I recently purchased a new Seamaster Prof. Chron. As I posted earlier, I love the watch...however there is one thing that bothers me. The bezeled "V" (12 o'clock) does not line up with the 12 on the face . In fact I have noticed that as I rotate the bezel around the face it appears that the "V" continues to missalign.
Assuming both the bezel and face are geometrically correct (ie. a straight line drawn from the 12 o'clock position to the 6 and a straight line drawn from the 3 to the 9 would form a "+" with the perpendiculars exactly 90 degrees)...assuming this, as the bezel is rotated around the face, if the bezel is off, it should be off in the same place on the face all around the dial. So, for example if the bezel's "V" is a mm off to the right of the face's 12 and the bezel's "30" is off a mm to the left of the face's 6, this variation should be maintained around the entire dial unless either the face or the bezel are not geometrically accurate. Now if this innaccuracy is found on the face I would wonder if this would not affect the watch's accuracy over time (gain or loss of time).
Perhaps this is compulsive on my part but still it bothers me. I am a pilot and also a SCUBA
instructor and I guess I am use to precision in my instruments.
Is this something that can be corrected? Is this normal? The store I bought it at (an authorized dealer) said to bring it in and they would check it, but I suspect I will get a raised eyebrow
response and a "nothing is
perfect" comment.
Could any other Seamaster Prof. Chron. owners or people familiar with this watch please tell me whether or not your watch's bezel lines up exactly or whether you notice problems like this. I would REALLY appreciate your help as perhaps my new watch is flawed. Thanks so much! -Jeff
