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Article #307Re: Amusing failure in Omega analogue watch
From: William Sommerwerck
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:47
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:47
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> I have an Omega *real* analog auto-wind (no battery) from the early sixties > that still runs like a swiss clock (cough!). It has a "one-piece-case" i.e. no > rear access -- probably part of the 100m immersion rating. It needs a special > tool which apparently flexes the glass/perspec/acrylic front to remove it. If it's a "good" watch, it has a mineral cover, not plastic. Some watches have undoped sapphire (aluminum oxide) covers.
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