zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

and have not had any of the problems you mention. I wore it non-stop for a week-long camping trip in the mountains without any problems. I'm sorry you hae had problems with yours; I think you may have just got a bad one. Did you complain to the AD you bought it from before you took it apart? If not, you may be out of luck now. I would think a good AD would replace it if you showed him the screw came out and it would not catch. If he/she would not replace it, I would have complained to Omega.

:The problems
: are:1.the side that closes 1st,I'll call
: side A,is not held down fully either by the
: stud that it clicks down on,or by side
: B,which then closes down on top of side A.

Side A is held down by Side B, just at the bottom. If you look closely, there is a small lip on the bottom of Side B that goes over the edge of Side A at the bottom. I've been tugging on my clasp very hard and have not been able to open Side A once Side B is closed.

: is held in place by a two spring loaded
: buttons in a similar fashion to the standard
: SMP deployant clasp.The stud on side A has a
: slot that can be pried open to adjust it's
: tension,but it will still not hold side A
: flush.Side A will always be higher than side
: B by approx. the thickness of the metal.This
: does not look good and can snag on
: things.

The two sides are flush on my clasp when it is closed. Was it never flush, or did you "pry open the slot" and now it is not flush? I don't really think that knob is supposed to be adjustable.

Problem 2.The double button spring
: catch on side B looks like it is much
: stronger than the standard SMP catch but it
: is flawed.On similar clasps,Oris for
: example,the buttons are secured by capturing
: the spring with a bent tab of metal,very
: secure.My Omega catch failed in only 6 days
: when one of the two TINY set screws (hidden
: under the catch),came out.These set screws,
: which secure the springs, are not contained
: in any way and cannot be seen without
: disasembly.

I'll have totake your word about the screws, because I'm not going to take my clasp apart to try to find them. From my experience, the mechanism is no different from the clasp on my bracelet.

Problem 3,both straps are
: connected to the length adjustment mechanism
: portion of the clasp with spring bars.If the
: owner has a small wrist these adjusters will
: allow the band to separate from the clasp at
: an angle great enough to be equal to the
: thickness of the band.This is very
: unsightly,and will allow the clasp to easily
: snag on things.This could be corrected by
: adding a rubber spacer over the lobes on the
: adjuster ,which I have done,or the lobes
: could be re-designed to prevent this.

It sounds to me like you have the adjusters in the very farthest slot from the center, which suggests the rubber strap was cut too much. This is the one major problem with this strap, in that you have to be careful cutting it, or you are screwed. I have a small wrist (mine is cut at the very last line), but I have the adjusting pins closer to the center. This means that the adjusters are completely covered by the clasp, and I don't have the problem you mention.

Again, I'm sorry you are having problems. It is a lot of money to spend on something you don't like. I love mine.