Reply With QuoteI think their service prices are quoted on the website?
Hi all
Just wondering what an Omega service on a chronograph would set me back if sent to Omega? Watch is circa 2007 and a co-axial.
Many thanks in anticipation.
Regards
Roy
I think their service prices are quoted on the website?
Cheers..
Jase
They are, it's about £500 from memory.
First you need to find their chart of the classes that they group their movements into...that's on their site too. Vintage is more expensive!Originally Posted by Guitarfan
£470 on bracelet, £440 on strap.
http://www.omegawatches.com/customer...service-prices
£260 to £410 for a quartz service!?! I wonder what's the justification / explanation for that ...
Yes, the gnome that performs the service needs to be fed a special magic mushroom. Those mushrooms cost a fortune...
I don't feel so bad, after paying for my wife's to be done. I did struggle to answer her question of why the local watch repairers couldn't do a battery for life for £21.
Not cheap, but you wouldn't send your Rolls to Kwik Fit for a service.
It's only £120 for a battery change, mini service and reseal with pressure test.
The £410 would include new parts and a polish. I paid that and had a new dial, hands, crystal, HEV and a very nice polish. It came back looking like new. If you can find a working but crappy SMP for a few hundred pounds you can send it to Omega and for £400 get yourself a decent, fully serviced watch back, bargain.
I'm talking quartz so apologies to the OP, his question was about chronos.
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I`m still puzzled to know what a 'mini service' is!
OK, they'll have the test equipment to check the current consumption etc, but provided the watch is running OK and isn`t eating batteries I would contend that this isn`t really necessary. Swapping a battery and refitting the caseback seal correctly isn`t too much of a challenge, there's no great mystique about 'resealing' most watches.
Modern quartz watches generally run for at least 10 years, usually more, before the movement needs stripping and re-oiling. Friction in the movement does eventually increase as the lubricant turns sticky, causing the watch to draw more current. This'll usually show as reduced battery life; the minimum voltage the watch needs to run will increase too, so the battery apparently 'fails' sooner.
The biggest problem when fitting batteries is the risk of damage to the movement. Omega/ETA won`t supply circuits separately thesedays, and a circuit can be written off very easily by allowing a tool to touch the coil......it only takes one slip! If This happens the watch has to go to either an accredited repairer who can get the parts, or to Omega UK. A crazy situation; replacement circuits were around £20 and are very easy to fit, but for reasons best known to themselves those good ol' boys at Swatch Group decided the supply of circuits had to cease. If anyone can justify this on technical grounds I`d love to know the answer........ I suspect there isn`t one.
Paul
It always surprises me how exposed and vulnerable coils are on most quartz watches, some sort of cover would help...
Don't be silly. You should be glad of the opportunity to pay more for the servicing of your superior branded product ;). Having said that, I am sure Omega is merely marking its service prices to market, given that (for example) a Breitling chrono full service is £470. A couple of years ago, Breitling only charged £360, so Omega is not the only baddie.
The ETA 255 which is the movement used in quartz Omegas used to be around $30 a few years ago, but is now $70-80. The movement is ancient, and costs pence to make.
...but what do I know; I don't even like watches!
I guess a mini service is a battery change, visual inspection,clean up and gaskets. It's all about man hours I suppose and Omega like most Companies have a base charge before they have opened the watch.
Thats a lot of money and makes me thinks twice about sending mine off in 2 years time .
That's the reality of owning a modern Omega co-axial. Many repairers are reluctant to touch co-axials. I won`t because I don`t want the potential hassle associated with them although I`ll be taking my own 2500C apart soon.
You're supposed to enjoy paying £500 for servicing, it's all part of the prestige in owning a luxury product. If you don`t believe me ask the staff at your local Omega Boutique. They'll assure you that you're watch is so specialised it can only be worked on by very few people and you'll walk out feeling positively enthusiastic about parting with yer brass
Paul
Buy an expensive luxury item, you buy into the whole eco-system, so yes looking after it is expensive, all part of the package.
Take a Ford for an oil change or take a Rolls for an oil change, same 'thing'
Don't get me wrong I'm not justifying the high prices, it's just the way it is.
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