Losing time

P PRM

Hi everyone,

I'm a new Omega owner, and a bit clueless in all honesty. It's only a couple of months old - when I looked at it this morning, it was about 4 hours slows. I haven't worn it much over the last couple of days - is that therefore normal to slow down?

jimmyd13

Hi. Welcome. Take a seat.

Now, there are lots of people here who happily help out the new, uninformed, the curious. None of them can help if you don't help them and yourself.

So, first up, post a photo. You might not know much about the watch you have but if we can see it then we stand a chance. You see, all we have to work on in guesses. It's an Omega. Great. Manual, quartz, auto? You've not worn it for months but it's still ticking ... quartz, then. Or do you have it on a winder and it's an auto? Maybe the winder isn't giving enough rotations to charge the spring?? Maybe there is no spring to charge and you've got a quartz with a battery that's running flat? Maybe I made that espresso too strong?

Who knows? We need you to help you.

P PRM

Hello Jimmy,

Thanks for the message and fair point, I've not given you much to go on. It's a 2018 Omega Semaster 300m - it's mechanical. It was wound when I bought it, about 8 weeks ago and has worked perfectly. I haven't worn it much over the last 2-3 days as I've been doing DIY - so I wondered if it just hasn't had enough movement on my arm and therefore slowed down. Just checking that's normal really?

jimmyd13

There you go ... now that makes things easier!

The SM300 co-ax has a 55 hour power reserve. If you've not worn it for a couple of days then the mainspring is probably totally unwound. Stick it on your wrist for a few hours (or just unscrew the crown and wind it); reset the time and see how she goes. If you're only going to wear the watch every few days and want to be able to just pick it up and go, then think about investing in a winder.