zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

Chris: You said:

"I did have it 'authenticated' at an AD and by personal jeweler and it has serial #'s."

So why didn't the original AD pick up on the fact that it was Franken to begin with?? (Actually, that's not all that surprising, since a lot of watch salespeople even at Omega AD's are pretty clueless about what they're selling.)

Also, did you get an Omega leather box, a manual, and any kind of warranty cards with the watch? With factory Omegas there should be THREE credit card sized plastic cards - a factory warranty card (it's obvious you didn't get that one), a COSC card, and an icon card with the various features of the watch on it.

BTW, I share your pain. Got a titanium-gold seamaster with only one card (I was clueless back then, and didn't know about this website) from an AD no less, and it broke after three weeks. The watch was supposedly sent back to the factory, but I never saw it again, and finally got my money back three months later. For everybody out there who thinks that they can get a good deal on the internet, and that paying less for a gray market watch is a cost effective strategy, THIS is where you wind up when TSHTF. The watch doesn't work, it was a Franken to begin with, it's off somewhere being worked on by God knows who, and when it comes back eventually, maybe you can go through the exact same thing the next time it breaks.