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Where can I find a crown for seamaster quartz 1980 cal 1432
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MRC
·Omega in Bienne still had them as of five years ago. Full service ~£450.
And there is one somewhere in the British mail sorting system, but it escaped.....
And there is one somewhere in the British mail sorting system, but it escaped.....
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·Omega in Bienne still had them as of five years ago. Full service ~£450.
And there is one somewhere in the British mail sorting system, but it escaped.....
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·Are you for real? That’s outlandish, the ducking watch was like 700£?
Just because the watch was cheap to buy (recently), does not mean that it was always cheap to buy, or that servicing it will be cheap.
And arguably, servicing shouldn't be cheap - you're paying a skilled craftsperson to do a complicated job that required lots of time and training.
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·Are you for real? That’s outlandish, the ducking watch was like 700£?
Now I know more about the handling technology used to process regular mail I would send it differently now.
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·Not sure I understand.
I believe the OP is shocked that a service would cost that amount of money.
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·Just because the watch was cheap to buy (recently), does not mean that it was always cheap to buy, or that servicing it will be cheap.
And arguably, servicing shouldn't be cheap - you're paying a skilled craftsperson to do a complicated job that required lots of time and training.
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·Just because the watch was cheap to buy (recently), does not mean that it was always cheap to buy, or that servicing it will be cheap.
And arguably, servicing shouldn't be cheap - you're paying a skilled craftsperson to do a complicated job that required lots of time and training.
I bought mine new in 1982. It had some good and bad associations at that time, so to keep it running well I bit the bullet and paid for a full Omega Bienne service.
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·Not sure I understand. I sent my owned-from-new 1342 watch to Bienne and it came back with a new crown fitted and the old but still functioning one in a bag. I tried to send the old crown to someone like you who needed a replacement. It did not make it through the mail.
Now I know more about the handling technology used to process regular mail I would send it differently now.
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·That’s very generous of you, I wish I was on the receiving end of that generosity I guess I’ll have to bite the bullet as well, or just buy a new watch.
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·I appreciate that, but that’s too high of a price for a crown, it only needs to be attached, I’m not asking for open heart surgery here.:
Right.
If you like it get it properly serviced, if you don't the bin is over there ->
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·I appreciate that, but that’s too high of a price for a crown, it only needs to be attached, I’m not asking for open heart surgery here.:
Give how much of a strip you’re having about paying for a watch service, it’s probably for the best that you’re not asking for open heart surgery… I understand that’s somewhat more expensive.
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·Sooooo, all that has happened to it is that the crown has been magically whisked away by a wave of the watch fairy's wand?
Right.
If you like it get it properly serviced, if you don't the bin is over there ->
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·Give how much of a strip you’re having about paying for a watch service, it’s probably for the best that you’re not asking for open heart surgery… I understand that’s somewhat more expensive.
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·What are you talking about, a magic wand, you’re not making sense. I’m getting the crown reattached today for 70$
If the crown has come off the watch has been open to the elements. Whether for minutes, days, weeks, months, or years.
A service is highly advisable.
Just reattaching the crown is generally a bad idea. You don’t know what could have got inside the movement, and you don’t know what else might have been affected by the crown or stem becoming detached.
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·I live in Sweden. We have free health care here, I would pay 20$ for open heart surgery
You’re purposefully missing the point and behaving like an arsehole. Take it down a notch.
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·If the crown has come off the watch has been open to the elements. Whether for minutes, days, weeks, months, or years.
A service is highly advisable.
Just reattaching the crown is generally a bad idea. You don’t know what could have got inside the movement, and you don’t know what else might have been affected by the crown or stem becoming detached.
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·I think I know what you mean with stem, and it is working. I can set the time so I can’t see how opening it would be necessary. Do you guys work for omega? I bought a quartz this time to not have to pay for expensive check ups and repairs.
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·I think I know what you mean with stem, and it is working. I can set the time so I can’t see how opening it would be necessary. Do you guys work for omega? I bought a quartz this time to not have to pay for expensive check ups and repairs.
In that case, you bought the wrong quartz.
Massively generalising (there are outliers), but quartz watches fall into two main categories:
1 - The movement is cheap (£25-£100) it is possible to service, however when the watch goes for service, it is more cost effective to replace the entire movement.
2 - The movement is high grade/expensive and designed to be serviced rather than replaced.
What you have bought falls into category 2.
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·I live in Sweden. We have free health care here, I would pay 20$ for open heart surgery
