A bit of a contradiction, no?
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!
It's funny how ppl want to take shots at me, whilst ignoring the fact that the watch and its manufacturer are at fault!
Guess there are too many fanboys here.
I think you have missed my point.
But a great contribution! LOL
Nothing in this life is perfect. I am not delusional! But I think £7500 is sufficient budget for Omega to make a watch that doesn't develop a fault after 7 months.
Jeez.
It's funny how ppl want to take shots at me, whilst ignoring the fact that the watch and its manufacturer are at fault!
Guess there are too many fanboys here.
That price is sufficient for Omega to make a fantastic watch which only a small percentage of have a failure, one that is likely easy to fix. A few months ago, I went to a Richard Mille boutique and handled a $250k model... which I discovered was defective. The minute counter of the chrono repeatedly failed to advance after the first minute. After I told the salesman, he said it would be fixed after it was sold!
I've purchased more expensive watches from JLC and Blancpain which had significantly worse issues much sooner into ownership. Shiit happens
Hi All
I bought a new SS Speedy in July 2024 which i love.
I have always previously found the watch to be accurate to around 2 sec +/- per day when averaged over the course of a week, sync'd to atomic clock. In the last day or so, it's done a couple few weird things...
19.01.25 - watch stopped at 9.50, was then fully wound, then stopped at around 9.50 again. it was then fully wound again
20.01.25 - read online that there had been some issues with the 3861... anyway - watch still running fine at this point. start using chrono. watch stopped after about 3 hours or so. i pushed the top pusher, twice i think, and the watch ran again, but had lost about 20 minutes of time.
As of now 20.01.25, 16.40, the watch is fully wound and chrono appears to be working as normal.
Is this indicative of the 'bushing' issue that some early 3861 movements had? is there any way to tell if my watch is part of the early production run, that may or may not affect with issue, if that is even what it is.
Having now written this, i think it's pretty clear that my watch needs to some love...
I am not sure where I stand with the AD, it was bought online from a UK high st retailer.
I'd welcome any thoughts.
There is a chance I am of course going mad, but at this point I think it is the watch
Thanks in advance.
Can anyone tell me how to edit or delete my comments on here so I may stop getting responses?
Great post. And clearly you have professional experience in QA, but you have not qualified your statement about Omega failure rates.
My rudimentary Google search result numbers relating to 3861 and 9900 are demonstrable, but albeit coarse and likely wildly inaccurate, how do you support your statement that 3861 is not in 4 digit failure rates?
I suspect the rate is much higher (see previous statement about google search results)
I know I said I would stop posting, and I'm not looking for an argument, but I think it's important to be able to back these kinda statements in some way shape or form. So, please tell me how you have concluded failure rates are in the 3 digits range?
Thanks
Good explanation by @ErichKeane. When the early failures of the 3861 cropped up many people were complaining that Omega should have had a recall of all 3861s. I'm sure Omega calculated how many were likely to fail within the 5 year warranty and since the failure rate was probably going to be fairly low there was no need for a general recall. Those that failed were fixed under warranty, when the problem eventually showed up in the other ones more than five years in the future they were ready to be serviced anyway at the buyer's expense.
I have provided the best (that I can be arsed) evidence, and I cannot offer any better. I made it clear that it was likely wildly inaccurate. I can find many more than 3-4 dozen unique posters!
I don't know if it's 'too' high, I just think it's higher than people think. This is an opinion, it is not a fact.
The fact is, my watch is broken. The fact is, I had expected better. I may be unlucky, but it is what it is - A premium (budget) product that has failed in a very short period of time. I think they could and should do better. Another opinion, that does differ from yours.
All in all, it is very disappointing, and I will be unlikely to buy Omega again.
