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Iceter
路As an aside it seems that watch forums are a series of extremes. People ask "Is it safe to...?" for what are often everyday activities that the watch can surely handle, and yet when someone drops the watch from 3-4 feet onto a hard surface, many seems to think it should be fine. 馃槙
As a ham-fisted neanderthal, dropping a watch onto the floor from about a meter up is a pretty common occurrence for me. 馃檨
So, an everyday-wear watch that can't handle that wouldn't last long in my collection. Thankfully, the Seikos I have worn for years and the Omegas I have worn for the last 2 or 3 years seem to take my abuse admirably. My abusive-style of ownership is what makes me wonder what the internal damage to the OP's watch consists of.
At this point I'm just curious to see what a WM says is wrong with the OP's watch and what the resolution is.
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Martin_J_N
路As a ham-fisted neanderthal, dropping a watch onto the floor from about a meter up is a pretty common occurrence for me. 馃檨
So, an everyday-wear watch that can't handle that wouldn't last long in my collection. Thankfully, the Seikos I have worn for years and the Omegas I have worn for the last 2 or 3 years seem to take my abuse admirably. My abusive-style of ownership is what makes me wonder what the internal damage to the OP's watch consists of.
At this point I'm just curious to see what a WM says is wrong with the OP's watch and what the resolution is.
Doesn鈥檛 the result of an impact from 1m (ish) depend on just how the watch hits the floor? There are those that drop their watch on a hardwood floor and it bounces and works just fine, whilst others do the same and have the crystal shatter and the watch go into meltdown, because the angle of impact is different.
For me, send it back, date change issue, sit back and see what happens.
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Archer
路路Omega Qualified WatchmakerDoesn鈥檛 the result of an impact from 1m (ish) depend on just how the watch hits the floor? There are those that drop their watch on a hardwood floor and it bounces and works just fine, whilst others do the same and have the crystal shatter and the watch go into meltdown, because the angle of impact is different.
For me, send it back, date change issue, sit back and see what happens.
Indeed - personally I would be happy that the only issue is a date change problem...
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PRW
路Coming quite late into this discussion.
I wear my newly bought SMP300 daily, due to growing older I now have a managment position but on some occasions called upon to return to the tools, some of these being plate and foot whackers (highly vibrating tools), should I be worried that my new Seamaster cannot handle this!
I had the original SMP300 blue wave dial and never actually had it serviced! It gave me 20 years of unconditional service (sold now with much regret).
In between I have worn a second hand Seiko and again, never missed a beat. Are these Omegas getting a little 'wimpy'?
I wear my newly bought SMP300 daily, due to growing older I now have a managment position but on some occasions called upon to return to the tools, some of these being plate and foot whackers (highly vibrating tools), should I be worried that my new Seamaster cannot handle this!
I had the original SMP300 blue wave dial and never actually had it serviced! It gave me 20 years of unconditional service (sold now with much regret).
In between I have worn a second hand Seiko and again, never missed a beat. Are these Omegas getting a little 'wimpy'?
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STANDY
路路schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorComing quite late into this discussion.
I wear my newly bought SMP300 daily, due to growing older I now have a managment position but on some occasions called upon to return to the tools, some of these being plate and foot whackers (highly vibrating tools), should I be worried that my new Seamaster cannot handle this!
I had the original SMP300 blue wave dial and never actually had it serviced! It gave me 20 years of unconditional service (sold now with much regret).
In between I have worn a second hand Seiko and again, never missed a beat. Are these Omegas getting a little 'wimpy'?
Any watch dropped at a certain angle is going to have an issue.
Have been here long enough to hear the good the bad and the ugly of said falls on Omega鈥檚 and Rolex鈥檚
Remember one guy here鈥檚 brother dropped one from about a 1ft only and had a whinge about Omega,s durability until it was bought into question how you drop a watch from about only 1ft off the ground.
( then again I could throw this or a G-shock against a wall and it would be OK )
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路Interesting spread of responses here. I'll only add two things, first is that I wouldn't expect any watch I own to be dropped from 1-meter onto any surface, aside from thick carpet maybe, and not have the potential for damage. Knock on wood, but I don't think I've ever dropped a watch onto the floor, what are you guys doing with yours that you're dropping watches left and right all day long?
Second, if I dropped a watch, and the watch had damage, and I needed it repaired, I would describe exactly what my silly ass did to cause it. Seems so many people feel the need to avoid any consequence in life, I just don't get it. Sure, maybe you won't have to pay for the repair, and sure Omega has the bucks, but none of that has anything to do with the situation at hand. It's like those people who assume their wealthy friend will always buy dinner just because they have more money. Their finances have nothing to do with you. Facts are clear, the OP dropped the watch, that sucks, but it's his fault even if an accident, and so I think he should just offer as much information as possible and let Omega decide the outcome. You know, like big boys do. Ethics aren't malleable just because we don't like the scenario. Gong back to screaming at kids on my lawn now...
Second, if I dropped a watch, and the watch had damage, and I needed it repaired, I would describe exactly what my silly ass did to cause it. Seems so many people feel the need to avoid any consequence in life, I just don't get it. Sure, maybe you won't have to pay for the repair, and sure Omega has the bucks, but none of that has anything to do with the situation at hand. It's like those people who assume their wealthy friend will always buy dinner just because they have more money. Their finances have nothing to do with you. Facts are clear, the OP dropped the watch, that sucks, but it's his fault even if an accident, and so I think he should just offer as much information as possible and let Omega decide the outcome. You know, like big boys do. Ethics aren't malleable just because we don't like the scenario. Gong back to screaming at kids on my lawn now...
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MRC
路Remember one guy here鈥檚 brother dropped one from about a 1ft only and had a whinge about Omega,s durability until it was bought into question how you drop a watch from about only 1ft off the ground.
By putting your watch into your jacket pocket, laying the jacket on the driver's seat of your Lotus and then pulling the jacket out too fast. Concrete floor too 馃檨 but my first Omega survived and shows no sigh of the drop 30 years later 馃榾 Good job I've never owned nor driven a SUV, that would be an eight foot fall 馃榿
Needs a new battery though and I don't want to go mix with the crowds in the Big City to get it replaced.
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OmegaP99
路By putting your watch into your jacket pocket, laying the jacket on the driver's seat of your Lotus and then pulling the jacket out too fast.
We need a new thread about watch-compatible automobiles. We have an older friend locally who daily drives a Lotus Elise, and the guys in the service department at the dealer told me they always try to catch a glimpse of him getting in or out to see how the hell he manages it. So far nobody has witnessed such a feat so the mystery continues.
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路We need a new thread about watch-compatible automobiles. We have an older friend locally who daily drives a Lotus Elise, and the guys in the service department at the dealer told me they always try to catch a glimpse of him getting in or out to see how the hell he manages it. So far nobody has witnessed such a feat so the mystery continues.
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JimInOz
路路Melbourne Australia......................................................
( then again I could throw this or a G-shock against a wall and it would be OK )
Brings back horrible memories of when I returned to Penang after a deployment in Singapore where I bought my 5513 Submariner.
Went to a party that night and during the evening one of the guys asked me about my watch so I gave it to him to look at.
"Is it shockproof?" he asked with a grin, and then threw it quite hard at the brick wall.
He was quite large, a known nutter and I was still rather sober, even moreso after picking up my Subbie, so I just smiled and said I hope so.
He probably still wonders why he suffered "A Series of Unfortunate Events" during the rest of his tour in Malaysia after that party 馃槈.
BTW, the Subbie performed flawlessly for the next 23 years, despite being used as a tool watch 24/7 in some extremely harsh environments.
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