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The Teutonic Tangerine wrote:The glass is made from the hardest material known to man - I have never seen a scratch on it.
The Teutonic Tangerine wrote:The glass is made from the hardest material known to man
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bikesnbones wrote:Don't know about the "hardest material known to man" but it is saphire crystal, which is used a lot on high end watches for this very reason.
Unless you take a stanley knife to it, it won't scratch, although it will shatter like glass if you knock it hard enough.
buzzz90 wrote:bikesnbones wrote:Don't know about the "hardest material known to man" but it is saphire crystal, which is used a lot on high end watches for this very reason.
Unless you take a stanley knife to it, it won't scratch, although it will shatter like glass if you knock it hard enough.
Bah, it can't be as hard as Chuck Norris' muscles...
buzzz90 wrote:bikesnbones wrote:Don't know about the "hardest material known to man" but it is saphire crystal, which is used a lot on high end watches for this very reason.
Unless you take a stanley knife to it, it won't scratch, although it will shatter like glass if you knock it hard enough.
Bah, it can't be as hard as Chuck Norris' muscles...
slparry wrote:buzzz90 wrote:bikesnbones wrote:Don't know about the "hardest material known to man" but it is saphire crystal, which is used a lot on high end watches for this very reason.
Unless you take a stanley knife to it, it won't scratch, although it will shatter like glass if you knock it hard enough.
Bah, it can't be as hard as Chuck Norris' muscles...
or my ex's cold frozen heart
Boxadog 2000 wrote:Sent the watch off for a service a year ago it took them 6 months
When the watch finally came back it lasted 1 week before it would stop for no reason ( watch is on a watch winder in the evening)
so I sent it back.
Boxadog 2000 wrote:I have an Omega Seamaster Automatic, had it for about 20 years.
3 days after I got it I fell over pissed and scratched the bezel and the case quite badly.
I send it off to omega about every 5 years for a service saying do not replace the scratched parts.
Sent the watch off for a service a year ago it took them 6 months
When the watch finally came back it lasted 1 week before it would stop for no reason ( watch is on a watch winder in the evening)
so I sent it back.
Watch comes back to me 3 weeks later.
The only original part of the watch that came back was the movement & bracelet.
As a gesture of good will they replaced everything else case,crystal,winder,bezel & hands.
So I now have a brand new 20 year old watch
bikesnbones wrote:Boxadog 2000 wrote:Sent the watch off for a service a year ago it took them 6 months
When the watch finally came back it lasted 1 week before it would stop for no reason ( watch is on a watch winder in the evening)
so I sent it back.
Sent via a reputable jeweler.
Cost I seem to recall was £270.
Each time the watch comes back it has a work sheet from Omega stating what had been done
That is quite unusual.
Did you send the watch direct to Omega yourself, or through an agent and did you get any official paperwork from Omega ?
I only ask because there was jeweller I heard about who was taking in customers watches, claiming they'd send it back to the manufacturer for service, but were in fact taking them to a watchmaker up the road, but still charging manufacturers prices.
For example, Omega charge between £300-£500 for a service on a chronograph, whereas a smaller watchmaker will charge about £100.
They were making a lot of money out of that scam, until the watchmaker who was doing their work, fell out with the owner and grassed them up to trading standards.
Boxadog 2000 wrote:Sent via a reputable jeweler.
Cost I seem to recall was £270.
Each time the watch comes back it has a work sheet from Omega stating what had been done
bikesnbones wrote:I love my Omega Speedmaster Professional.
I love the history behind it, and the NASA connection.
It's an old fashioned mechanical manual wind chronograph.
I decided early on that if I was going to spend serious money on a watch, I wanted cogs, springs and wheels, not a battery and circuit board.
It was an awful ot of money, but the way I see it, it's something I can treasure and hand down when I'm gone.
Anyone else.
bricking it wrote:And its a very similar watch to that worn by Neil Armstrong
