Omega ChronoQuartz
Can anyone talk me through or show me instructions to taking the moule out of the case?
I've done the screws but the stem is trapped, I think I need to remove it or remove the crown?
Thanks, C.
Or to give it it's full title- Omega Chronoquartz 1 "Albatros" Calibre 1611. I think you are going to have to find the official service instructions for this watch as the stem has a combined mechanical crown and electrical centre button which I would be very wary of without the full instructions.
There is no "1" or "Albatross" in the model name, this is a nickname and there is no Chrono Quartz 2
It has as you say a combined crown and uses the 1611 movement.
Hi Colin, Old Tom is correct, Albatros is the correct name (listed by Omega) for your watch caliber 1611, their first hybrid watch. Sorry can't help with the technical repair though :(
It would be interesting to know why they named it Albatros, maybe something to do with golf ?? Anyone with any ideas ? you are fortunate to own three Col, i'm sure i recall seeing a gold version for sale recently, though that doesn't appear to be listed on the website, or did i dream it
There is probably a little lever you need to push to pull the crown and stem out, it will be towards the edge of the module next to the stem somewhere, probably :D
I have always known about the nickname, when I heard it it came from Italian collectors, I assumed it was because the watch is such a large awkward shape, not the prettiest.
I am quite surprised Omega have listed it without anyone really knowing the meaning.
Richard, I've looked for a screw or tiny button towards the edge of the movement next o the stem but cannot find one.
You'll have to remove the black cap(X) to lift the engagement arm(pink) out of the way, is my thought. Your milage may vary.
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What that Omega photo doesn't show is that the black cap Little1up has marked with an X is actually a flatpack 10 pin oscillator/motor driver chip soldered to the circuit board- do not try to lever it up under any circumstances. The pink clip is a spring pass through to the setting mechanism in the heart of the movement. I can see none of the usual stem retention devices (screw, pin, moving lever) on my two examples of this watch, one of which has a grey speck on the analog dial which I would dearly love to remove. I have wondered whether it might use a similar method to early Seikos which have a Y shaped yoke the stem has to be angled into. Perhaps we should just ask Omega!- They do seem a whole lot more interested in their early history than they were and might well part with this sort of information.
I have taken out the module from my Chrono-Quartz a couple of times now. If you look carefully down between the module and the case side just under the stem, you will see a small tab just protruding from the movement (the mechanical gear train/motion work is embedded in the plastic moulding under the PCB). If you push gently down on this using some sort of thin flat blade, you can then pull out the stem.
I found this out by trial and error so no guarantees, but it works for me.
Thanks for that- I have obtained the service instructions for this watch and all they say is "remove the stem by pressing on the lever" without any diagrams as to where it is! They also say the stem should be removed with the crown pulled out to the setting position. Finally, that speck's days are numbered!
There is a Chrono Quartz in the Omegamania auction and the watch is described as having the "albatros" movement so the idea of the name coming from the battery clamp sounds valid.