Re: Here's the low down on the certificates...
: No. Only the Chronometer warranty is included.
: The copy of the COSC Chronometer Certificate
: is always by request only. For info on how
: to get it, follow the link to the
: Chronocentric article at the end of this
: message.
: Omega intentionally does not include COSC
: results certificate with their watches. I
: suspect this is because it would surely
: cause massive customer confusion. The test
: really is a pass or fail kind of quality
: control test of the movement *before* it is
: assembled into a watch. If the movement
: didn't pass the COSC test, it would not have
: been made into a chronometer watch.
: But if the certificates are included with every
: watch, the presence of all the test
: performance numbers on it would create the
: false and confusing perception that some of
: the final assembled and readjusted watches
: were discernably better than each other
: based on the exact measured numbers on the
: original COSC test.
: Imagine the number of people that would go
: through all the Omega watches in all the
: stores in their area trying to find one with
: the best numbers on the COSC certificate! Or
: returning a watch because they found an
: identical one later at a different dealer
: with slightly better numbers on its
: certificate. It would cause the consumer,
: Omega and the dealers a lot of unnecessary
: frustration, effort, confusion and product
: returns over a comparison that truly is a
: non-issue.
Things must have changed!! 45 years ago, I bought a stainless steel Seamaster chronometer from a shop in Egypt and certificate came with it in its green box. No doubt all the "unnecessary frustration" etc that Derek zOWIE mentions made Omega alter their practices. The watch still goes!
