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Re: New To Forum - 2254.50 Date Question
In Response To: New To Forum - 2254.50 Date Question ()

Thank you all for the responses and the welcome to the group.

It seems to boil down to something that should certainly be avoided if you can, and that I seem to be OK this time. Hopefully an indicator of a problem would be obvious (like the date being stuck or advancing at the wrong time) and not some detrimental behind the scenes.

In thinking about this today, I stopped into my local dealer to ask the head watch person there. His opinion was that yes, avoid it as Omega says, but for a three hand watch it should not be "critical".

My mistake was getting in late on a trip and wanting to set my watch to the local time. I wound the crown back in the date setting position and not the time.

Otherwise, I could not be more pleased with the watch. Thanks again for all the knowledgeable replies.

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