zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

I pretty much agree with Shane. I wore a Swatch for two years and I literally never took it off my wrist (until the band broke). It never had any problems. I also wore a Tag Heuer Formula One for about two-years, and I only occasionally took it off when I went to sleep at night. It didn't have problems, either. You need to replace the seals in an Omega SMP one way or the other. The recommended schedule is annually, but I am sure that you can get away with changing them when the watch gets serviced (assuming it's an automatic) every two or three years. Soap, chlorine, etc., should will not affect the seals unless you FREQUENTLY and for a long duration expose the watch to high-chlorine, salt, or soap content. I've had too many cheap watches survive months of daily pool swimming and years of showering, and you can't tell me that their seals are as good as or better than those found in an Omega SMP.