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Post by pip on Apr 23, 2017 10:49:39 GMT -8
My lovely 96yo neighbour gave me his old watch book from 1948 today and it had this rather great advert for Omega at the front. I wonder if they still claim this?
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Post by small on Apr 23, 2017 13:42:47 GMT -8
I don't see why not. Seems there isn't much special about them then. In the beginning of TZ another online watch forum they discussed accuracy at length. One point being made was all the hand fitting that went into high end watches required continued skill and craftsmanship to keep them running tip top. If you took 10 Pateks that were running at the top of their game, ten IWC and ten Gruen running at their best, stripped them down to their parts reassembled without care as to which movement they originally came from odds were the Gruen's would run as well as they did before and that IWC would be about the same and Patek's would each suffer since each had so much individual treatment when being assembled. I don't recall who wrote the paper/editorial and I'm guessing its still floating around the net but I could believe its a pretty accurate assessment. I'm betting Omega falls into that same class, and I think that's a good thing.
I have heard the Caterpillar will also make available any part you need for one of their pieces of equipment no matter how old or what it is...It might cost you and may take some time but they will get that part to you...That says something about the company and standing behind their product...
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Post by jringo8769 on Apr 23, 2017 14:09:52 GMT -8
Well man made it and man can fix it....it all depends on hiw much it will cost
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2017 17:43:51 GMT -8
I don't see why not. Seems there isn't much special about them then. In the beginning of TZ another online watch forum they discussed accuracy at length. One point being made was all the hand fitting that went into high end watches required continued skill and craftsmanship to keep them running tip top. If you took 10 Pateks that were running at the top of their game, ten IWC and ten Gruen running at their best, stripped them down to their parts reassembled without care as to which movement they originally came from odds were the Gruen's would run as well as they did before and that IWC would be about the same and Patek's would each suffer since each had so much individual treatment when being assembled. I don't recall who wrote the paper/editorial and I'm guessing its still floating around the net but I could believe its a pretty accurate assessment. I'm betting Omega falls into that same class, and I think that's a good thing. I have heard the Caterpillar will also make available any part you need for one of their pieces of equipment no matter how old or what it is...It might cost you and may take some time but they will get that part to you...That says something about the company and standing behind their product... It's mostly just print on paper. Most Omegas from that time are long dead. By comparison, we have lots of Seikos from the 60s, 70s and newer that are still working just fine without ever having been serviced. Ultimately they too will die but the superior unserviced Swiss watches simply do not last as long. The Swiss pieces are made to much tighter tolerances and aging lubricants will bring them to a full stop long before a Seiko even begins to become sluggish. That is not a put down on Swiss products nor is it saying that Japanese watches are superior. They were just designed differently and with different intentions. Properly serviced(expensive services) should keep a good Swiss watch running for many life times; but the same can easily be said for even entry level Seiko movements. People don't generally spend money on servicing inexpensive Seiko watches but they still endure. The folks who ignore servicing a Swiss watch will not see the same length of service as the unserviced Seiko owners do. I know that there will be some people who will swear that their Swiss watch has gone unserviced for a 100 years and still keeps chronometer time but we all know that they are either imagining this or are exaggerating. Materials science and physics tell us that this is untrue. As for 'forever parts replacement'..it does not exist. That is a bad business model and would never survive!
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Post by 69ChevelleSS on Apr 24, 2017 5:55:12 GMT -8
I've got a pocket watch that my grandmother gave my grandfather (her wedding present to him) in 1926, It's a Raymond C. Yard watch with an IWC movement. Sadly, there is rust in the movement but according to IWC, it can be fixed. I would have to send it to IWC and it would likely have to be sent to Switzerland to have the unique parts made. I have a print out of the parts list and know exactly what parts need to be made. IWC says that they have the engineering documents for every movement they've ever made and can make any part to fix them all!
Now all I need to do is figure out how to afford it . . . . my guess is that it won't be cheap!
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Post by pip on Apr 25, 2017 14:45:09 GMT -8
I've got a pocket watch that my grandmother gave my grandfather (her wedding present to him) in 1926, It's a Raymond C. Yard watch with an IWC movement. Sadly, there is rust in the movement but according to IWC, it can be fixed. I would have to send it to IWC and it would likely have to be sent to Switzerland to have the unique parts made. I have a print out of the parts list and know exactly what parts need to be made. IWC says that they have the engineering documents for every movement they've ever made and can make any part to fix them all! Now all I need to do is figure out how to afford it . . . . my guess is that it won't be cheap! Are you sure it's out of warranty?
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Post by 69ChevelleSS on Apr 26, 2017 5:38:27 GMT -8
I've got a pocket watch that my grandmother gave my grandfather (her wedding present to him) in 1926, It's a Raymond C. Yard watch with an IWC movement. Sadly, there is rust in the movement but according to IWC, it can be fixed. I would have to send it to IWC and it would likely have to be sent to Switzerland to have the unique parts made. I have a print out of the parts list and know exactly what parts need to be made. IWC says that they have the engineering documents for every movement they've ever made and can make any part to fix them all! Now all I need to do is figure out how to afford it . . . . my guess is that it won't be cheap! Are you sure it's out of warranty? Unfortunately, the paperwork has been lost!
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