My 4 years old 3570 moon watch is running consistently slow by 8 seconds per 24 hours. If I take it in for regulation, they can improve on the accuracy but have to remove the red dot? I like the red dot to be intact for as long as possible, thinking a service is still years away. Do they replace the red dot with a blue dot after service? I am on the fence to leaving it alone, as this watch is not my daily but in rotation among a few others. Thought are appreciated.
Red dot and blue dot are no longer being used by Omega service centers.... https://omegaforums.net/threads/fyi-end-of-the-red-and-blue-dots.25940/#post-287822
If the -8 bugs you, get it done. Red dot isn't important. Although, I think most people wouldn't bother unless it was off by more like 15s...
If the red dot is so dear to you simply buy a bottle of red TESTORS hobby paint. All you need is a tooth pick to apply a drop of paint and let dry. You will have enough red dots for 10 life times per watch.
I got my SMPc back from warranty service about 2 weeks ago, about June 6, this was after the June 1 dot amendment, Australia has very slow internet speeds too in the world scheme, it now has a new red dot near the serial # on the lug and the remnants of the original red and blue dots at the 6 O'clock position. Before it went in for repair it was running +2 -0 secs per day, after repair it runs better than +/-0.5 secs per day, so in 2 weeks it's within 1 second of it's set time, you guys are smart enough to work out the importance of a dot that needs to be viewed under magnification yeah?
Accurate watch over red dot any day, really its sort of like the purple snot on the caseback back in the 60s/70s, to indicate its factory fresh. Except it isn't factory fresh anymore because you've worn it for four years as its intended to be.
Change by Omega (stop doing blue marking) was at some point before july, as my blue SMPc was serviced in warranty by Omega in July and didnt had the blue dot.
