that the time had not moved since 11.00am and found that strange. I noticed the seconds hand was not moving, and the balance wheel on the open caseback was also not moving.
- I tried winding the watch and although it winds with the sound it normally makes, it was not building up any resistance and seemed to wind indefinitely.
- I proceeded to pull out the crown, and all of a sudden the seconds hand started moving, the balance wheel was also moving as per normal, it was as if pulling out the crown somehow "unstuck" something that was blocking the watch from functioning as per normal.
- I wound the minutes hand forwards and backwards, and noticed that when turning the minutes hand backwards - the seconds hand also moved backwards momentarily.
- Overall, it's a very strange thing that's happening to my Omega and I was wondering if anyone had any insight into this. Ultimately, I think I will need to bring it to a reputable watchmaker to have a look.
- I'm probably not sending it to Omega, to avoid the risk of them changing out my tritium hands/dials or mishandling the watch somehow.
Thanks in advance for the input, and looking forward to hearing any insight!
