Is it normal or a manufacturing defect for an omega to have off centered date wheel? What causes it?

ErichPryde

Great additional posts with additional cherry picking of what you respond to!

I always find gaslighting so entertaining! So let's lay out how it works.

When asked if you understand that crooked, off-center pictures are misleading, you answered with "I was just giving examples"
The message this sends: I'm not going to answer your question about off-center images because it's not in my interest to do so. Also I've posted a bunch of images of this so it must be common, even if the sources (like r/Reptime) are questionable. Oh, and not to mention they might be in date change. But don't worry about that, these really are examples can't you tell?


"Wanting to know if it is common or not (emoji)"
The message this sends: I've posted several images of this and I've already suggested it's common and now I'm re-asserting it!


"Expecting a watch that costs $5000+ to have nice alignment is too much to ask? (emoji) now, i don't know if i want an omega anymore"
The message this sends: Other than the fact that this completely ignores the poster above who is literally telling you to satisfy your OCD by doing the work yourself, your message is clear: All Omegas are off-alignment- that's my only option so I don't want it anymore.


"i don't expect perfection, i expect nice alignment"
The message this sends: Any Omega I would buy would clearly be out of alignment.
🤨 Ok. Great stuff.

Also, did you honestly go out of your way to post lower case "i's" in this many posts? I can't imagine any modern platform of posting that would let you do that. that's impressive, points awarded for that touch.


"is it something that happens across all the brands(rolex,tudor,breitling,iwc,cartier etc)? Or is it something where OMEGA falls short to other brands in the price range."
The message this sends: Omega falls short vs. the other brands. Heck, you've already suggestively asserted that in your opening post, so this is just more of the same- digging for a specific answer and ignoring any reasonable suggestion or question anyone else asks.

Also, it should be impossible for anyone to disregard the fact that you've clearly shown yourself capable of using google to collect images to supplement your post- so the logical question for anyone reading this should be, why are you even asking this as opposed to just using google to find the dozens of search results of Rolex, GS, and Seiko watches with off-center date windows and other various quality control issues?

"If i start a luxury brand tomorrow, i want my customers to be exactly like you, argumentative,out of touch with reality and easily satisfied. 👍"
The message this sends: You're too stupid to see how badly Omega misaligns ALL their watches based upon this miniscule sample.

Great touch, love it. also with the lower case i's. It's picture-perfect.

Oh- and welcome to the forum btw! You likely won't find it the same environment as r/Reptime (which, I can't tell if you are there a lot or were just really digging for those images!), we're a bit more serious here.

rendo

I think it's normal to expect a reasonably perfect alignment with any brand that has a good reputation. But you are asking about watches that you found photos of online (you don't know the whole story with them). Other than the first three photos, which look acceptable to me in terms of alignment, they are taken at weird angles.

On top of that, you have a big mouth and although people here are generally nice and welcoming, they have no reason to tolerate you.

My suggestion to you is to save up some more money and skip Omega, as it's clearly not good enough for you. That would also save the Omega customer service some headache after your first purchase.

A Apurba

If you can't see the obvious misaligned date on the saffron and the black lacquered dial then you must be an one eyed person or blind. They don't pass the 1/3, 2/3 visual. So, at least these two are definitely misalignments.
Generally speaking, as someone who is just getting into the hobby, it's a bit obnoxious to see people so deep into the hobby that they are completely out of touch with reality. "These are "mass production" watches, so you can't expect perfection" 🤨 i don't expect perfection, i expect nice alignment.

A "mass production" watch from orient can have better alignment but a luxury watch can't?

If i start a luxury brand tomorrow, i want my customers to be exactly like you, argumentative,out of touch with reality and easily satisfied. 👍

josiahg52

I don't see anything but a photo of a watch. I'm not going to make any judgment on it unless I had it hand, like the manufacturer would insist if someone were making a warranty claim. I'm not insisting any other watches you've cherry-picked to make your odd point are misaligned or aligned. I don't claim that Omega ships watches that aren't out of tolerance and worth a warranty repair. I do suggest that a majority of their watches are perfectly in tolerance and unfortunately suffer from hyper-critical buyers and internet critics. I'm suggesting that looking at (imperfect) photos of (some fake Omega) watches, focusing on one thing, and insisting that Omega has a widespread problem with date window alignments is dumb. That's coming from someone who's been in this hobby for some time.

Good luck finding a watch you'll enjoy.

Scarecrow Boat

You are expecting perfection from a mass produced entry level brand. These watches come with warranties for a reason. If you find something you aren’t satisfied with, take it up with Omega.

A Apurba

If you can't see the obvious misaligned date on the saffron and the black lacquered dial then you must be an one eyed person

TimeODanaos

When youre having a disagreement with someone, don't use this as a disparagement. It's badly misinformed and makes you sound ignorant as well as immature. As for the substantive question, I don't care either way.

A Apurba

Yes i apologized to him for what i said, it was immature.

TexOmega

Must be another Psy101 project we here are subjected to from time to time......

Donn Chambers

A Tesla Cybertruck cost north of $100k at the moment and lots of them were delivered with worse “defects” than these date wheel alignments.

https://electrek.co/2024/01/12/tesla-cybertruck-delivered-ridiculous-body-defects/

A Apurba

Classic whataboutism
Anyways I don't think there is any point continuing this thread. I used to think omega is probably the brand for me because I like their designs a lot along with the history. But it doesn't seem like it anymore. You guys enjoy your omegas. 👍

A Apurba

Classic whataboutism

Anyways I don't think there is any point continuing this thread. I used to think omega is probably the brand for me because I like their designs a lot along with the history. But it doesn't seem like it anymore. You guys enjoy your omegas. 👍

ErichPryde

Exactly. OP is a troll. Somehow capable of (obviously) vast amounts of googling issues Omega has, whilst at the same time incapable of googling similar results for other brands. Seemingly highly capable of long and detailed posts, but simultaneously utterly incapable of answering certain specific questions. Statedly coming here to ask if "issues" are common to Omega whilst (without any doubt) asserting the exact thing they are supposedly here to ask. Supposedly new to the watch world while, at the same time, obviously quite informed. Actually agreeing that Omega isn't for them, but casting doubt onto what value that agreement has as they are unable to move on.

We could make a list of the logical fallacies and hostile argumentative tactics used, or we could just call it what it is: pretty low quality trolling.