zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

: Hey everyone. I first wanted to give major
: props to the people of this website. No
: where else can you find this much
: information on OMEGA, conterfeit info,and
: wristwatches in general. I recently bought
: an OMEGA full size automatic James Bond
: watch. I am stressing over the markers not
: being correct on the bezel compared to the
: marks on the dial. I read the
: troubleshooting section that talked about
: this. How much off is considered to be OK?
: off by one second tick? Two? I have also
: read the forum a lot before I made my
: purchase and a comment I frequently saw was
: "the watch is a fake - poor bezel
: alignment." The guide said .25-.50 mm
: is normal but I forgot to calibrate my
: eyeballs. My bezel marker hits at it's very
: edge compared to the respective the dial
: marker. If you also draw a line from 12 to
: 6, one half is this far off and the other
: side looks good. This is all depending on
: how you look at it of course. I bought it on
: ebay from a guy that sold it because he got
: a nice breitling watch. This is the only one
: he's sold and it came with box ad papers. I
: feel pretty good, but it's hard not to
: stress when you spend so much. Thanks for
: the help and this site!

Actually, there was a point last year where there was an influx of complaints on this forum about people receiving brand new Bond SMP's with slightly misaligned bezels. This was undoubtedly a quality control shortcoming on Omega's part, since the complaints surfaced around the same time.

In looking at my own Bond SMP, the tip of the bezel's triangle sits directly atop the 12 o'clock marker on the dial (as it should), and the dot on the bezel between the "3" and the "0" in "30" sits directly in line with the 6 o'clock marker on the dial. I'm not sure I understand exactly what you are describing, but if your bezel is clearly misaligned then it would be a very quick and easy fix for a qualified watchmaker. He could most likely fix it while you wait if you have a local person with good qualifications.

I would be EXTREMELY hesitant to send the watch back to Omega even if the watch is still under warranty. For something this minor, you'd probably have to wait far too long for the repair, you'd have to pay out of pocket for shipping, and there's a good chance they'd scratch or damage some other part of the watch while attempting to fix your bezel. In other words, I'd leave it alone unless you have a good local watchmaker who can fix it for you. Otherwise, when your watch is ready for its regular servicing, you can note the misaligned bezel at that time and have it repaired when the watch gets its full overhaul.

Just my 2 cents....