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Evening all, just noticed that my 2254.50 has its hour hand misaligned, by about 10 mins, is there any way to fix this outside of sending for repair?
I've found a few threads on this, but no way to fix outside of sending for service, it is only a year out of full omega service, which was a massive ball-ache, it came back and was sent back again about three times due to hair on face that they repeatedly missed.
This is obviously causing reluctance to send back for weeks of waiting and disappointment.
Any advice greatly appreciated
 
SkunkPrince
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Find local watchmaker and ask to fix it. It’s a 10 minute job.
More because it's a Seamaster 300m Professional, with seals, pressure tests, and so forth.

In theory your service warranty should cover it but if you've had all these issues... if you're in US, maybe contact Nesbit's and see what they say.
 
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Some tolerate hour hand misalignments, others don’t. Personally, anything over a 1 minute misalignment really bothers me.

I will note that both my 2500 PO and 8800 SMP Diver have noticeable hour hand misalignments. I never got it fixed, because anytime you’re messing around with the dial and hands, there’s a chance things may go wrong.

8 minutes is kind of ridiculous though. If mine were that misaligned, I’d get it fixed regardless of the financial/aesthetic cost.
 
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andykllhr andykllhr
Evening all, just noticed that my 2254.50 has its hour hand misaligned, by about 10 mins, is there any way to fix this outside of sending for repair?
I've found a few threads on this, but no way to fix outside of sending for service, it is only a year out of full omega service, which was a massive ball-ache, it came back and was sent back again about three times due to hair on face that they repeatedly missed.
This is obviously causing reluctance to send back for weeks of waiting and disappointment.
Any advice greatly appreciated

It's a simple fix, but you have a 2 year service warranty that would be void if you use someone other than Omega. So it's a simple risk calculation that you have to make about the chances of a larger issue coming up that you would want to use the Omega warranty for...
 
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It's a simple fix, but you have a 2 year service warranty that would be void if you use someone other than Omega. So it's a simple risk calculation that you have to make about the chances of a larger issue coming up that you would want to use the Omega warranty for...
Agreed and this is definitely the best thing to do, with the obvious caveat of waiting weeks/months to get the watch back.

Apart from perhaps some dust on the dial, how bad could a relatively amateur watchmaker mess this job up? I assume it’s just some scratches on the hands, but I could be mistaken.
 
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how bad could a relatively amateur watchmaker mess this job up? I assume it’s just some scratches on the hands

Based on what I've had to deal with in the past, in more ways than I can count. However it really depends on who does the work.

A not very comprehensive list off the top of my head would include the following:

Damage to the dial from removing the hands.
Damage to the hands.
Damage to the movement trying to reset the hands without the right tools.
Damage to the case trying to open the watch.
Dust or debris entering the watch or movement.
Failure to properly seal the watch after the work, with likely no ability to test water resistance (and certainly not a dry testing machine, so any test they would do would likely come with a lot of risk).

Again, just some of the things I've seen with less qualified people doing this sort of quick repair. I charge more when the watch owner shows up with a bag of parts. 😉
 
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Based on what I've had to deal with in the past, in more ways than I can count. However it really depends on who does the work.

A not very comprehensive list off the top of my head would include the following:

Damage to the dial from removing the hands.
Damage to the hands.
Damage to the movement trying to reset the hands without the right tools.
Damage to the case trying to open the watch.
Dust or debris entering the watch or movement.
Failure to properly seal the watch after the work, with likely no ability to test water resistance (and certainly not a dry testing machine, so any test they would do would likely come with a lot of risk).

Again, just some of the things I've seen with less qualified people doing this sort of quick repair. I charge more when the watch owner shows up with a bag of parts. 😉
OP, listen to Archer and tread with caution!
 
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......... I charge more when the watch owner shows up with a bag of parts. 😉

What!
You don't drop your price because the owner has already done most of the work for you?

All you have to do is put it back together.

😁
 
andykllhr
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Based on what I've had to deal with in the past, in more ways than I can count. However it really depends on who does the work.

A not very comprehensive list off the top of my head would include the following:

Damage to the dial from removing the hands.
Damage to the hands.
Damage to the movement trying to reset the hands without the right tools.
Damage to the case trying to open the watch.
Dust or debris entering the watch or movement.
Failure to properly seal the watch after the work, with likely no ability to test water resistance (and certainly not a dry testing machine, so any test they would do would likely come with a lot of risk).

Again, just some of the things I've seen with less qualified people doing this sort of quick repair. I charge more when the watch owner shows up with a bag of parts. 😉
Luckily my local watchmaker is a certified omega service location, so should be ok on that front, I will ask to see if they will charge me. Because Omega service centre made such a bad job of my service they offered me an additional year of warranty and half price the the new bracelet I requested.
 
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What!
You don't drop your price because the owner has already done most of the work for you?

All you have to do is put it back together.

😁

Well @JimInOz , what would you do if someone brought you a bag of parts and asked you to finish the job? I’ve only had that happen once, and that was this past week end. I declined the job.
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Well @JimInOz , what would you do if someone brought you a bag of parts and asked you to finish the job? I’ve only had that happen once, and that was this past week end. I declined the job.

I would take notice of the examples here, and politely do what you did.
 
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If some random dork brought a bag of parts I can see that.

Might you try if, for example, a guy's watchmaker perished in mid-service, it was packaged properly, and there was sentimental value?
 
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