Omega Watches - Beware
Posted by: dave brubeck on 23 March 2010
For the advice of all rich Naim owners.
About two years ago I bought my dad an Omega Seamaster automatic watch as an 80th birthday present. It cost a lot of money.
After about 8 months, it started showing the wrong time, and kept stopping. Sent back to jewellers, was fixed and sent back to us.
After a further few months, same problem again. Again, sent back to jewellers, was fixed and sent back to us.
After a little while longer, same problem again. So we wrote to Omega, told them we would be sending it back, and asked for a replacement watch, as there was obviously something amiss with the one we had.
Omega said send it in, we will test it first. So we did. And they tested it. Of course it was deemed to be functioning perfectly. And it was then sent back to us.
And yes, a few weeks later, we are facing the same problems. Omega have now told us to send it back AGAIN, and that a replacement 'is being considered' (I expect 'subject to further tests').
Now, is it just me, or is this ridiculous? I would expect better service from Casio. Thankyou for listening to my rant.
About two years ago I bought my dad an Omega Seamaster automatic watch as an 80th birthday present. It cost a lot of money.
After about 8 months, it started showing the wrong time, and kept stopping. Sent back to jewellers, was fixed and sent back to us.
After a further few months, same problem again. Again, sent back to jewellers, was fixed and sent back to us.
After a little while longer, same problem again. So we wrote to Omega, told them we would be sending it back, and asked for a replacement watch, as there was obviously something amiss with the one we had.
Omega said send it in, we will test it first. So we did. And they tested it. Of course it was deemed to be functioning perfectly. And it was then sent back to us.
And yes, a few weeks later, we are facing the same problems. Omega have now told us to send it back AGAIN, and that a replacement 'is being considered' (I expect 'subject to further tests').
Now, is it just me, or is this ridiculous? I would expect better service from Casio. Thankyou for listening to my rant.
I see no point in spending money I could use elsewhere on a poser object, when many don't do their prime function, ie keep the time.
I have a stylish Seiko keeps very good time and means I have readies to spend on important things. That's HiFi and music BTW.
I have a stylish Seiko keeps very good time and means I have readies to spend on important things. That's HiFi and music BTW.
Fine quality watches are one of the few items of jewellery I have any time for...(excuse the pun!)
Having said that, I would be seriously pissed if I had paid out such sums of money to then go through the experience you have Dave...Would really make me think.
Reading this reminded me of a funny experience I once had and a cheaper way to own such a watch - I was in Siem Reap Cambodia, walking the streets and taking photos etc, when I came across an old Chinese/Cambodian chap with a small makeshift stall set up under the shade of a tree....I browsed through the contents of the little wooden box he had open - all Rolex, Omega, Breitling etc...fine watches of various vintage and certainly the real deal (unlike the clones in Bangkok)...I was amazed at what he had, so asked him, where did he source them all from, did he trade at other markets or were they from the days of the UN presence ??.....He looked at me, and with no hint of drama, simply said...." Chamber-maids" !!
Steve.
Having said that, I would be seriously pissed if I had paid out such sums of money to then go through the experience you have Dave...Would really make me think.
Reading this reminded me of a funny experience I once had and a cheaper way to own such a watch - I was in Siem Reap Cambodia, walking the streets and taking photos etc, when I came across an old Chinese/Cambodian chap with a small makeshift stall set up under the shade of a tree....I browsed through the contents of the little wooden box he had open - all Rolex, Omega, Breitling etc...fine watches of various vintage and certainly the real deal (unlike the clones in Bangkok)...I was amazed at what he had, so asked him, where did he source them all from, did he trade at other markets or were they from the days of the UN presence ??.....He looked at me, and with no hint of drama, simply said...." Chamber-maids" !!
Steve.
Tony - 
Actually, I also got myself an Explorer II in Bangers.....Was absolutely perfect and in fact nothing ever went wrong with the timing mechanism....The only thing that gave it away after 18 months was the 'silver' wore off and revealed the brass underneath...!!
Actually, I also got myself an Explorer II in Bangers.....Was absolutely perfect and in fact nothing ever went wrong with the timing mechanism....The only thing that gave it away after 18 months was the 'silver' wore off and revealed the brass underneath...!!
quote:Originally posted by BigH47:
I see no point in spending money I could use elsewhere on a poser object, when many don't do their prime function, ie keep the time.
I have a stylish Seiko keeps very good time and means I have readies to spend on important things. That's HiFi and music BTW.
We find something in common !
Seiko Kinetic Sports 200, been doing sterling work for 15 years, been serviced once ...
My brother, Mum and I bought my Dad a Raymond Weil automatic watch for his 60th birthday, he never liked wearing because it stopped all the time ... he just never wore it enough to wind it up. He's passed away now, so I have it. It's stored in a watch winder and it's been running for a couple of years now.
Recently I had the idea of buying a Benson Full Hunter from 1938, though it was of course, by then a Swiss movement in an English case. [English movements were some of the best, but more expensive than those made anywhere else]. It went for more money than I was prepared to pay.
However my itch to have a great completely English watch was left unrequited!
So here is a proper English watch from a time when there was no reason [other than price] to buy a watch made abroad!
An 1884 Benson Ludgate:
Naturally it requires winding every day, but there is something very nice about a watch that still keeps superb time after 126 years! And at 54 mm across, the time is easy to read. I struggle with any digital display, and most wrist watches are too small for me to read without reading glasses, and the ones I could read are simply too big for comfort. This is very easy to read even without my distance glasses:
And the beautiful craftmanship extends to a case weighing about 155 grams in Sterling Silver:
This is so nice that my wish to ever get a Hunter has completely gone.
As for keeping time, any great movement in good order can easily be regulated to keep time, and with these old watches there is nothing that cannot be repaired to full working order. I fancy that this sort of watch will run for longer than any of the electronic types that are fashionable now.
After all if you can read one of them, then you can read a mobile phone! I have an enthusiasm for good old fashioned, and functional engineering. Unlike running a great old British car, this really has a minimal impact on the environment!
ATB from George
However my itch to have a great completely English watch was left unrequited!
So here is a proper English watch from a time when there was no reason [other than price] to buy a watch made abroad!
An 1884 Benson Ludgate:
Naturally it requires winding every day, but there is something very nice about a watch that still keeps superb time after 126 years! And at 54 mm across, the time is easy to read. I struggle with any digital display, and most wrist watches are too small for me to read without reading glasses, and the ones I could read are simply too big for comfort. This is very easy to read even without my distance glasses:
And the beautiful craftmanship extends to a case weighing about 155 grams in Sterling Silver:
This is so nice that my wish to ever get a Hunter has completely gone.
As for keeping time, any great movement in good order can easily be regulated to keep time, and with these old watches there is nothing that cannot be repaired to full working order. I fancy that this sort of watch will run for longer than any of the electronic types that are fashionable now.
After all if you can read one of them, then you can read a mobile phone! I have an enthusiasm for good old fashioned, and functional engineering. Unlike running a great old British car, this really has a minimal impact on the environment!
ATB from George
quote:Originally posted by Lontano:
H, you calling me a poser?
I've not noticed your watch, so I guess you don't pose with it.
Beautiful watch George...Certainly something to treasure.....
By the way, the polished reflection on your fine Ludgate is so clear that I can see the stickers on your point-n-shoot - I think you can safely remove them and the camera will still work fine !
By the way, the polished reflection on your fine Ludgate is so clear that I can see the stickers on your point-n-shoot - I think you can safely remove them and the camera will still work fine !