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Re: Time for a Reality Check (more)

: I see this all the time. People spending more
: money on a watch than they ever have before
: sometimes become extremely hypersensitive to
: details.

I agree that is probably true, but if it is
obvious with my eyes (.5mm = .04 inch = 4 hundreths). It's still too much because right
when I saw it, I was uneasy about it.

: In the specific case of the bezel, believe
: Omega intentionally sets it a small fraction
: of an inch off to compensate for how the
: mechanism the settles in from use.

So you are saying that if you get one from the
factory and it is exactly aligned, it will settle
in and change? Heh probably better to get one
that is off then.

Question : in terms of getting the watch "fully wound" to test out the accuracy and power reserve, is wearing it a full day sufficient
for testing?

Thanks

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