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I got a new DSOTM Vintage Black yesterday shipped to me from an authorized dealer out of state. Very early this afternoon when I looked at the time I noticed it had stopped about an hour an a half earlier. I wound the crown a few turns but it did not start.

When I press the top pusher the chronograph hand starts to move but stops after 4 seconds and then returns to the 12 o’clock position(as it moves the second hand also moves, then stops). I cannot get the watch to start.

I’ve only had the watch for a few hours. It came brand new from Omega, not old stock. Any clues?
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Evitzee
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Give the crown 20 to 30 winds and start over. A 'few turns' of the crown really isn't sufficient to get it going from a dead stop. I doubt anything is wrong with the watch.

Anyway, see if that fixes your problem and report back.
 
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My first DSOTM had a fault. The rotor would always spin whenever you wound the watch. It was replaced from stock by the AD with no drama / by return after I sent it back.
The replacement was perfect and still running well (with no scratches) seven years on. I have another 9300 movement watch and that has never been an issue. I just checked my DSOTM and it takes about 15-20 standard finger/thumb crown half winds to kick start it.
 
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Give the crown 20 to 30 winds and start over. A 'few turns' of the crown really isn't sufficient to get it going from a dead stop. I doubt anything is wrong with the watch.

Anyway, see if that fixes your problem and report back.
Why would it have stopped dead when it was working when I put it on and stopped dead while I was wearing it?
 
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Why would it have stopped dead when it was working when I put it on and stopped dead while I was wearing it?

Mine is still running from the little wind up earlier today. I will see how easy it is to get it running from a standing start later.
 
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Why would it have stopped dead when it was working when I put it on and stopped dead while I was wearing it?

How much of a wind did you give it to begin with? If it was only a couple of turns to get the hands to start moving, you didn’t give the spring enough energy to keep it going. While some people claim all they need to do is put the watch on and the auto-winder will power it up in a few hours from wearing, I have never experienced this and it is not what Omega recommends.

if you did give it a good manual 30-40 turns before wearing it and it dies, then either the auto-winding system is broken or you don’t move enough to keep it wound.

is this your first auto-wind watch?
 
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Ok, wound it 30 times and it is still quite dead. Nothing moves. Everything the same as yesterday. It is my first auto-wind watch. Guess I've gotten a lemon. Guess it's going back to the dealer.
 
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Ok, wound it 30 times and it is still quite dead. Nothing moves. Everything the same as yesterday. It is my first auto-wind watch. Guess I've gotten a lemon. Guess it's going back to the dealer.

Sorry to hear that - it can happen with anything. From my experience it was sorted out very quickly and it is may be my favourite watch (in the top three :0)
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Some small number of items will come off the assembly line with a fault. Today, you are the (un)lucky one. But you have a warranty.
 
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I never win the lottery, but I can manage to get a watch with a fault. Wrong kind of luck.

But dealer going to replace it with a new one.
 
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I never win the lottery, but I can manage to get a watch with a fault. Wrong kind of luck.

But dealer going to replace it with a new one.

I say without the bad luck these days I would not have any luck :0)
 
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Don’t worry. Keep accumulate those bad lucks. One day, you’ll find a Paul Newman Daytona in a thrift-shop. I found a minty AP at the mall, so it can happen to anyone.


my DSOTM and friends.
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NGO1 ngo516
Don’t worry. Keep accumulate those bad lucks. One day, you’ll find a Paul Newman Daytona in a thrift-shop. I found a minty AP at the mall, so it can happen to anyone.


my DSOTM and friends.
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Now that’s a cool watch photo
 
Evitzee
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I wonder what happened to the OP's watch...MIA since his problem in July.
 
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Evitzee Evitzee
I wonder what happened to the OP's watch...MIA since his problem in July.

He did mention that the dealer was going to replace it with a new one. Hope they did…
 
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Mine wasn't a DSOTM but rather the Apollo 8 (I forgot the nickname/acronym) and it too stopped working after an hour. Turns out, much like its owner, it had a screw loose, which jammed up the movement.

Omega fixed it under warranty, no problems there, but it sure does make you feel stupid spending thousands of dollars on a new watch that doesn't work.
 
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