Omega/ ETA Quartz movements - update - it arrived…
Calling those who might know something about the Omega Seamaster 120m quartz ‘Calypso III’.
I’ve just won the auction for this in Japan, but as often with these things, there is very little information and I’ve bought it based on pictures alone. The dial, glass, and bezel all look pretty good, as does the case. The strap has rather more of the PVD coating missing than I’d really desire, but I have decided I don’t mind giving the price I paid. I intend to use this as a daily wear so I don’t really mind a bit of scuffing.
My anxiety is around the movement. The only pic is blurry, and possibly has hints of green making me wonder if there may have been a battery leak. It may or may not work [emoji2371]
I’ve done a little research. The cal.1432 Omega movement is based on the ETA255.111, which is by no means rare (or special). It looks like if I didn’t mind losing the word ‘Omega’ from the plastic internal plate I could probably replace the whole movement for 50 quid - Bulova one pictured. Longines and a few others also used this eta calibre.
Question for the learned gentry. Would it be a simple as I think just to drop a new movement in or would there be different dimensions on the hands/dial, fixings etc or other things I haven’t thought of? It doesn’t appear that Omega have finessed the movement itself at least from what I can see from better quality photos of other Calypso IIIs for sale.
Thanks in advance if anyone has any information they would be willing to share. Otherwise, I’ll update this myself in future with my findings!
EDIT. It needs a bloody good clean! Urgh
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Omega/ ETA Quartz movements
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ktmog6uk
Be aware as well that often bracelet on watches coming from Japan are really short!’
Yeah…. I’m a little anxious about that too. Goodness knows how I’d even start a search for extra links but I think I could replace the folding clasp fairly easily to make it longer if needed.
It’ll probably owe me somewhere just south of £350 once in hand, so for a working Omega I’d happily spend a little more…but it won’t feel like good value if I have to start spending everywhere!
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