: Thanks for all the replies. However, I don't
: believe the watch was magnetized. This
: problem developed in a very small window of
: time (approx three hours) and I do not think
: that it came near any electrical device.
: Most of that three hours was spent outside,
: nowhere near power lines, or any operational
: electronic device. I have used computers,
: ect...but not on the night this happened.
: Any other potential reasons? Would being
: magnetized affect the watch that much that
: quickly? It really is a puzzle.
Willis, there are a lot of enviormental factors out there, but I believe that if you really tried, you could (in three hours) throw off a watch by two hours. But in your case, I doubt it. The only logical explanation I came up with is that a person tampered with it... Did you leave it unattended? [If my father had an Omega, he'll lose it faster than you could say Seamaster!!! :-)]. If the time piece was on your wrist the whole time, then the temperature could've been a factor. We all know that Omega regulates the watch to 5 different temps, but extreme changes could throw off the watch (I don't know about 2 hrs though.) The last case is where Omega is at fault. No company is perfect and one of the "bad" watches could've got through, but that's VERY unlikely... Another unlikely scenerio is that the watch is a fake... But since Omega accepted it. That's out of the question.
Omega makes fine watches, and if I didn't know better, I'd say that your reference clock was 2 hours slow!!!
