zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

to this thread is that a watch should run within the COSC spec right out of the box. After all, it was tested according to this spec and passed, so you can't accept that when it arrives at the dealer it no longer falls within this spec.

I have never bought an Omega, Breitling, Rolex, Panerai, etc. that did not run within the COSC spec from day one. Granted, they all did settle in to a normal "typical daily time gain", but none of them EVER ran out of COSC spec at any time.

Given that most dealers won't take a watch back unless it's a fairly recent purchase, if I ever did receive a watch that ran outside the COSC spec right out of the box, naturally I'd have the dealer exchange it within a week or so so I wouldn't have to go through the hassles of warranty repair later. Yes, MAYBE it would eventually settle in to the COSC spec after a month or so, but why take the gamble when you just shelled out well over a thousand bucks (or several thousand bucks) for a precision timepiece?

I guess what I'm saying is that if it's running within the COSC spec, fine. If not, give it a week or so and if it's still outside the spec, exchange it so that you don't end up dealing with warranty repair hassles. The dealer can take the watch back and get full credit for it as "defective merchandise", so why should you be without a watch for several weeks while it's being repaired?

Just my two cents....or, given the length of this post, perhaps a nickel....