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I've today taken delivery of a brand spanking new Seamaster Aqua Terra Co-axial Chronometer.

It came to me from Omega who are replacing the identical watch I had returned to them following ongoing problems.

I had a Seamaster 120 for 6 years and wore it for everything: cycling, mountain biking, swimming, running. I rarely took it off and when I did, it was unceremoniously chucked out of bed onto the carpet.

I never had any trouble with it.

It was stolen and replaced with the newer model, the Aqua Terra, which is beautiful.

The new watch suffered three bouts of not holding charge and one of the second hand continuing to sweep when the crown had been pulled out two stops. Each time it went back to Omega to be repaired.

Omega have been excellent in dealing with this, providing first a new movement and now a new watch. Wonderful service.

Would anybody be able to tell me how robust I can expect my watch to be? I've read all I can find on this very helpful site. I see that the Aqua Terra is a dress watch. To me it was a sports watch without a diving bezel (I don't dive).

Surely the divers version of the seamaster coaxial has the same movement. Are there shock-absorbing technologies in the diving watch that aren't in the dress watch?

Is James Bond very careful not to bump his watch or rattle it, as with mountain biking?

I'd love for someone to help, I can't find answers anywhere else. I'm just starting out on a new, hopefully trouble-free life with my Seamaster and don't want to damage it with inappropriate sports.

Many thanks in anticipation.

Martin