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Just to clarify, the clasp itself did not break, it was the one piece made up of two sticks. These two sticks have a bar holding them together and that bar if also made op of titanium and that one broke. I went to my dealer yesterday and he was pretty relaxed and I was absolutely delighted that he took my picky habbits so cool ;-).

My experiences on the 150th limited: -whitegold bezel scratches very easily. I have a whool sheet from 1970. It is one of those rare 100% cotton sheets, that have no texture and is so soft. Even when pollishing softly you get fine scratches into the bezel, well those round pollish-marks you also see on cars. I guess the "18K" whitegold was absolutely my onw false decision :-(.

-the titanium barclet is thinner and more flexible than the steel one. Scratches very easily too. Also my own wrong descision :-(.

-the caliber works perfectly. The clock is sharp on the second. Excellent, highly recommendet :-).

-NO waterproof problems. 5 meters in salt water should be no challenge, but you never know, depending on what you do, cliff jumping and hard swimming, no problemo ;-).

So I went to my dealer and he gave me the steel ones for comparision. I can only recommend to anybody, get the regular steel seamaster. They are built more like a tank and will survive more sporty habbits. You will get the best quality/price ratio. So I will see what Omega can do concerning my problems. Maybe they can refurbish everything, the scratches off the bezel and get the wrist band fixed (wonder how long in will hold for me).

Any body living in Germany wanting to swap the limited against a steel men and steel women (mid size) automatic. I'd pay the difference. Price was 5000DM, steel men is 2650DM, women as well, difference would be 500 I'd pay.

Cheers, Andreas