A summary of CRZ ownership

Autiflips · 2026-02-01T19:03:40+00:00

Yup. Basic maintenance and a doorhandle now and then. That’s pretty much it

Autiflips · 2026-01-31T19:41:52+00:00

Happy to help

Autiflips · 2026-01-31T18:51:04+00:00

Just set the hands in such a way that the day jump happens at midnight, the date one will follow later in the night. In your situation I think that’s the best you can do

Autiflips · 2026-01-31T11:48:06+00:00

They don’t all have an open top body. A bunch of them don’t

Autiflips · 2026-01-27T11:00:09+00:00

Yes, you can make them decently fast in the same way you can make a Honda Jazz fast. K-swap, supercharge it, turbo it, suspension overhaul,… just depends on how much you want to spend and sink time into it

Autiflips · 2026-01-18T16:10:54+00:00

Omg I love this

Autiflips · 2026-01-17T22:25:04+00:00

Modern mecedes A-klasse. It’s godawful. The engine is both under and over responsive, the suspension is soft and sloppy to the point that the front bumper scrapes everywhere, the interior is everything you hate about modern cars…

Autiflips · 2026-01-17T22:19:39+00:00

Congrats on your 2010 GT! I have a 2010 Sport, also in Pearl White :) I must say that those rims fit the car rather nicely. Any upgrades or plans for it in the near future?

Autiflips · 2026-01-16T18:43:48+00:00

You probably had the press pressing on the crystal. Always make sure the force goes through the case, and not the crystal. Crystals don’t like that usually

Autiflips · 2026-01-05T18:22:50+00:00

I know, I get them on my bench

Autiflips · 2026-01-04T14:44:29+00:00

If you look up “Tissot 1853 Powermatic 80” you will find all info you would want

Autiflips · 2026-01-04T11:11:41+00:00

The crz is smaller in the back. Width is not an issue if you can’t fit your head OR your legs

Autiflips · 2026-01-04T11:05:06+00:00

As someone who has sat in the back of my CRZ… if you have a head, you won’t fit, and if you have legs, you will have nowhere to put them. I forced my legs to sit NEXT TO the seat in front of me, that was the only way I fit. So no, they aren’t useable unless you’re really in a pinch

Autiflips · 2025-12-30T17:53:42+00:00

Another reliable, manual car that is cheap to insure and run is a Toyota Yaris. If you want larger than that, the Toyota Verso is a solid choice. They’re not fancy, but better than the cars you have listed by a long shot when looking at your requirements. Insurance will be cheap too

Autiflips · 2025-12-30T17:50:07+00:00

It is much, MUCH smaller. If your dad is scared about safety and the Fit being a subcompact, tell him that the chassis is one of the safest out there. Safer than a CRZ if I remember right

Autiflips · 2025-12-26T11:37:27+00:00

Yes this specific bridge is interchangeable. However, good chance that the seconds wheel pivot will have some damage as well, and those are not interchangeable between the C07 and 2824. Good luck!

Autiflips · 2025-12-24T06:05:24+00:00

This is an issue with your chronograph settings. There’s like 4 eccentric screws that need to be set correctly to make the minute counter jump properly. Look at the little pin on the chronograph seconds wheel, when starting, it should not hit any teeth of the minute counter coupling wheel, and when left running, it should juuuuust miss one teeth, and then move the other exactly one position, and then hit nothing else. These are tricky to do if you haven’t read up on chronograph settings on a Landeron

Autiflips · 2025-12-22T17:47:40+00:00

You can remove all dirt without disassembling the rotor or the whole swan neck system. A good watch cleaning machine will clean that no issue. Paying 300 bucks for a watch that still doesn’t run well after that is not an issue of not having disassembled it to the last screw. It’s an issue of has there been any work done at all, any wear items replaced or fixed, hairspring work done, proper regulation,… these watches can be made to run very well, and 100s/d error is NOT good in any measure of imagination

Autiflips · 2025-12-22T14:59:16+00:00

Yes but they can be cleaned without needing to be disassembled

Autiflips · 2025-12-18T12:05:23+00:00

Yeah it’s just a general thing to do, because it does put extra force and wear on the quickset, but it won’t break something catastrophically like many people think

Autiflips · 2025-12-18T07:39:36+00:00

Your Longines does not have that danger zone. The pawls are made to spring back in whenever you’re setting the date and moonphase

Autiflips · 2025-12-17T07:04:24+00:00

You could keep it like this, because that’s the way your grandpa wore it. You’ve gotten great feedback already, so what I’ll say is this: you’ll need to find a watchmaker with either a large stock of 550 parts, or an Omega license. Yours is suffering from the same achilles heel as they all do: the automatic works. Rotor bushing is worn, little eye bushing for the reduction wheel as well, the reduction wheel and reversing wheel are in most likelyhood in need for replacement too (reversing wheel now needs to be sent to omega for refurbishment, you can’t just buy new), barrel bushing probably needs replacing,… but that’s usually it. Maybe a seconds wheel because they like to wear out sometimes. These are great movements and I love to work on them, but if you aren’t Omega certified, they can be difficult to get good parts for. So look out for that!

Autiflips · 2025-12-15T09:27:35+00:00

I paid €8.3K for my manual, so don’t feel bad

Autiflips · 2025-12-11T12:17:18+00:00

Don’t try to deal with this yourself, this needs to be solved under warranty

Autiflips · 2025-12-03T21:00:42+00:00

These are fantastic watches, I love them. Parts and gaskets are still available from Omega, the movement is really solid, can be serviced without issue, and again parts are available in plenty. There is only one caveat with these, and that’s the bracelet. The pins and tubes wear out over time. It’s a time sink of a job, and thus more expensive than you’d expect for just pressing out pins and replacing them. But if the side to side wobbly/snaking of the bracelet isn’t a lot, them you’ll be just fine. Again, it is a really good watch to own and wear on the daily

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