Well my 5 day review of my new seamaster. I love it. The size is just fine. In fact I put my old midsize on and thought it was small. (Same sort of comparison happened when I went from a 55 to 65” TV.). I particularly like the rubber band, very comfortable. I’ve kept track of the time and it has run about 6 secs fast in 5 days, so about 1.2 secs fast per day. I just love the blue dial and band. For some reason I’ve always liked blue dials in my watches, my midsize also being blue. They had black and green there as well, but I was drawn to the blue one. The only watch I can see owning with a black dial would be a submariner, which I’ll never own. If I had a complaint, it’s the watch hands. They aren’t solid like my old omega. When I wake up in the middle of the night and look at the time, it’s hard to see at night, particularly as the luminance has worn down a bit. I’d have preferred a solid hand, but that’s a very minor complaint. All in all I’m extremely happy with the new Seamaster. I started to post in the ‘what is your grail omega’. My grail omega would be my new Seamaster.
Hi I’m new to the forum, so I thought I’d introduce myself. I have an Omega Seamaster mid-size, circa 2006, I’ve had since 2007. (2253.80.00) It has the 1120 movement, stainless with a blue dial. I remember later they came out with their first co-axial movement. It’s been a good watch and I’ve had it serviced every 5 years, once on a 4 year cycle. It’s getting close to that time again although in 3 months it still is right on the minute with my iPhone. (It’s actually starting to slow down a bit as it was about a minute a month fast.) I’ve always liked the mid size and when looking recently at new watches I was surprised they quit selling midsize. When did they do that, it seems they had them 2-3 years ago last time I looked? I wonder if I could find an AD that still has a new midsize lying around? I guess the trend is toward bigger watches. I have a small wrist and feel the 42mm is just too big, however when trying my niece’s husband’s new seamaster on it wasn’t terrible.
So I’m in a conundrum, service ‘old faithful’ or get a new Seamaster? I even contemplated recently just ditching an automatic and getting an Apple Watch. I’m approaching 70 and health monitoring features are maybe a nice to have but I like automatics and Apple Watches are larger than the current Seamaster. The new Seamaster I’m looking at is the stainless blue dial with blue band, the lower tier of Omega Seamaster. My heart tells me to go for it, but my gut says at 70, maybe there’s not enough road in front of me to get the full enjoyment out of it and maybe I just service my current midsize when it slows down a bit more. 700 bucks for service is a lot better than 5600+ some discount if I can get one. I can always sell what I have to defer some cost. I like the solid back on my current watch vs the newer see through backs. The bezel is nicer on my old watch as well, with the numbers and hash marks recessed and not just painted on. But the movement is a lot better and I like the look.
Oh well, enough of my rambling. Any thoughts are appreciated. Thank you
Hi I’m new to the forum, so I thought I’d introduce myself. I have an Omega Seamaster mid-size, circa 2006, I’ve had since 2007. (2253.80.00) It has the 1120 movement, stainless with a blue dial. I remember later they came out with their first co-axial movement. It’s been a good watch and I’ve had it serviced every 5 years, once on a 4 year cycle. It’s getting close to that time again although in 3 months it still is right on the minute with my iPhone. (It’s actually starting to slow down a bit as it was about a minute a month fast.) I’ve always liked the mid size and when looking recently at new watches I was surprised they quit selling midsize. When did they do that, it seems they had them 2-3 years ago last time I looked? I wonder if I could find an AD that still has a new midsize lying around? I guess the trend is toward bigger watches. I have a small wrist and feel the 42mm is just too big, however when trying my niece’s husband’s new seamaster on it wasn’t terrible.
So I’m in a conundrum, service ‘old faithful’ or get a new Seamaster? I even contemplated recently just ditching an automatic and getting an Apple Watch. I’m approaching 70 and health monitoring features are maybe a nice to have but I like automatics and Apple Watches are larger than the current Seamaster. The new Seamaster I’m looking at is the stainless blue dial with blue band, the lower tier of Omega Seamaster. My heart tells me to go for it, but my gut says at 70, maybe there’s not enough road in front of me to get the full enjoyment out of it and maybe I just service my current midsize when it slows down a bit more. 700 bucks for service is a lot better than 5600+ some discount if I can get one. I can always sell what I have to defer some cost. I like the solid back on my current watch vs the newer see through backs. The bezel is nicer on my old watch as well, with the numbers and hash marks recessed and not just painted on. But the movement is a lot better and I like the look.
Oh well, enough of my rambling. Any thoughts are appreciated. Thank you
I have had an awful experience with getting my watch serviced. Also once my watch bracelet failed and the watch was lost, I wrote to Omega and informed of the issue and the total loss. They never responded, BUT took my advice and made modifications to the bracelet. Now the pins have screws at the end so they cannot back out.
more or less, they don’t care about their customers. Once sold you are SOL. Buy from a company that cares and will be there for you to pass that on.
I have had an awful experience with getting my watch serviced. Also once my watch bracelet failed and the watch was lost, I wrote to Omega and informed of the issue and the total loss. They never responded, BUT took my advice and made modifications to the bracelet. Now the pins have screws at the end so they cannot back out.
more or less, they don’t care about their customers. Once sold you are SOL. Buy from a company that cares and will be there for you to pass that on.
It's hard to take you seriously if you believe a watch company the size of Omega changed their bracelet based on what you suggested.
Plus, you complain they don't listen or respond to you and at the same time change their manufacturing line for you.
You can see how that is difficult to accept.
It's hard to take you seriously if you believe a watch company the size of Omega changed their bracelet based on what you suggested.
Plus, you complain they don't listen or respond to you and at the same time change their manufacturing line for you.
You can see how that is difficult to accept.
I’m sure it’s hard for your level of comprehension. I’m also shocked you’re into watches and can tell time. Expressing to a company what happened and suggesting something simple is nothing new. Companies take suggestions all the time. My point was they did nothing nor responded to the issue I brought to them. I’m not upset that the idea is being used as it helps everyone. But at least give a response to a customer. We all have an idea that could help things somewhere. Even you😀. And I hope people take their time to discuss as that is how the best watches are created.
I’m sure it’s hard for your level of comprehension. I’m also shocked you’re into watches and can tell time. Expressing to a company what happened and suggesting something simple is nothing new. Companies take suggestions all the time. My point was they did nothing nor responded to the issue I brought to them. I’m not upset that the idea is being used as it helps everyone. But at least give a response to a customer. We all have an idea that could help things somewhere. Even you😀. And I hope people take their time to discuss as that is how the best watches are created.
