Dropped my Daytona

[Devildog]

Daytonas have hall bearing rotor bearings and yes they are noisy.

Anyone who can’t hear a 4130 rotor needs a heating test.

Your watch may be fine OP. Is there any way you can compare it to another Daytona?


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[Mcasseba]

So sorry for the mishap but you have to fix it from your pocket.

[Shaitan]

Originally Posted by Devildog

Daytonas have hall bearing rotor bearings and yes they are noisy.

Anyone who can’t hear a 4130 rotor needs a heating test.

Your watch may be fine OP. Is there any way you can compare it to another Daytona?


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Talked to my grey and he said the same than you. Went to get my 116505 to compare and you both seem to be correct - it’s the rotor making that noise. I Never shook my watches before. When I hold the Daytonas real tight and shake them I can only hear a very low swinging sound, rattling wasnt the correct word when I first described the noise in the case . You can’t hear them in Subs as far as I can tell though, neither in my Batman or Sky Dweller - my Omega Seamaster has the same sound when I shake it. And that one I never dropped I think. Panda still keeps perfect time and the power reserve also seems ok. Guess I got very lucky :)

[HogwldFLTR]

Sorry to hear; time to get it repaired.

[marc12]

my first week with my skydweller i hit it on a doorknob while day drinking with my cousin. he did the same to his 15202. the doorknobs at the mandarin are huge or something.

destroyed the bezel, huge chunk missing. since i bought it with my amex, they covered the cost to replace it (~$2200) under purchase protection claim.

Got it back in 3 weeks and hit it again LOL, this time the glass. ill send it for service when the 5 years is close.

[Shaitan]

Originally Posted by marc12

my first week with my skydweller i hit it on a doorknob while day drinking with my cousin. he did the same to his 15202. the doorknobs at the mandarin are huge or something.

destroyed the bezel, huge chunk missing. since i bought it with my amex, they covered the cost to replace it (~$2200) under purchase protection claim.

Got it back in 3 weeks and hit it again LOL, this time the glass. ill send it for service when the 5 years is close.

That is painful to look at, sorry to see this pal! And twice? Call that unlucky. That’s why I love ceramic bezels, indestructible. Banged mine against door knobs and concrete walls dozens of times, never even a scratch.
God bless Amex though! :)


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[tarmatimes]

So sorry to hear that

[Peter99]

A few years ago I put my Exp 39mm Mk 1 in the pocket of a denim jacket. Unfortunatly it was swept up and did a mixed wash cycle 40 deg C (104 deg F).
On the last spin I heard an unusual metallic sound, I said to my better half: what's that?
A terrible thought occured. I immediately stopped the machine.
The Exp was still going but the crown had unscrewed slighty and there was condensensation under the crystal.
A day or two later I took the Exp down to RSC at West Malling in Kent.
They were very nice, of course, I felt twittish and embarrassed to say the least!
It was necessary to replace the crystal as there was a small chip, the crown and the dial and hands with Mk 2. It all came to about £1100 ($1450).
I feel I was very lucky that more damage was not done and have learnt another lesson. But as one go's through life one is learning all the time!
I did have doubts as to whether I made the right decision to go for the Mk 2 dial and hands rather than the original Mk 1, but am more or less now.
However, for all this happening I now have complete confidence in my Exp 39mm to go into the spa, steam room and sauna but I always double check the crown!