Introduction to the Omega Forums and an issue with my Trilogy Speedy

I spoke to the manager and he said that the horror stories from New Jersey are because they service all Swatch group. He sent mine to Seattle which reportedly only services Omegas. We'll see. Not looking forward to scratches and dust particles.

This is just not a big enough issue for me to send a pristine watch in for a service before its time. It will likely come back with some scratches that I would fret over much more than a jumping minute hand.

Welcome, sorry about the issues you've been having, hope they get resolved on this go around!

thanks for bringing this to my attention 😡

Now I checked and my Tintin minute hand moves at 59,5... its like always: once you realize it you always see it 😡

I totally get how minor things can bug you to no end. But I've finally realized it's far more enjoyable (for me, anyway) to just let them go/ignore them rather than spending the time, effort and stress chasing fixes to minutaie. My seven-month-old Speedy Pro, when I hit the reset button, sometimes doesn't position the minute counter hand exactly at 12 o'clock. I was letting it drive me nuts until I realized it was a waste of time and I was being silly. I certainly am not going to send it in for service to adjust the hand or whatever by 0.00012 mm. When it is actually time for service, I'll mention it to them then.
The other week I put a couple little dings in the bezel of my favorite Seiko. That was driving me crazy too, until I was wearing it yesterday and once again realized I barely even could tell it was there, let alone could anyone else. So I let that go, too, and went back to just enjoying my darn watches.
If I had a new Speedy 60th and it had this issue, I don't think I would care at all. I definitely wouldn't send it away for weeks or more just to hopefully get it fixed, if they even did it correctly. I say enjoy the hell out of that thing and don't sweat it anymore.

Welcome, nice collection you have there. I've been finding myself more and more drawn to a Speedy mk4.5 this past year or so, hope to get one myself this year.

The only time this issue will matter is when you have a timing that stops between 59 and 00 seconds because the minute counter will have already advanced, indicating an extra minute. However, since you are aware of it you can mentally adjust for it. It may not be ideal, but it certainly isn't burdensome considering how infrequently this occurrence is likely to happen.

As collectors, it’s easy to get very ‘anal’ about little details.

(I spent fifteen minutes today, trying to explain the significance of a DON bezel to a watch lover who had no knowledge about Speedmasters. He was incredulous after I showed him some current eBay listings, including this one for almost USD 5,500:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Omega-Speedmaster-DON-DO90-BEZEL-2998-105-003-105-012-145-012-Pre-Moon-Original/173211139259?



It IS a gorgeous bezel, although that’s a TON of money for a metal ring with numbers.)

I’ve observed some pretty antsy debates over the fine points of authenticity and, of course, I agree with and appreciate the sentiments of those being antsy. We all want something that’s right and recognize the value of details and minutiae to verify it.

But, I agree that it’s more important to know where the line is, where perfection (or almost perfection) becomes a trap and you poison yourself over trying to fix what isn’t really worth it anymore. Ain’t nothing perfect. The art of life is learning to live with that.

I love my Speedmasters enough to try to overlook their minor proclivities and shortcomings (within reason). I hope they continue to overlook my own minor proclivities and shortcomings in caring for them. After all, it was my proclivities and shortcomings that lead me to gathering them together in the first place.

I understand all the sentiment regarding just living with this minor imperfection. But once you notice it you never un-see it. And this is the most expensive watch I have so I don't want to have this little thing niggling at me

You just answered your own question then. Send it in. Case closed. No sense continuing to discuss it. Only thing I will say as a fellow OCD-er about things like this at first: Once you get it back--and let's say the problem is fixed--what happens when you bang it off something (inevitable) and mark it up, scratch it, dent it, whatever? Are you going to have it serviced or refinished every time there is a "minor imperfection"? I'm not being a dick. I suffer from the same thing but have realized it is futile. But you did answer your own question, so just have it serviced under warranty and see how it comes out.

Seems to be some variety on this, not just in Omegas. On my POc (cal 3313), the minute counter begins to move between 59 and 60 seconds and ticks when the chronograph second hand reaches 60 seconds. On my new SMPc (cal 3330), the minute counter actually sweeps with the chronograph second counter.

On non-Omega brands, I see similar actions happening. On both my Chase Durer Thunderbirds and Thunderbird Air Craft pieces, the minute counter sweeps with the minute counter. On both my Chase Durer UDT and Swiss Army Maverick II, the minute counter ticks to the next minute exactly as the second counter reaches zero. All four are quartz models.

On a fun (at least to me) side note, the Maverick II has been the only piece I’ve had that the second counter lines up perfectly with all 60 hash marks. Always found that as utopic as the old Windows screen saver icon landing perfectly in the corner of the screen.