legal Action against Omega

Earlier this week, I picked up a couple watches from the watchmaker I’ve been working with, and he was telling me about this. I’ll be interested to hear more as it unfolds. It would be really nice to able to order items like crowns, crystals, and hands from a supplier like Cousins or Otto Frei instead of having to scour ebay.

You can keep track of the legal proceedings here:

https://www.cousinsuk.com/page/news

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future prices on new Omega watches ∝ litigation costs 🙄

Just to clarify, Omega only stopped selling to third party resellers of parts. Parts are still distributed directly to watchmakers who take the time to qualify with Omega - it's not a difficult process if you are properly trained and have a modern, well equipped shop. If your watchmaker doesn't have a parts account, you should encourage them to apply.


Yes, I believe in Spain an entity of some kind (can't recall if it was a watchmaker or parts supplier) was able to successfully win a case, but because of additional actions being taken (partly related to the Cousins suit) enforcement has yet to take place pending the outcome of other actions.

If you are referring to other brands, then yes, in the past governments have taken action against Rolex (consent decree in the US was withdrawn some time ago, which started/accelerated the cascading restrictions on spare parts). Class action lawsuit was filed against Richemont, and settled, but it benefited the consumer class far more than the watchmaker class.

Cheers, Al

Yes, I believe in Spain an entity of some kind (can't recall if it was a watchmaker or parts supplier) was able to successfully win a case, but because of additional actions being taken (partly related to the Cousins suit) enforcement has yet to take place pending the outcome of other actions.

So even when you win you lose 😗 Lawyering up is an absolute last resort in my opinion and the only real winners are the lawyers.