zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

Hello to everyone!

I have two Omega automatic watches, one is my father's old watch, from the early seventies, and it still looks great and keeps good time, and I also have a Seamaster ProChronograph Titanium, which I purchased last spring after much research.
I love it almost sinfully. It keeps very good time, and is pretty durable.

I have enjoyed and learned some interesting things on this forum, and thought I would participate.

Today I went to the Swatch Group Canada HQ in Toronto for a new half-link, and had an interesting discussion with the head of the watchmakers there.

He showed me a spare 1154 movement he had lying around, which is something I always wanted to see, as none of my watch reference books has a good picture of this movement.

I am happy to report to all owners of a watch with this movement that it is highly hand finished, with perlage decoration on the plate, and Cotes de Geneve on the bridges and rotor.

All parts of the movement were Rhodium plated, highly polished, and show the attention and crafting one would expect in a high-end timepiece.

I was gratified to see this because Omega seems to be very showy in its marketing, and yet still does produce watches with nice attention to detail both inside and out.

I do have one question which someone out there might be able to help me with...

I check the timing of my Seamaster every few weeks against a radio-adjusted clock in a friend's watch store. When I set my watch precisely, I sometimes find that the minute hand jumps back a fraction when I press in the crown to position 1. The result of this is that the minute hand does not wind through a cycle in alignment with the second hand's cycle.

The watchmaker I spoke to says this is a result of the play necessarily designed into the gearing, and I was just wondering if any of you had the same experience?

Take care all.