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Rotating Bezel Misalignment - Is this Acceptable?

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Hi all. I recently purchase a Seamaster 300M from an AD. I noticed that the arrow on the bezel was ever so slightly misaligned with the dashes on the face of the watch.

In the attached photo, you can see the mentioned misalignment along the red line I drew in MS Paint. As a newbie, I would like to ask for opinions on this misalignment and is it common and acceptable?
 
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Move it one click more to the left. It’ll probably still be misaligned a little to the left, but not as bad as it is now. My experience with divers from multiple brands is yes, this is pretty common and yours isn’t the worse I’ve seen.
 
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Looks like the consensus is that its acceptable. I don't understand why. For a $6000 watch I would imagine it would be perfect in the center. I can tell its misaligned just by looking at it.

This is what pretty much every new member says in the many, many threads where they are nit-picking about minor cosmetic issues, "It's a luxury watch, it should be perfect." My personal opinion is that in the current era, Omega is a high-volume seller of mass-produced mid-tier watches and the QC specs are pretty loose.
 
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This is what pretty much every new member says in the many, many threads where they are nit-picking about minor cosmetic issues, "It's a luxury watch, it should be perfect." My personal opinion is that in the current era, Omega is a high-volume seller of mass-produced mid-tier watches and the QC specs are pretty loose.

That seems like the only explanation. Even some really cheap mass produced consumer goods have a simple camera which takes pictures and checks things like that.
 
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Issues like that are completely normal, also among brands claiming rigorous QC.
 
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Issues like that are completely normal, also among brands claiming rigorous QC.
And completely correctable if you so choose. Most AD's can either fix the issue or have it done under factory warranty. Choice of giving up the brand new watch for some period of time (minutes to months) or living with a small misalignment so depends on your level of OCD. If it will bug you every time you look at the watch then get it corrected.

Edit to add: One of the threads Dan links to is one from 3 years back where I ask this very same question. As I was told and then discovered myself, its a pretty easy fix.
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And completely correctable if you so choose. Most AD's can either fix the issue or have it done under factory warranty. Choice of giving up the brand new watch for some period of time (minutes to months) or living with a small misalignment so depends on your level of OCD. If it will bug you every time you look at the watch then get it corrected.

Edit to add: One of the threads Dan links to is one from 3 years back where I ask this very same question. As I was told and then discovered myself, its a pretty easy fix.

I took mine to the AD. They were adamant that nothing is wrong. Finally they agreed to replace it. But that was mostly because it worked in their favor. The initial purchase was made online so I had to pay for the replacement and they just took the online return and refunded it. So they ended up making that all so important commission.
 
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