Omega 1045 balance issues

Hello friends

long story short, I’m lost on an issue with an Omega Speedmaster Mark4 service. In a moment of distraction I accidentally dropped the balance bridge during disassembly, and completely messed the hairspring. I couldn’t save the hairspring and had to purchase a brand new old stock balance complete (already cost more than the service …).

With the new new balance installed on the bridge, the timegrapher is showing unstable readings and the balance is slightly off centered, and…

Omega 1045 balance issues

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CincyWatchShots x AWCI Build-a-Watch Class, Cincinnati

Update 9/28/26

CincyWatchShots is running a special group project “Build-a-Watch” class hosted by @americanwatchmakers AWCI. We have a confirmed date of Oct 17th for the class (class will be at AWCI headquarters in Harrison, OH). Max class size is 12, and we have 2 slots currently open. If you’re in the mid-west up up for a road trip to Cincinnati, head on over to the discord and go to the Build-a-Watch channel to get on the list.

What makes this group project unique is that…

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