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Help! The non-removable link on SM300 MC fell apart! AD wants 1k to replace it.

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Archer Archer
My waist is about 104 cm off the floor (around 41 inches if you are metrically challenged). If you drop a watch from this height, you cannot expect that there won't be damage. If there isn't any, consider yourself very lucky.

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I’ve dropped several of my watches from this height. I’m a little clumsy sometimes. Now I’m paranoid. So far I’ve been lucky, everything still works and none of my bracelets have exploded.
 
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I always put my watch on and take it off on the bed to make any fall much shorter and with a softer landing.
 
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$1,000 for a new bracelet? I think that I’ll stick with vintage watches and straps …
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I’ve dropped several of my watches from this height. I’m a little clumsy sometimes. Now I’m paranoid. So far I’ve been lucky, everything still works and none of my bracelets have exploded.

I dropped my Oris twice, once from the bed and once from a low night stand. Both times it broke internally. That surprised me how fragile it is. (Both times it was fixed under warranty. [Of course I told them the truth, that I was at fault])
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You don't want thread locking compound, for this you want a retaining compound...

Thank you, I was not aware of retaining compound, but have since looked it up!
 
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Donn Chambers Donn Chambers
But the warranty won’t cover damage caused by a fall or knock. Not saying Omega won’t possibly cover this, but don’t expect it. Any large impact can break a bracelet, if the impact is in the right place. The OP is more likely to get it covered if there’s no evidence of the impact (like a big gouge on the link).

If you look at the pics it looks like the bracelet is/was defective, the pins were never fixed in place properly in the first place. Look at how even when I put the pins back in, it is clearly not secured on one side properly compared to the other side
 
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