zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

First off, Keith, thanks for responding.

In my world, it is both relaxing and truly enjoyable to track the precision accuracy of these mechanical movements. As a matter of fact, in running the first one-month test on my SMP 2531.80, I was fascinated to see how the accuracy varied by time of day checked, and even had some initial success in understanding "why" (eg, position of watch at rest for longer periods of time).

I'm interested in my watch in the same way that others have expressed interest in their "Goldfinger"-era Mustangs. They don't want the new model. But on the same token, neither do they expect anything other than excellence out of the performance of these machines. And, as a matter of fact, even to the point of putting them up against their 2005 counterparts.

So, when you say I am being "hyper-sensitive," are you saying that it is uncommon to expect a product to perform at least to w/in its advertised specifications? Moreover, I am proud of the fact that *EVERY* Omega movement is COSC tested, and that that separates it from the pack.

(According to Omega, by the way, even the CTI James Bond wannabe can hit w/in 1 second of the COSC accuracy specification range.)

So my question was not "if" I should approach the dealer, but -- tapping into the knowledge of this group -- *AT WHAT POINT* I have sufficient data to do so. If the watch isn't settled in, and will ultimately come to be w/in COSC specifications after some point of time that has not yet passed, that is my real question.

In other words, this is a technical question.

And it's been my understanding that the settling in period tells me what the "range" of performance will be, as opposed to serving to "narrow that range."

Thought I should clarify that.

Thanks again for your thoughts.