The Moonwatch is a machine you wear. Machines have needs — winding, cleaning, honest servicing, and the occasional mercy toward a scratched crystal. This is the owner's manual it deserves.
Two crown positions, the 1861's no-hack trick, and how many turns a full wind really takes.
Read the guide → 02What the paste can and cannot do — and why it must never touch sapphire.
Read the guide → 03Disassembly to pressure test: what happens on the bench, and why dried oil is the enemy.
Read the guide → 04Omega says 5–8 years. Watchmakers say: when it needs it. How to tell the difference.
Read the guide → 05Running it, parking it, and the one rule that is not a myth: never reset while running.
Read the guide → 06Character versus damage — and why a vintage case should never see a polishing wheel.
Read the guide → 07What 30 metres really means, magnetism, storage, and why a winder is pointless here.
Read the guide →A note on sources. Every guide here is built from Omega's own manuals, Omega-qualified watchmakers writing on Omega Forums, and the established collector press — Fratello, Hodinkee, WatchGecko. Where sources disagree, we say so. Where the collector consensus is "leave it alone," we say that too.
None of this is a substitute for a watchmaker's bench. When in doubt, ask one — preferably before the crown starts feeling crunchy.
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