zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

if the dust particles are as small as mine were, I would accept it. I bet that most Omegas have little dust inside but most people just don´t see it ! That is why very often people say something like: "I have this watch for 3 weeks now and I could swear that that dust wasn´t there before". In the right light or if you search hard for mistakes, you´ll find dozens of them.

The bezel thing isn´t really that bad, I would say. Mine is off very little, too. So it was with most of my Rolex watches (GMT I and Submariner). Furthermore it could be a optical thing because the bezel is higher than the outer minute markers at the dial.

I also think that the clasp could open in extreme situations, I know that there are a lot of Omegans out there and their watches never opend accidently but again, it´s a matter of how hard you try. The safest kind of clasp is still the cheap looking Rolex double clasp. This is the only one that never opend (had a TAG 2000 series and on those always the spring bars broke when I was biking! Once, after an accident I fell off the bike and lost the watch in the woods ! A friend of mine found it, luckly.).

The date change is the least thing to bother about in my eyes. Mine changes at 2 minutes before 0:00 but the disc starts to move earlier. A friend of mine is a policeman and had the same problem with his Explorer II when he had to do reports in the middle of the night he sometimes wrote down the wrong date.

So, my experience is that one shouldn´t search for little flaws. Quality control of Omega could be better, but nevertheless you get a lot of good watch for your money.

My experience with Rolex is that their QC may be a little bit higher, but even they have imperfections on their watches.

Remeber how great your watch looks and works even though there are those little imperfections. Look at the dial with a strong loupe, you´ll find dozens of little imperfections.

I hope I could help you a bit and that I could make clear what I wanted to say (which is often hard for me because English is not my native tounge),

good luck & enjoy your watch for what it is,

Tibor