I own several Omegas ranging from 1-15 years old and none of them have failed me. I’m surprised to hear this.

I’ve owned 4 different Omegas between 2008-2023 (1974 Seamaster, 007 Seamaster, Speedmaster, Aqua Terra) no issues with any of them. Omega fan for life.

Unlike these guys, my most expensive watch is an Oris Aquis. I recently fell on some rocks, jarring the watch a.nd ruining its accuracy. As it was under warranty, I sent it in to an Oris repair center in another country. The watch came back within a week and keeping time at -. 02 sec/day. I highly recommend Oris if you want the Camry of watches.

I purchased a Patek 5119J from an AD the last year the model was offered for sale. Within a month I noticed its power reserve was much lower than advertised. I sent it back to Patek via the AD to have it serviced. Patek responded saying maybe I was not winding it fully, and sent it back to me without opening it up or doing anything else. I said no, I was winding it fully and sent it back to Patek again via the AD. The second time Patek opened up the watch and found they had to completely replace the barrel. It was covered under warranty. Patek did not apologize or do anything to make up for accusing me of user error. I vowed to never buy another Patek. The AD offered me a ceramic Daytona (I never purchased a Rolex before) to make up for the bad experience. A year later, Patek pulled its watches from that AD. But the AD still sells Rolexes.

My friend is the watchmaker at a major watch dealer in the NYC area. I was interested in modern Omega and JLC. He straight up told me that he would never buy a Co-Axial Omega - only a pre-co-axial. He said modern JLC movements are super unreliable and a fortune to service. He recommended sticking to ETA-based Omega, Hamilton, et al, or Rolex. He also said Omegas from the 1960s have some of the greatest most reliable movements of all time. I have a few that have literally never been serviced and they run basically perfectly.

Blue vs green. What a peculiar way to think about it. Getting a Jag in British Green is just like getting a Ferrari in Rosso Corsa. Great watch content.

My 1861 speedmaster is still going strong, bought in 2005 and worn frequently. I love that watch it was on my wrist when my daughter was born and will be hers one day.

I own a Tissot Seastar 2000 - for past 2,5 years I took it everywhere with me, it went probably through every activity that I do daily...never skipped a bit. One time my kid wore it as a hat, it fell from a 1m height on the floor - still going strong, highly recommend. Not to mention exceptional legibility and fantastic dial.

I have been collecting watches for the last 10 years, with brands ranging from Microbrands, to Seiko, to Omega and Rolex. I don’t baby my watches at all. The only issues I’ve had are: - My Heuer Monaco movement stopping after 8 years of ownership (bought new). Rectified with a visit to the service centre and 7 weeks of waiting. - Magnetism affecting lower-end movements, such as my Seikos and Microbrands.

A list of some of the beatings my SKX has endured; daily construction, motorcycle, mountain bike, triathlons, 200 degree sauna into cold plunges, splitting wood, surfing… etc. never has a single issue and still keeps time within 5 see/day.

In the 90s and early 2000s, BMWs came with little plastic plaques in the trunk that showed you how to orient golf club bags to maximize the number that fit in that particular trunk, and how many can fit.

I wear my Orient Kamasu to work every day. I’m a machinist dealing with carbon fiber, wood, plastics and a large amount of steel. Lots of exposure to coolant, WD-40 and various other chemicals. I use a hammer, and impact drill quite regularly. Short of a few scratches, and dust buildup, I have no noticeable issues with the watch and it’s time keeping. I gain like 10s a day which is pretty decent for that watch. I’ve recently started wearing my Formex Reef and Oris Aquis (this last week or so) to work, and have had no noticeable issues either, but too soon to tell. What happens happens. I’ve made my choice

For xmass 2009 my wife got me a black Omega Seamaster 300. I wore it every day doing whatever I was doing - camping, cutting down trees with an axe, working around the shop, fixing cars, at the office, hunting, slept with it on every night, it didn't matter, it was my one watch. I have dress watches but rarely wear them. No issues at all and at about 10 years I sent it in to Omega for its first service and it was losing .8 seconds a day. That to me is a tool watch, and what a tool watch should do. Just a data point.

I have an Omega Seamaster Pro 300 that I purchased new in 1999. In 2000 it went back to Omega because I damaged the bracelet in a mountain bike accident. They did a complimentary service to the movement under warranty while it was there. That was the LAST time the caseback was off the watch! 23 years now without a servicing and when I wore it the other day it was still +4 seconds a day. Unreal.

