What time do you wear?

Roxy54, thank you for that information.

One jeweler told me Omega is now owned by Swatch and that change is what brought on all the customer service and PR issues, including increased repair cost.

My previous service years ago, I sent my Seamaster direct to Switzerland. The invoice was almost exactly the number you mentioned and the watch looked and worked perfect in every way.

Part of me wishes I had a Rolex again. My Rolex was no more or less accurate than other mechanical watches but service was fast, fair and reasonable.

I own a few watches, but the main one worth mentioning is my Baume & Mercier....Love it! It's an automatic, self-winding unit. An automatic watch is to Analog LP like a Quartz watch is to Digital Compact Disc! Interesting Analogy I think!

I have owned an Omega Seamaster since 1994. In early 2001, I was living in Germany and it started losing time so I took it to a jeweler who sent it back to Omega Switzerland for an overhaul. It cost me just 400DM ($200) and that included new hands, stem, oring and band parts. They gave me back all of the old parts. I wear the watch almost every day and it is still keeping good time. The red on the hands have faded again a bit, but otherwise the watch still looks great. Since being back in the US, I have been wondering what I should do when it is time for another servicing.

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This thread seems to perpetuate the same theme we see in audiophilia. Enthusiasts excitedly talk about the intricacies and emotional delights of owning a beautiful, artpiece created by renowned artisans. Someone comes along and talks about how they don't see the use of having a watch, what with televisions, cell phones, pagers, the sun rising and setting, cocks crowing and all. Yet these very people inhabit this forum, purchase cables more expensive than these watches and argue the same point to people who tell them that with car radios, Ipods, computer speakers, bose speakers, cell phones, not to mention watch radios, what's the use of owning a world class audio system?