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It wouldn't surprise me if there was both smoke and fire here, Rick.
Altho I didn't look back, I remember bringing this issue up on one of the Forums last fall and having it generally dismissed. At that time, I had an older 2531.80 bought new in the year 2000. It was a bear to get restarted once it had stopped. As I prepared to send it to Secaucus for repair, learned something rather interesting when they checked the serial number. The movement in the watch actually dated back to 1993, which astounded me. I've since read numerous posts from folks who'd bought new watches, ordered COSC certificates, and found that they could not get them, because records only went back x-number of years, and the mechanisms in their "new" watches were years older than that.
That said, my primary watch up until a few days ago was my Seamaster 2254.50 model. My 2531.80 does "special occasion duty" and has NEVER been on a watchwinder (I'm dead set against 'em, pun intended); so, it routinely powers down to a stop. And, when I pull it out again, it gets the 45 winds, takes all of 90 seconds to set the date and time, and I'm outta here.
Haven't had a problem w/ it in the 4 months since I bought it. And the COSC certificate that I ordered says it has a 2004 movement - if that helps anyone who may be collecting data on this.
The only other thing I'd add is that, as I've continued to press forward w/ my Bond watch concerns vis-a-vis Omega, I now hear almost everywhere (Forums, ADs) that the 2531.80 is going to be disconinued this year. Co-axial replacement. As a marketing guy, it makes little sense to me for Omega to abandon this price point, while maintaining the lower end 2541.80 (quartz) and increasing the Bond-line high-end in any case w/ the co-axial Casino Royale watch(es).
Unless, of course, the 1120 caliber is known to be a liability....
Link to my personal website: "Seamaster Sudden Stop Syndrome"
Link to my Omega Seamaster 2531.80 review: Bond's second Omega
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