No back-hack following a full Omega service. Is this important? In my humble opinion, yes.

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kohster

·Oct 29, 2022

Totally understandable that when dealing with mechanical watches you have to expect (even embrace) the variance in time. Speaking personally, I have spent so long with clocks and watches that set themselves via the atomic clock radio signals, NTP, GPS, etc that when I have to set the time on any of my watches that don't have the hacking/stop function it mildly triggers a bit of OCD in me. But that's just me. 😀

 

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mcemeren

·Oct 30, 2022

Hackable Moonwatch, available just for USD28K. I need this amount to buy the infamous Seiko, you know what it is.😉

 

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Larry S

·Oct 30, 2022·Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.

Was just playing with this on my 2998-6. Cool.

 

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UncleBuck

·Oct 30, 2022

Great information! I have always hacked my 861 to the second but I am going to stop!
It won't be much of a problem to note the difference of the second hand from the timing reference in the future and the only really critical thing I time is Happy Hour.

 

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SkunkPrince

·Oct 30, 2022

kohster

Totally understandable that when dealing with mechanical watches you have to expect (even embrace) the variance in time.

Indeed. I used to drive my watchmaker nuts with my unreasonable expectations. Now I just learn how the watch tends to run, set it perhaps 15 seconds behind and by the time I change to another watch it might be 15 seconds fast. No big!

 

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Archer

·Oct 30, 2022·Omega Qualified Watchmaker

As long as the watch doesn’t run backwards, there’s no harm in back hacking.

If it does hack at full wind, just let it run down a bit.

 

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marcn

·Oct 31, 2022

Mad Dog

Sooo…of course I had to tell the story of how I ate a whole brick of those Biscoffs one day [at band camp] when I was on the MD-88/90…which did not go well…almost had to “talk on the big white phone” in the lav…

I about died with the [at band camp]. All your photos, and a YouTube video or two, gives you the O.F. belt. Thank you sir, keep 'em coming!