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Bugs, a further perspective...

In Response To: Re: Bugs... ()

It is not different from any other elaborate mechanical item, whether it is Rolex, Omega, BMW, Mercedes, or other such items that are simultaneously high-end and large production volume products. Despite superior quality control procedures, all are subject to minor manufacturing inconsistencies and technical glitches.

Take for example, Rolex. They make 1,000,000 watches a year! Even if they have a 99.99% perfection rate, that means that over the past ten years, 100,000 watches may have been sold with imperfections that may need to be addressed.

Most of the people you see posting on Internet watch forums have bought at least one and frequently 3 to 5 new expensive watches in the past 10 years. When these people mention any bugs they experienced, you are seeing a sampling of problems across a huge number of watches and a large number of years!

Given the relatively small number of problems mentioned of Omega and Rolex watches in the online forums, I'd say that sampling rate proves that these watch manufacturers have an excellent success rate. The unfortunate but inevitable imperfections appear to be at an extreme minimum and are normally addressed within the warranty period.