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Brand New Speedmaster Professional Stopped after 9 to10 Hours on Full Wind.
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yinzerniner
·I'm a troll for stating my experience. Oh well.
I'd be wary of your experience when earlier comments like these were made without any apparent sarcasm......
Is it safe to wash the Speedmaster Pro Moon watch in water?
Or when a PO 43.5, which was acquired as a replacement for a faulty Speedy Pro, goes from being yours to your "brother's" in the matter of two days....
The watch was returned to the AD and they took it back with no question so credit to them. Decided to replace it with the new 43.5mm Seamaster Planet Ocean Master Co Axial with black ceramic dial and black bezel.
The watch is actually my brother's. He recently bought a brand new 45.5mm PO but it was hurting his wrist so although he loved the watch he couldn't wear it so had to sell it. He replaced it with a Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch but that had an issue discussed elsewhere on this site.
Or how about ragging on Omega UK service with insanely vague insults and accusations of faulty work without any particulars or details....
I see. Yes in UK. The reason I ask is I found Omega Service in UK to be terrible around 15 years ago. I had a collection of vintage Speedmasters and took 3 in to my local AD to be serviced/overhauled. The watches went to STS first and the standard was absolutely appalling. They couldn't have even checked the terrible work they did. Eastleigh then attempted to get them right but again not much better than STS.
And yes, if you're not a troll then you're insane. 30 or more different Speedmasters, 20% or more of which have inexcusable faults, numerous other points of retail or service failure experienced by yourself and your "brother," I think there's a name for it that derives from a certain Frenchman.....
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Canuck
·I don't think that it was unreasonable to have though that QC may have improved, and to give the watch I like the look of so much another try, so not quite insane just yet. If the stuttering seconds hand is easy to eliminate why is this problem there in the first place? The minute recorder is spot on on your watch, but not on most examples. I'm sorry but my expectations of a £3520 GBP watch, not a small amount of money, are justifiably higher than the poor performance and problems I have encountered.
And my expectations are higher for a watch that is Flight Qualified by NASA for All Space Missions.
Your expectations are such that you should give up on mechanical watches, and buy quartz. It is not possible to produce a timepiece made of gears, shafts, oil, jewelled bearings, oscillating balance wheels, mainsprings and such, to perform to a standard such as you describe. Maybe get your money back and buy a sundial or hour glass which has no movement parts. You might go spend £20,000 on a Patek Phillipe, and find you have the same complaints as you do with your Omegas.
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miurasv
·Your expectations are such that you should give up on mechanical watches, and buy quartz. It is not possible to produce a timepiece made of gears, shafts, oil, jewelled bearings, oscillating balance wheels, mainsprings and such, to perform to a standard such as you describe. Maybe get your money back and buy a sundial or hour glass which has no movement parts. You might go spend £20,000 on a Patek Phillipe, and find you have the same complaints as you do with your Omegas.
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M.D.
·Maybe it's time to shut this thread down? We're really going nowhere at this point.
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makaria indica
·Please " Don't feed the Troll"........
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M.D.
·We're not really discussing problems at this point. You've brought up some issues with past watches. There's been an acknowledgement that yes, mechanical watches sometimes encounter problems. We're all sorry owning a Speedy Pro hasn't been a great experience for you.
But now you're coming across as someone trying to win an argument that the 1861 movement is no good. You don't have any meaningful statistical evidence to back up your point, and others who are significantly qualified to discuss the quality of this movement have weighed in and refuted your broad claims.
What else is there to discuss? You seem very convinced and we're unlikely to change your mind. We're also very convinced and you're unlikely to change our mind. So let's move on.
But now you're coming across as someone trying to win an argument that the 1861 movement is no good. You don't have any meaningful statistical evidence to back up your point, and others who are significantly qualified to discuss the quality of this movement have weighed in and refuted your broad claims.
What else is there to discuss? You seem very convinced and we're unlikely to change your mind. We're also very convinced and you're unlikely to change our mind. So let's move on.
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miurasv
·Please " Don't feed the Troll"........
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M.D.
·Maybe he's post farming. Expect to see a Speedy Pro for sale soon.
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M.D.
·Ok, that last comment was unnecessary, but that's how these threads start to go. I'm moving on.
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miurasv
·We're not really discussing problems at this point. You've brought up some issues with past watches. There's been an acknowledgement that yes, mechanical watches sometimes encounter problems. We're all sorry owning a Speedy Pro hasn't been a great experience for you.
But now you're coming across as someone trying to win an argument that the 1861 movement is no good. You don't have any meaningful statistical evidence to back up your point, and others who are significantly qualified to discuss the quality of this movement have weighed in and refuted your broad claims.
What else is there to discuss? You seem very convinced and we're unlikely to change your mind. We're also very convinced and you're unlikely to change our mind. So let's move on.
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dsio
··Ash @ ΩFThis guy's clearly a bit of a goose, no point in this thread continuing.
