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The Rolex Air King is a simple looking watch and this one is powered by the Rolex calibre 3000, a relatively simple automatic movement. I particularly like the grey dial on this one. Its arrived on my bench as its losing time and is ready for a service.
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This Tag Heuer Aquaracer came to me for a service as it keeps stopping. As you can see from the dial, it says its a calibre 5 movement – as with a lot of the brands, they make a slight adjustment to the movement and name it something else, this is really a simple Sellita SW 200.
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Another Breitling service for the blog, and I’ve seen quite a few of this particular model. This one was sent in by Ryan, it is 10 years old and yet to receive its first service, so it is certainly due one. The watch is also receiving a case brighten, to refresh its good looks and bring its shine back.
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This is the second Omega GMT of the blog, Jamie sent it in for a service as it had stopped working. They are a very good movement, not too dissimilar to the 1120, but the one weakness this movement has is the GMT hour wheel. The spring within the wheel weakens and there is no other option than to replace it.
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Julie sent me her Rolex Datejust to service, she said it had been left in a drawer for a few years and doesn’t work anymore – not overly surprising, watches don’t usually fair too well if just left, the oils congeal from the lack of movement, a service will easily resolve this and get it running as it should again.
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Glenn sent me his Breitling Superocean to service and opted for my light case refinishing option – the case brighten. I was actually quite surprised that I hadnt featured a watch with the ETA 2824-2 movement on this blog before, its a popular, bullet proof movement used in a range of brands.
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The first Ebel service for the blog, the Ebel Voyager automatic. Its an ETA 2892-2 movement with a few adjustments to accommodate the rotating 24 hour ring that sits around the edge of the dial. I can tell straight away from winding this watch, its in desperate need of a service.
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Another iconic watch, the Rolex Submariner. Due to its green dial and green bezel, this model is affectionately referred to as the ‘hulk’. The Sub, for short, was first introduced by Rolex in 1954, and is one of their most popular models.
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Steve sent me his Tag Heuer for service as it was losing time and had a low power reserve – the watch is 12 years old and he said he’s worn it pretty much continually that whole time. Its well overdue a service and he’s also opted for the case brighten option to improve its looks.
Continue reading “Watch Service: Tag Heuer Carrera Chronograph. Cal ETA 7750.”
This Rolex Datejust was suffering with a common fault that Rolex’s often develop – a worn rotor post. The watch was losing time, and I could tell straight away from the sound within the watch, the rotor was loose and touching the case back.
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The second watch of the duo sent in by Andy is another Omega, this one a vintage with the Omega calibre 552 inside. Its a bullet proof movement and certainly built a little differently to the more modern calibres, this one happens to be in very nice condition, just in need of a service.
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Andy sent me 2 of his Omegas for service, this one and a vintage, which will feature in the next post on my blog. This one hadn’t been serviced since 2007, so was well overdue. The Omega 1120 as seen in this watch, is basically an ETA 2892-A2 with a few minor changes.
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Rolex Datejust for a full service, this particular one was sent in by Peter as it has a low power reserve, is stopping occasionally and losing time. It also hasn’t been serviced for about 6 years, so its overdue and high time to get this watch back into good working order.
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This Omega was sent to me for service for the simple reason it had been about five years since it was last serviced, it was running well and keeping good time. Sticking to the recommended service intervals often reduces the need for new parts and keeps the cost of servicing down.
Continue reading “Watch Service: Omega Seamaster GMT. Cal 1128.”
The next watch for service is a Breitling Colt, the movement, ETA 2893-2 is the same as the more commonly used ETA 2892-2, but with the added GMT function. This particular Breitling has been sent to me as its stopping randomly.
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