Ok, so it’s been one week of constant wearing. No issues to date at least not by the watch, but I almost had an issue I created. I will get to that later. I have worked out with it by lifting weights, jogging, swimming and showering. Actually I took it off once for Fathers Day. My wife cooked up a bushel of crabs. I wasn’t taken the chance of getting crab juice all over the watch. Crabs, Sam Adams Summer Ale and a nice Cigar on Fathers Day and let’s not forget about the watch. What a day. If my wife knew what I paid for the watch I think she would file for a divorce. She thinks it’s a fake watch that I paid $25 for. She did get a little skeptical on Fathers Day when I took it off to eat crabs. “Why are you taken that cheap watch off to eat Crabs”?
Ok, back to the issue I created. When the watch arrived it was snug but not overly tight. I don’t like a snug watch. I like it to be able to move a little bit not to the point where it’s wrapping around your wrist. I have several other watches. Tag Heuer F1, Hamilton Khaki Aviation (COSC), Hamilton Navy Regatta, and several Swiss Army Watches. I have always changed links with no problems. So I decided to add a link to my Omega. I get my handy little pin remover and pop out a pin to add a link, and this goes off without a hitch. I try to add a link back in and the pin just kept falling out of the link. I am now beginning to panic. So I call the AD I purchased from and he states “Nick why would you try and do this your self”? He said for me to send it back and he will get the extra link put back on for me. His thinking was that when I popped the pin out I may have reamed out the hold to big that is why the pin kept falling out. So I hang up and I am very upset. I noticed that along with the big pins they also have these little pins. Guess what? These little pins sit in the center link and the big pins lock into these. I was really relieved when I got it fixed. I called my AD and he stated that he assumed I knew this that is why he didn’t say anything about this. Like I stated before I have done this with all my other watches. The thing with these is that it is one pin not two.
I can also say it looks to be losing about one second a day. I am assuming that this is ok. Oh well enough rambling! I will periodically update everybody on my new watch. I hope I am not boring some, but if I am who cares. My son who is 15 thinks I am a complete nerd now. He does know what I paid and is now saying if I don’t buy him a new pair of Jordan’s he will tell MOM.
