zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

Wow, that jeweller guy must have really been paying attention when he worked with your watch. One day he breaks your bracelet, afterwards he has trouble with you, and two days later he can't even remember what the thing looked like.

I think you took the right consequences. Sizing that bracelet isn't exactly rocket science, and there's not much that can go wrong as long as you stay calm and pay some _attention_ to what you're doing. Who would care more for your watch than you yourself?

Leaving that guy alone was probably the best solution, better than getting more and more upset about his ignorance. I only hope you had a spare link at home to source the missing bush from.

Here in Germany, jewellers act like a prima donna when they notice that a customer sizes his bracelet on his own, or (gasp!) even changes his bracelet for a strap. There's a saying in German, which I don't know an English equivalent of. It goes like this: "These guys can only cook with water, too." - Meaning that they don't use some kind of magic to do their jobs, so that basically the same techniques are available to "outsiders".

Have fun and enjoy your Seamaster,

-hacmac