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·Okay, and absolutely ZERO chance the work wasn't done at Omega but instead you've been bullshitted to by your AD -- and they did it and are now back stepping while good cop/bad copping you?
Service center reshaped the lugs
Okay, and absolutely ZERO chance the work wasn't done at Omega but instead you've been bullshitted to by your AD -- and they did it and are now back stepping while good cop/bad copping you?
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·Okay, and absolutely ZERO chance the work wasn't done at Omega but instead you've been bullshitted to by your AD -- and they did it and are now back stepping while good cop/bad copping you?
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·If those scratches aren't yours then some serious junior birdman action was set loose on your AT... and it's beyond my scope of comprehension that that would go down at an Omega service center.
Me, I'd be figuring out some nonchalant ways to sleuth out your AD and their in-house watchmaker.
I still say your lugs haven't been touched in terms of being cutdown but the scratches are defo there... any chance Stevie Wonder is side-hustling at your AD as an apprentice watchmaker?
Me, I'd be figuring out some nonchalant ways to sleuth out your AD and their in-house watchmaker.
I still say your lugs haven't been touched in terms of being cutdown but the scratches are defo there... any chance Stevie Wonder is side-hustling at your AD as an apprentice watchmaker?
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·Regarding the chamfer, I thought about maybe they did change the case shape during the production, so I just spent another hour searching for real photos of this exact model (even the same color), but none of them look like mine. The chamfer on mine has an outer width as wide as the end link tab. All others I see are at most as wide as the letter "e" of "stainless steel" engraving. I can dump those photos here but I don't think anyone is interested...?
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·Here's two photos of a 38 AT from Reddit...
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·Damn close to, if not, identical...
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·OP... what year is yours, dial color?
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·Pardon my editing skill, but mine is at least 3 times wide...
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·The warranty card says Nov '22 and it's ordered so it's possible this is the newest batch and all the new ones look like this.
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·And not the angle of the photos?
So you bought in Jan of 2023 or the warranty expires in Jan of '23?
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·Another 38 AT that appears consistent with yours --
original photo
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·There are none so deaf as those who refuse to listen!
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·No idea what if anything happened here. But based on my own experience I will avoid sending anything ever again to an Omega “service” center in the US - the one in New Jersey in particular.
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·If you don't have a photo before how did you arrive at the conclusion that the lugs had changed? Just a feeling??
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·there’s clearly a significant variation in yours compared to the others pictured. I doubt that kind of variation would be within spec for a run of identical cases.
the question is, did the chamfer change at some point in normal production batches. Doesn’t seem anyone here can resolve this for you unless they have an identical example, or can find one online.
it would seem the most likely answer is the case shape has evolved over time and you did not notice this before sending. It’s far less likely, but not impossible, that you sent this in for removal of dust on the dial and some lunatic reshaped your case while also scratching up the back of the lugs.
Hopefully Omega can answer the above questions for you. Good luck 👍
