Seamaster Cosmic with loose movement

Archer

Ring and crystal are ordered as one.

Archer

Yes, it can clearly be seen in the second photo I posted above.

If you can press that crystal in with your fingers, it definitely needs replacing.

Eve

My wife also owns a cosmic. Recently she droped the watch on the floor, but didnt mention it to me. After a month she told me that the watch runs too fast. When i held the watch in the hand, i also felt that the movement is bumping inside, i couldnt remeber feeling this when it came from service. I also saw that the crystal was maybe 0,5mm not fully inside. Maybe due to the shock it moved a bit. Since the watch was still under warranty i brought it to the AD. The watchmaker told me that the crystal cracked when he was trying to take it out and now is waiting (since 1,5 month) for a replacement, somehow Omega seems to still have problems after the cyber attack.

Do you have the special tool to extract the crystal? How did you take it out?
I can imagine that maybe your one had a simmilar problem.

Urban

The crystal on my watch was very tight fitted when I removed it. I haven’t got the Tool 107 needed for this, so I did as in the video I posted above.

Eve

Thats an impressive method 😀 havent seen it before.
It does feel that the crystal is exposed to quite some friction, while beeing fitted and removed.
I wonder if those crystals actually need to be replaced after every opening, or if they can still perform as good after being refitted a few times.

Pvt-Public

Dumping the movement straight on the cushion? Shouldn’t the hands be removed first?

Archer

Well, you as a private individual won't be able to buy the crystal. It would have to be purchased by a watchmaker with an Omega parts account, and they could install it for you as well.

You could try to find a crystal somewhere using the part number I've given you - even a scratched up one with a good tension ring would work...