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alam
·…Seems wrong to not put it back to factory specs…
Agree - not testing at its rated depth is plain wrong and I would take it back for proper testing & documentation. Good luck!
SM 300 First Service, sorry
Agree - not testing at its rated depth is plain wrong and I would take it back for proper testing & documentation. Good luck!
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titan7
·I am in the school of its keeping good time wait. Now I will admit I went a bit long, I need to send 3 Rolex watches for service, all now 15-16 years old. Still keeping time within spec. but I am going to have them serviced now. YMMV
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PATRICK JP
·Great advice, but still smarts that my Omega store in Canada charges $950 CAD for a service. I can buy a nice watch for that
Service will be expensive anywhere…
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Kraal90
·This watch has omegas co-axial escapement which I’ve heard is more complex to service. It’s probably easier and cheaper for an independent to service the cal 1120 which was found in the previous generation of SMP 300s.
Luxury watches aren’t a cheap hobby either. In the interest of saving money you could wait a year or so and then have omega service the watch.
Luxury watches aren’t a cheap hobby either. In the interest of saving money you could wait a year or so and then have omega service the watch.
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RonP
·Repair is done with dedicated service instructions. F.e. For a watertight watch Omega has standard kits per model what should be replaced, crown, tube, gaskets, pushers, glass, depending on the model. With that they restore the watchhead to the original quality of being waterproof. Same for movement, for 1150 types f.e. (Based on the ETA 7750 models) in every service you replace by default the mainspring and barrel complete, the rotor bearing and the reversing wheel. Because you know they will wear and tear over time. Maybe not tomorrow, but you want to be sure the watch still runs in 4 or 5 years from now before he gets serviced again.
Compare it to the brakes of your car, maybe there is still enough today but they have to be safe also up till the next service period….how many people would like to go 3 month after te periodic service again to the carshop just to haves their brakes done. Omega wants to give you the same experience, a worry free period until the next service.
Compare it to the brakes of your car, maybe there is still enough today but they have to be safe also up till the next service period….how many people would like to go 3 month after te periodic service again to the carshop just to haves their brakes done. Omega wants to give you the same experience, a worry free period until the next service.
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RonP
·This watch has omegas co-axial escapement which I’ve heard is more complex to service. It’s probably easier and cheaper for an independent to service the cal 1120 which was found in the previous generation of SMP 300s.
Luxury watches aren’t a cheap hobby either. In the interest of saving money you could wait a year or so and then have omega service the watch.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerCo-axiaal is not more complex, except for a different oiling instruction for the “coaxiaal” parts. You have to it at very precise places and really control the amount of oil used, but other than that business as usual. Offcourse you could always sell it to the customer as more complex and ask an additional 40 dollars….😉
Not more complex really, but certainly more time consuming, and requires specialized equipment and oil. For example in a normal Swiss lever escapement, it takes me very little time to apply the roughly 3 drops of 9415 to the pallet fork exit stone, cycle the escapement through a few times, and check the amount of oil applied. I use the 9415 for this task on every Swiss lever watch that comes though my shop, the work is done in a regular movement holder, and using a regular oiler that I use for pretty much every watch I service.
In contrast, a 2 level co-axial escapement has 30 different points that must be oiled, using two different oils, and one of those oils is purchased specifically for this purpose and is not used anywhere else on any other watches. On the newer 3 level co-axial movements, the oiling points are reduced to "just" 10. This takes considerably more time due to the precise nature of the placement and amount of oil used, as you mentioned. This work is done under a microscope (not needed for a Swiss leveler escapement) and done in a movement specific control holder, using a specific oiler (one modified to the task of picking up such small amounts of oil). If you want to service all of Omega's co-axial escapements, you will need many of these control holders (one for each caliber family), which cost around $250 each at the low end, and over $500 for the more complex designs. So off the top of my head, something close to 10 of these holders would be needed.
Further to that in order to properly service many of these newer calibers, Omega sells kits of tools that provide the control holder, plus all the other specific tools needed for that caliber. The kit for the 8900 is about $1,000, the kit for the 9900 is $2,000, the 8800 is $1,000 and on it goes...these costs add up, so if someone is charging slightly more for the expertise, time, and tooling/material costs associated with servicing all these movements, to me that's perfectly justified just like any other business would charge more for something that costs them more to do.
Cheers, Al
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Frank J Malloy
·In contrast, a 2 level co-axial escapement has 30 different points that must be oiled, using two different oils, and one of those oils is purchased specifically for this purpose and is not used anywhere else on any other watches.
This work is done under a microscope (not needed for a Swiss leveler escapement) and done in a movement specific control holder, using a specific oiler (one modified to the task of picking up such small amounts of oil). If you want to service all of Omega's co-axial escapements, you will need many of these control holders (one for each caliber family), which cost around $250 each at the low end, and over $500 for the more complex designs. So off the top of my head, something close to 10 of these holders would be needed.
Yikes. All this complexity makes co-axial a bit...off putting to me, honestly. I have a 2500C AT and it's been serviced once and running fine since 2007, but I mean...wow...
