zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

: 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.

Well for a $2000 watch I think it should be within spec, and to me and in my work almost double the tolerance is not good. But point taken it "could" be worse.

: 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

The watch when it was new did not make this noise so I don't expect it to now, I can only assume it wasn't checked correctly in the factory or it took a knock during transit, either way worrying as it is bound to impact the lifetime of the watch.

: 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.

Already tried leaving it in several positions to no avail. In fact I obtained the COSC certificate to check which position it loses most time and still that did not work.
I am trying not to be pushy with the sales ppl but to be honest i have been very patient up to now and their service is just not what I would expect from a quality watch manufacturer.

: 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

Thanks.