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·First off, let me say that I have never owned a loupe before.
I didn't see the value it being able to see parts of my watch close up. Being able to tell the time was enough for me.
But then with all the posts here about Omega's ongoing "QC fails", I thought I should grab a loupe and check out some of my watches.
I cannot believe what I found!
First off, the loupe - I bought it on eBay from this really nice guy in Florida, apparently it's ex government? I'll admit that it is a lot bigger than the other loupes I've seen people using, but the extra magnification settings seemed worth having.
Now this is a complex bit of kit - apparently it has to stay in orbit... something about ongoing commitments to science, but I got sent about 200 kilograms of user manuals, and a palm pilot with access codes.
To get it to work, I just have to hold the watch out of the window at the right time of day, and BLAMO!
Today I thought it might be interesting to see if the dial on my TinTin is filled with as many flaws as some other recent Omega watches, so out the window it goes.
For reference, here's how it looks on my wrist, at 30 centimetres:
And here is what my new loupe picked up:
Now you can't see this with the naked eye AT ALL, but it's just to the left of the running seconds counter. And now I know it's there, I don't know what to do?
Should I complain?
Do you think they'll fix this?
Any advice much appreciated.
Please don't suggest I ask Omega, I only want opinions of people on the internet who can in no way fix the issue.
I didn't see the value it being able to see parts of my watch close up. Being able to tell the time was enough for me.
But then with all the posts here about Omega's ongoing "QC fails", I thought I should grab a loupe and check out some of my watches.
I cannot believe what I found!
First off, the loupe - I bought it on eBay from this really nice guy in Florida, apparently it's ex government? I'll admit that it is a lot bigger than the other loupes I've seen people using, but the extra magnification settings seemed worth having.
Now this is a complex bit of kit - apparently it has to stay in orbit... something about ongoing commitments to science, but I got sent about 200 kilograms of user manuals, and a palm pilot with access codes.
To get it to work, I just have to hold the watch out of the window at the right time of day, and BLAMO!
Today I thought it might be interesting to see if the dial on my TinTin is filled with as many flaws as some other recent Omega watches, so out the window it goes.
For reference, here's how it looks on my wrist, at 30 centimetres:
And here is what my new loupe picked up:
Now you can't see this with the naked eye AT ALL, but it's just to the left of the running seconds counter. And now I know it's there, I don't know what to do?
Should I complain?
Do you think they'll fix this?
Any advice much appreciated.
Please don't suggest I ask Omega, I only want opinions of people on the internet who can in no way fix the issue.
