Trying to FIX a Faulty 1970s OMEGA QUARTZ WATCH
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- Опубліковано 22 бер 2019
- Hi, in this video I attempt to fix a Omega Quartz watch from the 1970s. It was purchased from eBay as not working.
Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things.
I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series.
Many thanks, Vince. - Навчання та стиль
I graduated from Bulova School in 1970 and have been repairing Accutrons and quartz watches like these. One major thing that is sooo important before attempting to repair ANY watch is to learn how to use the tools. The screwdrivers you use have a rotating top for a reason. Your forefinger ALWAYS should be on the top so the screwdriver does not slip off the screwhead and damage other parts in the watch. The video was a bit long but very good. and informative..
“If you’re really into watches this will be painful” 😂😂 I appreciate the warning lol
LOOKS LIKE THE PROBLEM WAS THE STEP MOTOR, BUT THE GUY WAS LUCKY COULD BE A BURNT IC OR COILL, AND HE WOULD NEVER GT OUT OF THIS.
I now embrace my insomnia, how else would I discover such excellent content at 3am. Well done watch is beautiful .
Great Video..very informative. Love quartz watchers, especially 1970s LCDs.
If you lose a small part [39:04] on a carpet or floor, use a vacuum cleaner with a cloth placed over the nozzel. The cleaner will pick up the piece and the cloth will prevent it being sucked into the cleaner bag.
Great work there, mate! Nothing wrong with quartz, especially when the seconds hand hits the markers almost perfectly like in your restored Omega and it's an in-house movement (and serviceable like for example also some of Seiko's purpose built ones). The hate for quartz stems from a time when quartz watches became cheaper by the day which also affected the general effort put into the rest of a watch (design, finishing, general value). A nice watch is a nice watch - regardless if quartz or mechanical.
Always good to see a nice old quartz tended to! Cheers.
Amazing work. Seemed almost like a mission impossible reviving a 50 year old quartz watch. Excellent Job. One thing you could try while fitting the crystal, put it in the freezer for an hour or two, it will slightly help when press fitting it.
I was never really into watches or clocks but I reeeeeally like to watch you fixing them. Hope to see more 'trying to fix' watch/clock videos!
Well done sir. I love the way you approach things and are not worried about screwing up. I have also learned from your mistakes. I have an Omega Seamaster automatic from the 1940s my uncle bought it from an army surplus center when the war was over and he came out of the army. It has been handed down to my dad who had it serviced and it never ran right after and it came back with a plastic lens, I guess they weren't a very good service center. He passed it on to me and I also had it serviced at a local jewelers and again it still doesn't run right and still has a plastic lens. We have spent over £600 in the last 5 years and it's still not right. After seeing this I am going to have a go myself. Thanks and keep up the good work. Thumbs up.
Good luck MrMaxeemum. I hope you get your watch running good again. My dad passed away recently and found some old watches of his in his stuff. They are junk really but i want to restore one to wear and remember him by.
A friend gave me a dead 1346 (Constellation). New battery, still not working. Then put a bit of oil on the jeweled wheel and other wheel, and she came to life! It keeps excellent time but seems to need a new battery after about 9 months. Nice gold dial, day&date. Thanks for your excellent video on this ~ Ben
Excellent!!! Was a bit tense watching the glass fitting part lol! I kept expecting it to break again - I am glad it didn't!
Same here. Every time he took it out I was thinking "Good enough, just leave it and see if it stays in while wearing it, you still have the spares!" ... and then he put it back in again and started pressing :D Ah well, got to have some luck after spending that kind of money. I personally am not into these "classic" watches, but I am absolutely certain my Apple Watch is not going to work in 40 years, while this one just might.
Another fantastic fix! I love that you fix so many different items and not one type. You keep it fresh and entertaining! Keep up the good work, pal!
What an amazing video! Great project, I was glued on to my computer biting my nails hoping for everything to work. Ha ha. Thank you for sharing.
Mate, frankly, you're one of the best, most engaging channels I have come across. Please don't ever change. Cheers again from PA USA!
Nice looking finished project. I like the watch and the music.
Fantastic repair, you so deserve to have this watch working, such a lot of work, but we'll worth the effort. 😊👍👍👍
Great Work Vince! By the way: the Regulator to adjust the watch speed is a variable capacitor. It is used tontune the frequency of the quarz crystal.
