zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

John,
Would you happen to know if it is really possible for a watch that runs a bit slow in the beginning to speed up after settling in?
I thought that it's usually the other way around.
It's really a shame that there's no moderator for this forum anymore. I just hope that Andy will get tired soon.
Thank you,

Common man

: 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....