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Speedy 3861 weirdness - BUYER BEWARE
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Davey2024
·You’ll hit 200 posts in no time at this rate…
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·But not if the fault hasn't occured yet, so everyone will have a perfect running watch until that time.
What I am saying is that anyone who buys 3861 movement should fully wind the watch and check that chrono operation doesn't cause the watch to stop before leaving store.
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ninman
·I can understand you're disappointed that your Speedy wasn't perfect.
I had a similar experience. Omega replaced mine, which has worked perfectly ever since.
I still love my Speedy, and I've forgotten all about the faulty one. You'll forget all about this too in time.
I had a similar experience. Omega replaced mine, which has worked perfectly ever since.
I still love my Speedy, and I've forgotten all about the faulty one. You'll forget all about this too in time.
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Davey2024
·I hope so.
It has really taken the shine off Omega and the speedy.
It has really taken the shine off Omega and the speedy.
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Davey2024
·I think you are probably right.
I had always looked at my speedy as a little bit of mechanical engineering excellence, in a largely imperfect world.
I suppose I was being idealistic in that view, and I am very disappointed that my little piece of (what I thought was perfection) has developed a fault so soon.
Emotional, maybe?
But, a watch is more than just a watch, right?!
I had always looked at my speedy as a little bit of mechanical engineering excellence, in a largely imperfect world.
I suppose I was being idealistic in that view, and I am very disappointed that my little piece of (what I thought was perfection) has developed a fault so soon.
Emotional, maybe?
But, a watch is more than just a watch, right?!
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YY77
·We seem to be talking in cross purposes.
What I am saying is that anyone who buys 3861 movement should fully wind the watch and check that chrono operation doesn't cause the watch to stop before leaving store.
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padders
··Oooo subtitles!(Hit 200 posts)
His point is that once you hit 200 posts you gain rights to sell that POS watch on here. Might be the best outcome since you seem determined to let it ruin your day. You gain nothing by moaning on here by the way, there is zero link to the Omega organisation.
what an achievement!
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Davey2024
·Most watches work till at some point they don't, mine was faulty after 3,5 years, so testing the functions of the watch before leaving the store may not help knowing for sure it won't stop later.
Wouldn't do any harm, would it.
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ninman
·IMHO a basic test of the fundamental complication is highly advisable.
Wouldn't do any harm, would it.
I don't know Omega’s processes, but I can tell you from personal experience that no amount of testing can 100% guarantee a product will be fault free.
I'm sure Omega does their best, and it unfortunate you had a bad experience, but it happens.
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·(Hit 200 posts)
His point is that once you hit 200 posts you gain rights to sell that POS watch on here. Might be the best outcome since you seem determined to let it ruin your day. You gain nothing by moaning on here by the way, there is zero link to the Omega organisation.
At this stage I have no intention to sell, if I did, it would be via other channels.
It ain't ruining my day fella! This is comedic!
I do understand there is no link to Omega SA, but, this is an Omega watch forum and my Omega watch is broken, so seemed like the logical place to turn to. In some ways, I wish I hadn't - no doubt many of the contributories to this thread feel the same way!
Anyway, the watch that was design and manufactured (well in part anyways) in Switzerland, is to be perfected in Blighty. Now I'm not one to talk our wonderful country down, but I am somewhat sceptical about the outcome, but time, not measured using an Omega, will tell.
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Davey2024
·I don't know Omega’s processes, but I can tell you from personal experience that no amount of testing can 100% guarantee a product will be fault free.
I'm sure Omega does their best, and it unfortunate you had a bad experience, but it happens.
Nothing in life is perfect, but you'd like to assume (or at least I did) that your new Omega is. How wrong was I!
They could recall unsold stock, but they don't for obvious reasons, and are clearly content with the 'small' number of issues the speedy and 3861 has. Unfortunately for me, I am not.
I guess I will have to wait for a watch that was designed a manufactured in Switzerland to be perfected in Blighty.
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Davey2024
·LOL
I detect some sarcasm there!
I am not sure the test info / report is worth the electrons that are inconvenienced.
I would have thought METAS or COSC would have picked up this fault at some point in the last 6 years.
Even if they did not, Omega certainly know there is a problem, yet products that could be corrected are still being sold.
I detect some sarcasm there!
I am not sure the test info / report is worth the electrons that are inconvenienced.
I would have thought METAS or COSC would have picked up this fault at some point in the last 6 years.
Even if they did not, Omega certainly know there is a problem, yet products that could be corrected are still being sold.
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Davey2024
·Just to labour the point.
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·If you aren't getting 60+ hours on a full wind you aren't fully winding the watch.
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·Thanks for watching.
Yes, the watch was fully wound to a hard stop about 20 hours before the above video was made, so in theory the watch has only used approx. 1/3 of its power reserve.
I wound it to a hard stop around an hour ago and will leave the chrono alone, to see how long power is maintained.
It took about 50 turns of the crown to reach a hard stop. If approx 80 turns are required for a completely drained power reserve, then this could possibly suggest the power reserve is not delivering what it should be. But that said, the power going from the crown into the reserve when the watch is being wound, may not be delivered in a linear input. If it were, then I would expect somewhere in the region of 25 turns of the crown to restore full power to a watch that was fully wound 20 hours previously.
I have emailed the AD stating the same.
What I have noticed, and it may be coincidence, but the fault seems to happen after the chrono has been running for over 2 hours... I have not seen it happen before a couple of hours have elapsed on the chrono.
I just received a very poorly timed email from Omega saying that I can now buy the FOIS... For some reason or other, I think I will be giving it a miss!
Yes, the watch was fully wound to a hard stop about 20 hours before the above video was made, so in theory the watch has only used approx. 1/3 of its power reserve.
I wound it to a hard stop around an hour ago and will leave the chrono alone, to see how long power is maintained.
It took about 50 turns of the crown to reach a hard stop. If approx 80 turns are required for a completely drained power reserve, then this could possibly suggest the power reserve is not delivering what it should be. But that said, the power going from the crown into the reserve when the watch is being wound, may not be delivered in a linear input. If it were, then I would expect somewhere in the region of 25 turns of the crown to restore full power to a watch that was fully wound 20 hours previously.
I have emailed the AD stating the same.
What I have noticed, and it may be coincidence, but the fault seems to happen after the chrono has been running for over 2 hours... I have not seen it happen before a couple of hours have elapsed on the chrono.
I just received a very poorly timed email from Omega saying that I can now buy the FOIS... For some reason or other, I think I will be giving it a miss!