Awesome repair good video to learn how the battery-operated watches work 👍
Great repair job on the Omega, im also born in 1976.I am to a watch collector and fundy.Cheers.
Excellent video. Noob repairs is what's missing on youtube.
Since I am not a watch guy and have absolutely no intention of trying a similar repair, (1) I was amazed that I watched the entire video; (2) I found it most interesting. Thanks for sharing this. Also, congratulations on resurrecting a beautiful timepiece from the ashes.
You just inspired me to buy a old watch, not only for special occasion but also in case my digital watch dies.. I rely on it quite a lot at work
I'd wear that with a good deal of enthusiasm. Well done buddy.
That’s a lovely looking watch! Well done.
What a journey! Glad you got there in the end mate!
I have a casio solar watch for the last ten years its never lost a second charges it self up and will last 3 to 4 months with no light,if it's low on power , then it will go in to battery save mode and turn off the display to keep time ?it tunes into a radio frequently Greenwich meantime ever morning to set it self correctly is 100meter water prove and is shock proof plus tells the time all round the world times zones has stop watch all the features u could won't ECT ,but my dad offerd to sell me his Rolex Submariner some years ago for £400 ,I really wish i bought it ,I love the older watches they have character ,and can be a investment .these smart watches I think are pointless untill they can get them to last more than a few days on a charge .omegas are very nice I would be proud to own one such as this and brought it back to live on .
brilliantly interesting
Greetings from Arkansas in the USA. Seen a few of your vids, I dig your candor and humor. I personally am a gunsmith of 40 years. I mention this as we utilize many of same tools and seek quality results.
So, look for a polishing compound product called Flitz. Or Simichrome. You'll be very happy with the results over Brasso. I also spent 8 years in military so I can attest my use of Brasso is extensive and the aforementioned products out perform by far.
To achieve touch up brushed looks....use a 3m product called ScotchBrtite. Comes in various "grits" similar to sandpaper....but does not perform like sandpaper..... I suggest a Scotchbrite Grey, and a finer yet, white. Red may be too coarse....however I use red scotchbrite on Smith & Wesson stainless firearms ....
The flitz or simichrome will also help on those mineral crystal faces...a lot. (Brasso has a massive amount of ammonia as ingredients....which may cause you problems later with corrosion/tarnishing or what I call "tanning" ( discoloration ).
Hi, thanks for these help tips and the product recommendations. I will Google them or check to see if they are on Amazon :-)
Use a gray scotch brite pad to refinish the brushed stainless. Apply in the same direction as original grain.
That watch is gorgeous. Definitely worth the cost to get it working.
Another great fix, Vince! I have an Omega (yes I pronounce Omega the same as you) Seamaster chronograph which is mechanical, and beloned to my late father
I rly like videos, where someone restoring or repairing things. Good job!
Love the watch and timepiece content - The movement that is right (Quartz or Automatic) is the one you like. I own several of each type and you mentioned the main benefit to quartz in that you can wear it, put it away for a time, and only have to reset the date (if even that) when you wear it again. As far as installing the crystal (and re-installing the snap type watch back) I've found that squeezing that type of tool in a squeeze then release or sort of a rocking motion is the way to go - also, use a somewhat smaller nylon disk for the crystal will help "bow" the center and allow it to "pop in" - the same is true for the case back! There are also some videos on how to brush your case or bracelet again - you high polish it and use a certain wire wheel to get the original looking brushed but in my opinion the scratches add character and the watch is only original once. Great work Vince enjoy your timepiece!
another great video! thanks vince.i would like to see more watches being fixed
What a coincidence. Just acquired a new watch from my father. It's a self winding one from the 70's though. Old Swiss one. :)
great stuff, glad you got it fixed
Thanks, Vince you gave this Watch ⌚ New Life 👆 🙏
And killed another working one in the process 😂😂😂
Nice job, well done. The only thing I would change is for the day of the week to start changing at 11pm so that it ticks over bang on midnight.
Although I am a digital watch fan myself, I realy like the video and the watch looks great in the end. Well done Vince.
Great looking watch Vince! Well done!
Awesome repair, mate! Personally, I prefer quartz watches because I own quite a few watches and it's bothersome resetting the time/date each time you wear a mechanical watch.
Keep up the good work!
