: O.K, everythings good again! About 2 months ago
: I reported how my SMP was running too fast
: and also, as it turned out, inconsistently
: too fast. Several theories were proposed as
: to why including possible magnitization.
: Anyhow, I dropped the watch off at my
: Authorized Omega jeweller where I got the
: watch and gave them a chart I had made over
: the course of 3 weeks showing how erratic
: the timekeeping was. By fast I mean like
: 45sec+ some days, by erratic I mean 38sec+
: other days etc. Anyhow the jeweller sent the
: watch out to his top repair guy who is
: puportedly also one of the top 4 or 5 Rolex
: reparmen in the country. At first he tried
: adjusting regulator which slowed things down
: but it still ran inconsistent. Then the
: watch was overhauled and re-oiled and bingo,
: no more inconsistency. After that the watch
: was tested in several different positions
: I'm told, and regulated, and then pressure
: tested with the back on and then the watch
: case and band were restored to like new
: again. When the watch was new I usually got
: about 3sec+ and sometimes 2sec+ daily. Now
: she's running between 1 and 1.5sec+ and I
: couldn't be happier. My theory as to how it
: may have gotten out of kilter is that I
: generally wear the watch every day to work
: driving a huge material movement tractor
: where I'm constanly whipping the steering
: wheel around with my left hand (the watch
: hand) and that somehow after a year of this
: constant torque and violence the oils in the
: watch broke down or were flung off the
: bearing points. And this may be why the
: watch wouldn't run smooth or consistent. But
: I could be wrong. Just to be on the safe
: side I'm gonna give the watch a break from
: the extreme hard duty in the future!
That's good news, Rick. It's always nice to hear about a POSITIVE repair experience, and in your case it sounds like you couldn't have asked for anything better. +1 to +1.5 sec/day is superb for the 1120 movement in the Bond SMP.
Enjoy your watch - it's a classic!!!
-John
