Spillpot 0 Posted January 18, 2018 Hi. New member drawn here after the (hopefully temporary) fall of RWI. I'm sure you guys are just as helpful, as I'm after some advise. I bought my first rep (Omega PO CR) about 18 months ago and it's recently starting having a problem. I wear the watch daily and it's kept fantastic time with me only needing to wind it if I happened to not wear it for a couple of days. However, recently it keeps stopping and doesn't appear to be winding the main spring when winding with the crown. If I keep moving, the watch keeps ticking so the automatic winding appears to be working. But have a day of sitting around too long, and it keeps stopping for a few minutes until I get moving again. When I do wind with the crown it sounds like its winding then I hear (and can feel) a click every 3/4 of a turn of the crown. It's as if something is slipping or a gear not properly engaging and the mainspring isn't charging. I'm wondering if it's a problem with the keyless mechanism, perhaps a misaligned spring there, or something caught in the winding gear? As I said, this was my first rep before I'd read much about movements. This PO is from V6F and uses a Miyota 8215 decorated with the Omega 8500 shiny bits. I've done some reading and it seems that a repair of this movement is likely to cost more than a replacement. My questions to the experts are: Any suggestions or ideas of what the problem might be? Is it likely this is something I could have a go at fixing myself? I have most of the tools, but no experience of servicing movements. However, I'm prepared to learn and have enjoyed watching a bunch of videos. I know, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but you have to start somewhere! If I were to buy a replacement Miyota 8215 movement, would I be able to transfer the decorations onto it? With the Omega PO having a glass case-back, it would be a shame not to have this. In hindsight, I won't buy another show case-back again. If a replacement mechanism is the best route, any suggestions on where I could get one that would be compatible with my hands, face etc.? e.g. is something like https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172204086636 the right thing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
