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Bought a green SMP300 from Jackroad - X over AD stamp?

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The price was too good to pass up. I know they are a grey dealer but the price difference was more than enough to justify buying an out of warranty watch (more than 2x service cost difference). So I'm ok if the warranty is not valid.

I've asked them about it at the time of purchase, and they showed me a bunch of warranty cards from other watches from the same AD, all having an X over the stamp.

Does anyone else have an X over the dealer's stamp? Did you try using the warranty?

Mine is running about 2s a day late in most positions, which is fine by me, but I was thinking about getting it regulated, on an off chance it is in warranty.

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Mine is running about 2s a day late in most positions, which is fine by me, but I was thinking about getting it regulated
Since 2s per day is within spec why are you contemplating sending your watch to Omega to have it regulated?
 
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Since 2s per day is within spec why are you contemplating sending your watch to Omega to have it regulated?
It's -2s/day. METAS is supposed to be 0..+5 on average, but so far my average was -2. The crown down position is -4, dial up (or dial down can't remember which one), which is around 0, the rest are -2.
 
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Usually, if an AD sells a watch to a gray dealer the warranty card is destroyed. I don't know how an X does anything. Did you ask them if the warranty was active?

With regard to timing, I would leave it for now. If it bothers you, set the watch +15 seconds fast when you first set it and the time will drift back to +/- zero per day. After a week it will be bang on. Then you can reset it a week later. If I wear an auto every day I reset the time every Saturday and then I know it's always quite accurate.

BTW, the watch running -2 sec/day on your wrist does not mean it's -2 sec/day on a timegrapher.
 
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Usually, if an AD sells a watch to a gray dealer the warranty card is destroyed. I don't know how an X does anything. Did you ask them if the warranty was active?

With regard to timing, I would leave it for now. If it bothers you, set the watch +15 seconds fast when you first set it and the time will drift back to +/- zero per day. After a week it will be bang on. Then you can reset it a week later. If I wear an auto every day I reset the time every Saturday and then I know it's always quite accurate.

BTW, the watch running -2 sec/day on your wrist does not mean it's -2 sec/day on a timegrapher.
I did ask and they did say it's active.

I know -2 on my wrist doesn't mean it's -2s, but it's been consistently losing time even on a desk in various positions.
 
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Nice watch...just wear the damn thing.
 
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It's -2s/day. METAS is supposed to be 0..+5 on average, but so far my average was -2. The crown down position is -4, dial up (or dial down can't remember which one), which is around 0, the rest are -2.
Is this measured on a timegrapher or manually compared to an atomic clock?

-2/day is still amazing. Not worth sending it in to Omega for a regulation, IMHO.
If the accuracy is that important to you, a quartz watch might be a better option. Otherwise, enjoy your new watch, it's a beauty. 😀
 
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Is this measured on a timegrapher or manually compared to an atomic clock?

-2/day is still amazing. Not worth sending it in to Omega for a regulation, IMHO.
If the accuracy is that important to you, a quartz watch might be a better option. Otherwise, enjoy your new watch, it's a beauty. 😀
Manually compared to an atomic clock. Yeah, I'm not that much inclined to do it necessarily, just trying to understand if I have that option under warranty.
 
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Just enjoy your watch, you got one of the best watches ever, dont over think it.
 
Jones in LA
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Set it one minute fast so you won't be late, then each day it will become more accurate (but never slow) for a full month. Then repeat.

Imagine if it was running +2sec/day -- each day it'd be less accurate than the day before!
 
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Manually compared to an atomic clock. Yeah, I'm not that much inclined to do it necessarily, just trying to understand if I have that option under warranty.

If I'm reading the warranty card correctly, it was activated November 28, 2025. So you have nearly a full five years to avail yourself of the warranty. I would wait and see if the watch gets worse.

If it were me, I'd have it checked if it was consistently running -10 per day (assuming I knew it was at a full wind each day). -2 on your wrist could show zero or +1 on a timegrapher and then Omega is just going to return the watch to you unchanged.

If the watch was running +2 seconds a day you'd probably be happy as a clam. -2 is the same deviation, just in the other direction. Just set the watch a little fast when you first set it and it will get more accurate as time goes on.
 
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Your Seamaster is absolutely beautiful and it sounds like you received a fantastic deal. If you send it to be regulated you need to ask yourself if you'll be okay if it comes back and it's +5sec/day? I understand your concern, but if it were my watch I would leave it as-is and enjoy it. If you live near an OB you can have them check it out and verify the status of the warranty.
 
TexOmega
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Look at your iPhone for accuracy and your watch for satisfaction.

Enjoy.

Cut down a bit on the caffeine 😀
 
YoToMaTo
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Cut down a bit on the caffeine 😀
And I love that. I do need to cut down on the caffeine.

Thanks everyone. I've never had a mechanical watch that was nearly as precise. It's mind blowing at its current accuracy, but it would be out of this world if it was at ~0.

I was more (but still not really) concerned about the X over the dealer's name on the warranty card than the imprecision
 
Dan S
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Do you even need a card for the warranty? I thought that was obsolete, and Omega would know from the serial.
 
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Do you even need a card for the warranty? I thought that was obsolete, and Omega would know from the serial.
Yeah, even in 2022, the AD I bought my green SMP from said the card isn't required as they initialize the warranty electronically upon sale. They did fill it out for me because it was included, though.
 
YoToMaTo
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Ok, so if I were to need to use the warranty, I just show up at an AD or boutique with my watch and they'd get all the information needed from their systems?
 
Pastorbottle
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Let put 2 seconds a day into perspective..........you spent much more than 2 seconds worrying about it!
 
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