zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

: Help!

: Last December, I purchased my first mechanical
: watch, a Speedmaster Date (ref 3513.30), new
: from an authorized dealer in Hong Kong. I
: love it.

: About a month ago, it fell out my gym locker
: onto the floor, about a 4-foot drop. Ouch!
: Fortunately, the watch looked ok... no
: visible damage, not even a scratch.

: Naturally, I was worried about internal damage.
: I started keeping a log to track its
: accuracy.

: I synchronized it (with www.time.gov as the
: reference) on 6/20. Every few days I checked
: it against the reference: 6/24 - 35 secs
: slow
: 6/30 - 1:35 slow
: 7/5 - 2:08 slow

: So it's consistently losing over 8 seconds per
: day. I realize the Speedy Date is not a COSC
: chronometer, but -8 seconds is still pretty
: bad, isn't it? I am not such a perfectionist
: that I care about to-the-second accuracy,
: but losing 4 minutes per month is bad enough
: that I can't trust the time on my wonderful
: Omega.

: Unfortuantely, I don't know if it was the drop
: that caused the damage, because I honestly
: wasn't paying attention to the accuracy
: before the accident. (I was also adjusting
: the time frequently, since I was traveling
: between time zones a lot.)

: What should I do? What are my options? Should I
: attempt to send it to Omega and see if they
: are willing to cover it under warranty? Is
: "losing 8 seconds per day" a
: complaint Omega will even investigate? Or
: perhaps I should seek a local watchmaker? (I
: live in the San Francisco area.) I don't
: mind paying for the repair, as long as it's
: going to be done right.

: Any suggestions are most welcome.

: Walter

I think I remember reading that the Speedmasters that are not Certified Chronometers are accurate to within 15 seconds per day and any anything up to 15 seconds should be OK, so you may not be able to get it adjusted by Omega under warranty. If it really bothers you, I think you can have it adjusted by a local watchmaker or an authorized Omega service center.