As far as sharp edges on Speedies go I haven't even seen this complaint made. I've seen people hypothesize that the new planet ocean might have sharp edges, but I've never seen this complain about a Speedmaster and I've never seen or heard any complaints about any Omega being that poorly finished.
If that's what the video amounts to I'm glad I didn't click on it.
He had a whinge about the sharp(his word) edges.
It mostly was directed at the bracelet iirc, but he may have also included the head of the watch for good measure.
For context, he said it was a quality control issue and that it reflected on the brand with slipping in standards and at that price point it basically wasn't good enough.
So there it is. As if he was the sole arbiter of what's right, proper and correct.
Now i'm absolutely no fan boy. But really?
So to check it out for myself i went and tried it on. Had a bit of a feel of it all over.
And yes, they are super crisp but not "sharp".
And i was satisfied the watch was fine just as it is.
Then i put my 1861 Speedy on to leave the boutique and had a look at the watch head.
Lo and behold, it had equally crisp edges around the undeside of the midcase and lug area.
So i wrote off his comments as something that was coming from an uninmormed/inexperienced position.
Just as it is with a lot of these youtuber super critics that wouldn't know their hat from their arse. These types of comments come out of their mouths because they are trying to hold themselves out to appear as though they are watch conoseures on all levels.
Admitedly some of the production of these videos are quite engaging though.
Now it seems he's backing it up and coming at it again for some reason which seems to be justifying his comments and doubling down on the quality issue angle.
Now it's apparent to me that it's not a one off but a conscious choice by Omega to go in this direction with the edge finish.
A genuine "quality" issue would actually manifest in inconstistencies in the finishing.
Not only link to link, but from one side to the other and be not the same as the edges as those on the underside of the midcase on the 3861. But also on watches that were made years prior.
In his latest video he goes on about his beloved original Omega he's wearing and that's all good. But to double down on the quality thing when there is no sign of a quality issue per se. IMO, he's geting way ahead of himself.
But it seeming has ramifications for/reflecting on the brand in a way that is resonating somehow. Again, i'm no fanboy but this kind of thing gets under my skin a bit.
I was around in the days of the Walt Odette review. That had some level of legitimacy based on his observations of one unit.
But seriously, the only people that would ever get to see it would be a watchmaker.
Perhaps this is Omegas Walt Odette moment.
But things being as they are decades down the track now. It's comments based on personal preferences(as they typically are) do have a negative impact.
But at the end of the day, he's not any kind of an expert as a lot of these people hold themselves out to be.
I'm still getting one
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Omega have a number of issues. Any of which are probably not cause for any kind of total collapse in sales or something. But maybe by weight of numbers😉
