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·Hello,
I purchased a 2531.80 a few months ago that was never serviced, from the original owner. It was running -6 seconds per day. Took it to a local watchmaker for a service and when I got it back I noticed after 2 weeks it would lose a considerable amount of time each day, but it wasn’t like that within the first days of getting it back. So I took it back.
He redid the service and claimed he didn’t really see anything wrong from the first time he did it but did admit it was running slow. Now I’m faced with a similar issue....
Within the first few days of getting it back I would say it was +5 sec per day, yet with each passing day the amount of time it would gain would be less and less. I would say after a week it was +2 sec per day. Last night I rested it crown down (as opposed to dial up like it’s always been) and I woke up this morning and it had lost 25 seconds. I would say the solution would be to keep it laying dial up at night to solve for this, but it doesn’t completely solve for it because eventually it would be losing time as mentioned above.
I do know that the watchmaker did not replace any parts and insisted it just needed to be disassembled, cleaned and lubricated. He said none of the parts needed to be changed. He didn’t even change the gaskets which I thought was weird for a 18year old watch and claimed he pressure tested it for 1000 feet and it still passed. He’s an old school watchmaker with great reviews and an Omega parts account, but I will say that I had a 2531.80 a few years ago that I sent to Omega for service instead and they did the usual by replacing all parts, and that watch came back running like a bull and insanely accurate.
I guess that’s what happens when parts are replaced vs just serviced. What part within the movement might be responsible for causing these issues that I mentioned above? I’m not overly concerned but am a little ticked off after paying $275 for a service and really not getting anything replaced in the process. Does an 18 year old watch always need movement parts replaced, regardless of the condition it is in? I now think that the Omega full service for the price is worth it and probably should have gone that route again.
I purchased a 2531.80 a few months ago that was never serviced, from the original owner. It was running -6 seconds per day. Took it to a local watchmaker for a service and when I got it back I noticed after 2 weeks it would lose a considerable amount of time each day, but it wasn’t like that within the first days of getting it back. So I took it back.
He redid the service and claimed he didn’t really see anything wrong from the first time he did it but did admit it was running slow. Now I’m faced with a similar issue....
Within the first few days of getting it back I would say it was +5 sec per day, yet with each passing day the amount of time it would gain would be less and less. I would say after a week it was +2 sec per day. Last night I rested it crown down (as opposed to dial up like it’s always been) and I woke up this morning and it had lost 25 seconds. I would say the solution would be to keep it laying dial up at night to solve for this, but it doesn’t completely solve for it because eventually it would be losing time as mentioned above.
I do know that the watchmaker did not replace any parts and insisted it just needed to be disassembled, cleaned and lubricated. He said none of the parts needed to be changed. He didn’t even change the gaskets which I thought was weird for a 18year old watch and claimed he pressure tested it for 1000 feet and it still passed. He’s an old school watchmaker with great reviews and an Omega parts account, but I will say that I had a 2531.80 a few years ago that I sent to Omega for service instead and they did the usual by replacing all parts, and that watch came back running like a bull and insanely accurate.
I guess that’s what happens when parts are replaced vs just serviced. What part within the movement might be responsible for causing these issues that I mentioned above? I’m not overly concerned but am a little ticked off after paying $275 for a service and really not getting anything replaced in the process. Does an 18 year old watch always need movement parts replaced, regardless of the condition it is in? I now think that the Omega full service for the price is worth it and probably should have gone that route again.