Very sharp looking watch. Excellent job. Maybe not a professional job, but excellent none the less. Great job!
Great video buddy. I must say you are as tenacious as a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Nice to see you didn’t let it beat you. Keep posting the vids. Throughly enjoyed it. Regards Steve.
I am absolute beginner. I bought the watch repair tools you have there and last week i managed to take a couple of links out of my new watch. This is a laughable level for you guys but i have to start to learn somewhere guys. My next thing is to learn using the press to put backs on again 😊. Great video btw
It came out pretty nice! Congrats on your new watch Vince!
Been there myself. Can be frustrating but very rewarding. Keep up the good work.
Well done! Keep up the good work. You are the best.
Very cool movement. I have the chance to purchase and fix one up tomorrow, so this video will definitely come in handy!
Nice work Vince. Too bad you had to purchase a 2nd one, but glad it all worked out.
Great vid very interesting nice subject matter I have a sea master, I like your patience please do another thanks baz.
absolutely well-done Vince hats off to you.
That's a lovely watch!
Great informative video.
Lovely watch 👍
Nice looking watch man and very interesting video.
Well Done, Very beautiful piece. You did really well with that whole process.
Good job way better than apple’s I-watch rubbish. 😊
Great job! Great video! Beautiful watch :)
Thank you :-)
Nice job. I was hoping that you would get it going. Great video!
46:30 - BURMBACLAAAAARRRRRTTTTTTT!!!!!!! Big man ting!! Amazing, well done mate!
Great video, great approach. Love your channel.👍. A 🍀🍀🍀
When fitting the glass, would it help if you heated up the watch case to expand it slightly? Not too hot so as not to damage the gasket.
That part of the bracelet that is scratched you can always use some really really light sandpaper like 4000 Grit to get rid of the scratches and it'll still look brushed
A fiberglass brush like you have used for cleaning traces etc will also do. They make watch-specific ones for this exact job.
@@m_bagger even better idea
Vince, you're clearly a braver man than I am... or my local watchmaker, for that matter. I have ended up with a small collection of vintage quartz watches (nothing as fancy as a Seamaster, mind you) since I like smallish, functional, no-nonsense watch designs that were quite prevalent in the '70s/'80s but do not consider the timekeeping of mechanical watches anywhere near acceptable... an average 1 second / day is getting on my nerves, and ideally I'd want less than half a second or better.
As you might expect, it hasn't all been smooth sailing. Aging crystals and dodgy trimmer capacitors may push timekeeping over +1 second / day (but for my watchmaker's old equipment, that's still too small to correct reliably). Some movements seem a bit prone to seizing up when unused (e.g. Seiko 7122/7123, bought one stuck and a bit of persuasion brought it back). A proprietary bracelet (similar to the Omega shown here) fell apart on me, literally worn through... bummer, I liked that watch. Accidentally dropped a fairly nice Roamer into the ultrasonic when trying to clean up the bracelet - the bit of water getting in seems to have corroded something, and the mov't is NLA apparently. It had been keeping really good time, too. :(
My fave might be a mid-'80s Seiko with the classic "Railroad Approved" watch face (still available today) and a 5H23 mov't (about +0.5 s/d). The one with the 7122 isn't too bad either, if in a bit of a hurry (about +1 s/d, maybe more). An off-brand GDR-made antiquated battery hog from the late '80s (probably Ruhla cal. 13-33) that I bought mainly for looks / readability surprised me with excellent timekeeping... maybe that's why someone bothered to put a stainless back from some modern-day Far East cheapie on there (the watch case itself is quite badly pitted on the back side, clearly it does not take kindly to sweat).
Inspired by your persistence and skill
As a watch addict I very much enjoyed this project well done. The feeling that you get when something starts to work is priceless. just a thought, could you have put the watch body in boiling water and dried it to give it some thermal expansion just before you fitted the glass?
Bravo. "Fortune favours the brave". Regards
Vince goes outside for a second to show us his wonderful fixed watch
Police Sirens in the background
😂
Hi, have you considered getting an oscilloscope?
You will be able to see things that right now you can't hope to with just a couple of meters. Yes it's quite an investment but I think it will pay off for you in the long run. For example you could check oscillator circuits with crystals like on the watch. You can see pulses like the ones being sent to motors etc. They are really great to have and use but there will be a learning curve to start with !
