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Practically true in England at least!

In Response To: Quartz: Is it true...? ()

Not necessarily a requirement of Omega, tho'.
*Every* single authorised [high street] Omega dealer I took my girlfriends 2284.50.50 into for a simple battery change uttered the following:
"We'll have to send it away, 4-6 weeks, about �40".
Always the reason given was the lack of "specialist gear" - pressure testers to you and I.
One of them suggested that I use the watch repairman in the Debenhams [established high street dept store chain] opposite.
He has a pressure tester, so I did...

: Is it true that Omega requires owners to send
: their watches to some central location for
: battery replacement? Or can this be done by
: local Omega dealers?

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Quartz: Is it true...?

Practically true in England at least!

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1 wallclock secs ( 0.22 usr + 0.02 sys = 0.24 CPU)