Watchmaking weirdness

Geezer · Dec 11, 2022

So I bought a nice little Omega 2846 that I intend to give to my wife for Christmas. In the auction picture, I noticed on the crystal something that looked like an insect.

Upon receiving the watch, I immediately notice that this is the wrong crystal (no tension ring) and it is indeed an insect.

Next step: disassembly and removing the crystal....

To my great surprise, the insect is actually stuck inside the crystal. 😲 It must have died a horrible death by drowning when they produced it...

So the watchmaker who worked on this watch before me installed the wrong crystal type, and secondly ignored the obvious crystal defect... 👎

The rest of the watch is pretty nice though. 😁

Aroxx · Dec 11, 2022

I can’t believe somebody put that on a watch. It would really bug me.

marcn · Dec 11, 2022

Secret to what makes a watch tick.

Geezer · Dec 12, 2022

Immortalized in plastic.

rspace · Dec 12, 2022

wow! you should save it! Jurassic Park franchise is running out of ideas for sequels....

JimInOz · Dec 12, 2022

I found a beetle in a pocket watch movement a few years ago 😵‍💫.

ghce · Dec 12, 2022

JimInOz
I found a beetle in a pocket watch movement a few years ago 😵‍💫.

Which one, John, Paul or Ringo

Geezer · Dec 12, 2022

Haha, great idea! I instantly thought of Jurassic park too when I saw it.

QC at the crystal factory must have been asleep at the job the day they produced it...

rspace
wow! you should save it! Jurassic Park franchise is running out of ideas for sequels....

janice&fred · Dec 12, 2022

Geezer
So the watchmaker who worked on this watch before me installed the wrong crystal type, and secondly ignored the obvious crystal defect...

"Watchmaker" is probably a stretch, more like someone at home thought it was funny when they crudely installed that buggy acrylic and didn't bother with the tension ring 😁

Pvt-Public · Dec 12, 2022

Want to get rid of the crystal?? I'll give you a coupe bucks + postage for it !

Archer · Dec 12, 2022

I recall seeing a post on TZ many years ago with a gif of a new watch someone had bought, and a small insect crawled across the dial and then down into the date window opening...

I've been working at my bench and had spiders drop down right in front of me - with a loupe on that can be a distressing thing...they look like Australian spiders, even though they are tiny...

Shit happens...

noelekal · Dec 12, 2022

I'll give you a few bucks more for it than Pvt-Public will.

Pvt-Public · Dec 12, 2022

noelekal
I'll give you a few bucks more it than Pvt-Public will.

Aroxx · Dec 12, 2022

That’s it, send it to Philips. This could be this season’s hot auction item. Just lie and tell them it came from a Rolex.

140dave · Dec 12, 2022

ghce
Which one, John, Paul or Ringo

What the 'ell ... You got something against George?

asloper6001 · Dec 12, 2022

hahaha thats a new one for me! wild

ghce · Dec 12, 2022

140dave
What the 'ell ... You got something against George?

The forgotten beetle 😁

140dave · Dec 12, 2022

...and for the OP ... once I knew it was actually in the crystal I would have put it right back on the watch and bought the wife something else. That would have been a fun watch in the office, dangle that wrist non-nonchalantly and see the reactions.

Larry S · Dec 12, 2022

Baltic amber with bugs is rare and valuable.

akshayluc420 · Dec 12, 2022

marcn
Secret to what makes a watch tick.

and fly off shelves...

Lovely piece OP, congrats and wear in good health

Watchmaking weirdness

Geezer

Aroxx

marcn

Geezer

rspace

JimInOz

ghce

Geezer

janice&fred

Pvt-Public

Archer

noelekal

Pvt-Public

Aroxx

140dave

asloper6001

ghce

140dave

Larry S

akshayluc420

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