zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

: Hey everyone (anyone?),

: I'm Peter and I'm a long time lurker here at
: Chronocentric. I've never actually posted on
: any forum, anywhere, ever, I'm kinda like
: that but hey, what can you do?

: Anyway, not to drag on and on, I've always
: wanted to post, just never thought I'd have
: much worth saying, I did however read
: countless posts here and have to thank you
: all for taking the time to freely educate
: people like myself, Thanks. Now, that's not
: why I'm posting, I'm getting there though,
: you see, I read all about Omega and their
: watches, listened to the praise for, and
: criticism leveled at them, and then went out
: and bought a 3301 powered Seamaster
: chrono... Sigh.

: I feel so embarrassed, and deflated, you can
: undoubtadly see what's looming ahead, right?
: Well, even if you can, I'm gonna go ahead
: and tell you. I got it in October 2006, but
: was afraid to wear it. Honestly. That's
: never happened before with a watch. I was
: terrified the movement would collapse at the
: slightest shake, so I left it in it's box
: unworn untill about three weeks ago when my
: girlfriend bought me a watchstrap for
: Christmas, it suited the Seamaster to my eye
: and it became my daily wearer... Then the
: movement failed... Sigh.
: It's my own fault, I should have known it'd
: happen, shoulda trusted all the evidence I
: was shown, and I'm unlucky anyway, my 1861
: Speedy Pro failed after three months too and
: needed "corrective adjustment" at
: Swatch Group Southampton. I'm just a bit of
: a mug (one who is easily conned or is overly
: trusting). I'm so disappointed. I just
: needed to tell somebody (preferably someone
: who won't just laugh at me).

: Anyway, Thanks for reading.

: Peter

: P.S. In case you're interested, the watch seems
: to be running alright timewise, but
: something in the movement has definitly let
: go, I can feel it moving and it's making a
: clack clack sound (it's not the rotor, I'm
: not that green). The chronograph won't run
: at all, the start stop pusher doesn't seem
: to be engaging anything, feels unloaded. The
: noise is loud and accompanied by a worrying
: amount of weight transfer.

A lot of people have bought watches with the 33xx movements in them. Some have had problems, but many have not. It's a crapshoot, and you just happened to be unlucky. I wouldn't blame yourself at all. Fortunately you can have it repaired under warranty and hopefully end up with a watch that runs perfectly.

Best of luck to you,
John