These are also seen with non quickset 562 aren’t they?
I wonder if that's the case for my watch? I think it's from 1968?
So I guess I'll have to cycle through all the days up until today. Ugh 🙁
Wore it out to a nice restaurant with the family last night--couldn't stop looking at it: the acrylic crystal is so warm-looking!
‘68 should be 565 so push/pull for quick set. It feel unnatural at first (like you are going to pull the crown out) but once you get the hang of it, it’s really quick. 562 would be a semi-quick (9/12) which is slower but not as bad a true slow date where you have to go all the way around
That is a gorgeous watch! And your shot captures the sunburst beautifully! I'll try taking a few more shots today.
I think my grandfather had a pair of watches similar to your OP date: I believe he got them in the Navy. After he passed away, my grandmother offered them to me. I was just a kid, and for reasons that still escape me, I turned them down. I think I will regret this forever--and not just because I have become a watch lover. One day, I'll try to find one that is comparable--though of course it won't be the same.
We must have been writing at the same time!
OK! I hope it's the 565--I'm just scared to pull the crown out. How hard do you have to pull? Is there a chance that I can damage the watch if I pull too hard?
We all have stories like that. My father gave me an Omega Seamaster like yours when I was 9 years old- I wanted a big boy watch and he had it sitting in his bathroom drawer with the floss and dental picks. He punched a hole in the strap so it would fit me and of course I lost it shortly thereafter. I bought my Speedmaster when I got my first bit of money after college becuase I remember my father saying as he put the watch on my 9 year old wrist ( Omega is the watch that went to the moon).
IF it is a 565, pull it to the set position and with your fingernail under the crown, give the crown a leveraged push outward- it should “pop” to a new position. Then push back in to the set position and repeat until
You get to yesterday. Then run the dial around until it flips to today after midnight and set to the correct AM/PM time.
We must have been writing at the same time!
OK! I hope it's the 565--I'm just scared to pull the crown out. How hard do you have to pull? Is there a chance that I can damage the watch if I pull too hard?
I use my fingernail - so you really can’t use too much force. You’ll feel first click - adjust the time, and second click out and when you push in, the date advances.
A reason why some advise not to change the date late at night is that it may be about to advance at midnight naturally.
^^ a safe protocol with any watch is to adjust the time to 6:30 (both hands down) so to be sure the date complication is out of play when you adjust the date. Not all movements have an issue with this, but I have messed up a few this way- mainly day/date watches where the day/date got out of cycle.
If it doesn’t budge when you pull with your fingernails then it’s either stuck (needs a service) or it’s a 562 (which is unlikely by ‘68…if you are sure it’s ‘68). Then it would be a 9/12 set which means you move the hands past 12 when the date flips, then wind it back somewhere before 9pm (it trips differently in ever watch), then back past 12 and the date will flip- then repeat. If you have a very smooth and free crown this is a breeze. If you have really stiff gaskets in the crown- this will be torture.
…and lastly, if you pull hard and the crown and stem pull out, don’t panic! The stem is held into the mechanism with a single set screw and it is possible to pop a stem past that (or if the screw was a little loose). Any watchmaker can fix this easily…just don’t go cramming it back in as you may mess something up
Why do you say it’s a 68? Based on Movement serial (if you have this surely you know the caliber?), date in the bracelet, date on paperwork?
If it was sold in 68 it could easily be a reference from a couple years earlier with 562. Personally I’ve never had much trouble finding out if a watch has the push/pull quickset as it takes a certain knack to not advance the date when changing the time on these.
