zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

: My SMP GMT that I bought in Feb 07 has been
: awful with timekeeping gaining over 10
: seconds per day no matter what i do.

First of all, sorry for your troubles, but I would hardly call 10 secs/day awful timekeeping. Its actually barely out of specs. Troubling, im sure, but not awful.

: I have sent it back twice and still there has
: been no change in accuracy. In fact the last
: time it came back it now makes a grinding
: noise when shaken gently!

The watch should make a grinding noise when shaken gently. This is the automatic winding rotor and is noticeable audible on the SMP models. Its perfectly normal and it does sound like grinding

: It seems omega customer services is not too
: keen on replacing the unit instead they
: expect me to send it back for yet another
: month!

I find it hard to believe Omega can't regulate your watch to within specs, and likely, if its been sent in a couple times, it was regulated properly and maybe your wearing habits do have something to do with it after all, as positional variance by up to 5 secs/day is possible. Its been reported that the best overnight position to "lose" time is with the crown up. Try this for several nights and see what happens. If this doesn't work, I would email the aftersales dept of Omega with your troubles. Express your disappointment, but don't be an A$$ about it. You will probably get a better response.

: Beginning to wish I had bought a rolex.

WEll, ive heard many stories of bad timekeeping with Rolex too, so don't look to them for any better accuracy. Overpriced and overhyped, but not more accurate

Good luck with it