Check out some of the popular Rigol scopes,
you get a lot of bang for the buck.
You should use a decal for the pin stripe on the rattle can job, but get it painted when you do the proper paint job.
Fantastic job!
Awesome fix
Thanks mate :-)
Just a tip regarding the ultrasonic cleaner. You don't actually need to use mesh bags or anything. You can just put any small parts in a small glass beaker of the cleaning liquid and stand it in the basked. Ultrasonic doesn't use require "bubbles" to penetrate anything. The ultrasonic pulses will still work through the glass.
Thanks for the tip, I never realised. Saved me buying fancy mesh containers :-)
I get so invested in these repairs 😄
Hi vince, honestly fab job. Most watchmakers won't even touch quartz nowadays a) because parts usually impossible and b) because they don't understand them as well as mechanical. If cleaning hands I wouldn't use cotton buds, i would consider a fibreglass pen which gently polishes them, you can mount them gently on a flat piece of rodico whilst doing so. I love the dial, quartz are underated but omega did them well. Great video and top marks. PS PLEASE DONT USE RENATA BATTERIES THEY LEAK. DON'T BUY CHEAP BATTERIES.
Thats a great watch and worth what you paid. if working you could expect to pay £500-600. I think you did great on that purchase
if you look closely, you can see the very thin wires that broke off from the solder pads on the motor. the torn white piece is just a fiberglass substrate for bonding the wires and providing a connection to the springs.
darn good looking watch. Quartz is wrongly maligned.
Actually Vince, you CAN regulate it. See the round part with a sunken square by the chip? That’s the adjusting pot. Find or make the proper tool to adjust that, and monitor. You will have a very happy running accurate watch.
I really enjoyed WATCHING this..... I'll see.myself out.
Good job 👍🙂
Would be great to see more Trying to fix Discman Series OR Playstation 3 Series while I like watches those appeal to me more...thanks for the great videos
Rub the bracelet carefully along a sheet of scotchbrite rythmically and in the same direction.. it will bring the brushed finish up lovely.
That thing with a screw you call a regulator is a variable capacitor, it changes the frequency of the oscillator, I hope that helps.
I have watched the internetz annd this is literally my favouritez !
Use a dry scotchbrite green pad (not the ones on a sponge ) on the brushed stainless, only rub with the grain
I know that I am late many years but I have some suggestions,: don't use brasso use tripoly to clean the metal then get some commercial jewelry polish it will look much better. If you have a small Dremel tool with buffs for each use. If you need more info please email me. Good job on the watch. George
If you've got a Halfords paint touch up kit, there's a tiny foam sponge with a fine sandpaper side, and just a couple if brushes down the length of the original brushing will tidy it up quite well.
Finaly a new video 👌 great one !
A couple of traces on that new board looked kind of sketchy. Nice fix!
Thoroughly enjoyed your video. I too have similar 1345 movement with a 198.0118. What is driving me nuts is how release the stem from the movement. Can you tell me to to do this?
Well done
Try garryflex blocks for polishing , available in different grits.I use one for polishing scratches out of my seamaster clasp.
Great job
great video mate ,why dont you show us your watch collection as i have seen you wear quite few different watches in the past
I liked the determination of you to mend this watch.
Try ac voltage to see if you get a reading ,the multimeter in DC mode is not fast enough to pick up the pulsed voltage. If the other watch came with out that plastic around the battery ,the battery shorted out on the case of the watch,the plastic pice is an insulator.
I have the same movement in a stainless steel watch which was my fathers. It has a silver dial and leather strap. Amazing video which I really enjoyed!!.The watch keeps perfect time. The challenge I have is when fitting a new battery the button in the middle of the crown wheel does not work. So to set the time I place a piece of insulating material under the batter and pull out at the correct time. Is this a major fault or fixable.
GOOD ON YA' MATE !
On 25 December 1969, Seiko unveiled the Astron, the world's first quartz watch, which marked the beginning of the quartz revolution. The first swiss quartz analog watch - the Ebauches Beta 21 containing the Beta 1 movement - arrived at the 1970 Basel Fair.
Love watching your videos. Highly entertaining. I get that it's not about the money and more the challenge and satisfaction of getting it to work again. I have learnt a lot and also like fixing things. I now attempt more as i have learnt from your efforts. Keep up the good work.