Hi OF! Newb looking for advice.

I hope everyone’s still sane during this Covid crisis.

This is perhaps my first Omega pocket watch, an impulse buy to tinker with. It smells horribly of WD40...obviously not running. You can probably just make out the old, solidified oil on the centre wheel. It seems to be quite an early piece from 1900s, when watchmakers still combined the movements and cases together.

This may seem like a silly question, but there doesn’t seem to be a setting lever screw. How, exactly, are you supposed to remove the stem?



And remember kids, stay protected! Take care.

All the best,
Chris

 

Look for a screw on the crown tube. But, if this is a negative set and the crown pulls up, that actually leaves enough slack to get the movement out.

But! If you are not a watchmaker, there is nothing you can do to improve the situation. I can't tell you how regretful certain past actions were.

 

Hi @SkunkPrince

Thanks for your input! Sorry I’ve been slow to respond. Been caught up with everything going on recently and haven’t had much free time. I haven’t even been able to take another look at the pocket watch!

The crown does pull up, so I guess it’s really as simple as that. I’ll update the thread once I have the time to work on it and get it running again!

I know that feeling! Haha

 

Thanks again for the advice! The movement simply dropped out after having pulled the crown up. The movement was in a horrid state.

So, as promised, here are some before and after photos which I quickly took during the process. Running nicely now.

 

Congratulations! Wear it in good health!

 

Your serial dates it to c1903, it is similar to my c1907. Fun to see how the font had become more extravagant in a few years