Omega Seamaster America's Cup Chrono Help

I love my Americas Cup - Real heavy piece and looks great on! Congrats. Stick to the steel bracelet though 😉

I have never had a problem with mine at all by the way!

Here is mine...

It was this watch I hold responsible for my addiction to watches. I bought mine in 2010 with b&p inc a service for a£1700. The last owner oy used it on special occasions so it was like new, I was undecided what watch to buy and as soon as I tried it on I wanted it. A service at an ad is something like £400 or so.

Your thread Inspired me to wear it today!

I'd go rubber rather than leather, the Seamaster Chrono Divers are heavy watch heads which is why Omega uses a heavy bracelet to balance them out. You might find the leather is too slippy and flops around a lot unless its very tight.

The issues with the 3301, 3303, 3313 etc. are a bit overblown IMO. The earlier versions did have some problems, but several parts have been modified inside the movement, and if all those modifications are done, the movement is very reliable. When I get one of these in for service the first thing I do when disassembling it is to check to make sure all the upgrades are done - if not then I provide the costs of those to my client, and strongly suggest they spring for the new parts.

One thing I would suggest is to make sure the watchmaker you use for service is familiar with the movement - not many are, and it can be tricky to work on if you are not used to the specific things that have to be paid attention to. Probably the biggest "gotcha" for most watchmakers who have not worked on these a lot is one that seems very simple - making sure the correct screw goes in the correct location. Now you would think this would be something every watchmaker pays attention to, but I see modern Omega watches with mixed up screws all the time. Just working on a Cal. 1128 that has screws mixed up all over the place.

With an 1128 the screws just look different - different finishes and one is gold coloured, but other than that they are the same and can be used in different locations (it drives me nuts personally, and to me shows a lack of care by the watchmaker). One the 3301 and like movements, the screws all look very similar, but if you put one in the wrong place, it's not just aesthetics, and it will cause movement faults.

One way to avoid this is to sort the screws as you see here on a 3301 that I did earlier this year...the trays near the bottom are for sorting out the screws...yes I might be a bit OCD. 😉



Cheers, Al