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Re: My "2005" vs "2000" Seamaster 2531.80 watches

In Response To: My "2005" vs "2000" Seamaster 2531.80 watches ()

: 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

I've just bought a Bond SMP from my regular AD
on 18/02/2006. I,too, find it a slow starter after running down. Once manualy wound, the second hand only starts moving once the crown is pushed back in.Hopefully it just needs to be "run in".At present it runs at +5 sec/day.