Misallignment at 12? Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch white

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Fafura

·Today at 3:45pm

Hi,

i am doing my reseach before purchaisng the omega speedmaster professional moonwatch white edition, and something struck me - a possible misallignement of a chrono hand at 12 o'clock and 60 chronometer position? Am i crazy and seeing things, or is this actually off? I have an understanding that a chrono hand should perfectlly go through 12 position and then as imaginatory line, go through a 60 position "dot". In my opinion the dot is a bit off to the right. Is this true? If yes, is this a common thing? Should i be worried about this? is this a flaw in the watch?

 

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Charlemagne1333

·Today at 3:50pm

Wabi-sabi

 

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Fafura

·Today at 3:52pm

Charlemagne1333

Wabi-sabi

huh?

 

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Annapolis

·Today at 5:02pm

It’s definitely off in that photo, but with the way parallax works, I’d want to see several photos before making any conclusion. Sometimes at even the slightest angle I’ll be convinced that something on my watch isn’t aligned, but then I’ll adjust my wrist a tiny bit and it’s clearly fine. Ask for more pics.

You can google wabi sabi—it is indeed an ethos that many Omega owners have embraced. These are mass produced watches with all kinds of small imperfections.

 

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Fafura

·Today at 5:17pm

here some more photos, maybe i am just imagining things, but i would like a 8kUSD watch not to be like a seiko.

 

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Dan S

·Today at 5:20pm

The bezel ring is a separate part. When it was installed, the technician attempted to align it with the dial. Perfect doesn't always happen, and a certain amount of misalignment is presumably within specifications.

Many new Omega owners apparently don't understand the concept of specifications, and they usually say "For the amount of money I paid for this luxury watch, it should be perfect." Of course, in reality, there is no such thing as perfect, it's a question of how much imperfection is considered acceptable.

A similar issue often arises with co-alignment of the hour and minute hands at midnight.

As for the bezel, you can ask someone to remove it and re-install it, and keep repeating the process until you are happy. Good luck.

 

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Vinz Clortho

·Today at 5:22pm

For those with OCD, wabi-sabi does not compute. Sometimes though you wonder how things like this get through QC without someone scratching their heads. But they figure some people don't notice or a fine with it.

If you buy it, worse case is take it to a watchmaker and for $50, he'll get it all fixed up.

 

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Evitzee

·Today at 6:07pm

As others have said you can have the bezel realigned by a qualified person who knows what they are doing. Of course you run the risk of some scratch or scuff occurring if said person isn't as careful or as skilled as they should be.

 

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Annapolis

·Today at 6:34pm

I think I’d just buy a different example of this watch with better bezel alignment. They’re not hard to find.

 

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Fafura

·Today at 6:40pm

I just thought that such things are not happening on watches with that price-point. Also its a new model, not a 20yo classic black speedmaster. I need to think if I can live with that or search for another piece which will not trigger my OCD 😀

 

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Dan S

·2m ago

Dan S

Many new Omega owners apparently don't understand the concept of specifications, and they usually say "For the amount of money I paid for this luxury watch, it should be perfect."

Fafura

I just thought that such things are not happening on watches with that price-point.

I rest my case.