I have a basic omega constellation made in 1998. It still runs just fine after decades of travelling generous with me. I wear it sparingly now though. I want to pass it on eventually. Daily wearer is a self modded Casio duro. Fantastic watch.

While you will likely love the Jag. Good luck with it's quality lol.....I work in automotive and my wife works for insurance we both see how terrible quality Jags are as soon as you drive it off the lot.

Hi, my Tissot Seastar 2000 needed a bezel mechanism fix . It started to turn freely in both directions after a year or so of ownership. I've sended it in to Tissot and it was fixed within 3 weeks under warranty with the cost of shipping both ways cowered by the brand, so I'm very happy with the customer service. Mechanical things brake sometimes, we have to take it into consideration.

Almost "upgraded" from an 1861 speedy to the modern 3861. Videos like this make me relieved I haven't. My 1861 is 7 years old now, knocked around including submerged in water and still accurate as ever at +3 sec/day

I left the watch hobby because its getting ridiculous and I predict in 2024 there will be a flood of watches with huge discounts!

My Christopher Ward came broken, the replacement was also broken, but the third has been amazing for the last 6 years. Amazing customer service.

If you'll pardon a lengthy comment, I wrote a reply on a post yesterday that was asking how delicate mechanical watches were, and I think it's coincidentally quite relevant to this video's topic. They're breakable, but I wouldn't call them fragile. Especially in these price ranges, it's SOOO much more worth it to enjoy and relax and actually wear these watches, even if you have to repair it once or twice over the years. It's so much more enjoyable to get to that place where you're going to wear it how you want and accept that maybe it will need some help someday. Babying a watch is no guarantee it will never have an issue either. It's like a car without the risk of bodily harm. You could keep the rpm low, brake softly, stay away from bumps and dirt and rocks, park it indoors, wax it, cover the seats, and maintain it like racecar. You could do all that and still have parts die on you, tires leak, lines clog, wires short, etc. How would you feel then? You took all the fun away and still had to send it to the shop... Or you could just maintain it as recommended, let it serve you instead of serving it, enjoy the hell out of it, and accept that things need repairing sometimes. Not to say to never think about it, you should respect what it is, but living with a watch that takes some hard knocks sometimes is, if you ask me, more respectful to the watch than choosing not to take it along for the adventure. Using something, breaking it, fixing it, and using it some more used to be how we approached everything, but now we live with so much stuff that isn't repairable that we fear something breaking like it's the end of the road. With something serviceable like a watch, breaking is just a speed bump, baby. Get back in the fight, we got shit to do.

I bought a brand new Zenith Chronomaster Sport last month. Beautiful watch up until one of the pushers went missing upon watch glance. I was still in the honeymoon phase and did absolutely no activity wearing it other than going out to dinner and puttering around the house. The AD had a 7 day return policy and fortunately happened on day 6. Goodbye Zenith!

If you want durable, the Grand Seiko 9F movements are tanks.

I had a 2020 Jaguar F-Type in red, never had an issue. Enjoy it.

My grandpa has an Orient that he got in a Hong Kong refugee camp in 1976, works great. My orient ray ii that I bought used in 2015 still runs fine no service. My omega speedmaster reduced was serviced in 2021 and thankfully the movement broke again within the 2 year warranty LMAO

i have a 1998 1863 Speedy, a 2013 42mm planet ocean, and have had a few others... they are easily the hardiest watches ive had, 5 year check ups and still havent needed any servicing or repair. But my Tudors, Sea Dwellers, Daytona, Breitlings and Zenith have allll had multiple issues per item. Its only my side of the story but Omega continue to stand the tests of daily use for me

I bought a brand new Omega Moon Watch Saphire Sandwich last year. Within 3 months, one of my pushers fell off and the other pusher was loose. I didn't abuse the watch, it was a factory issue. I sent it back for repair and they only fixed the one pusher that came off, and not the other one that was loose. Now 1 year later it's back at Omega Repair to fix the 2nd pusher. It took a little over 3 months to get it back the first time and I have no idea how long it will take this year. For a watch that I spent $7,200 on, I couldn't be more upset about it. It's under warranty, but they should have fixed both pushers the first time that I sent it in for repair. I love the watch and would be more forgiving if they fixed both problems the first damn time.

15:00. Sooo true! “When it’s more complicated there are more things to break”. That’s exactly why I prefer to own simpler watches. A three-hander is all I need. I don’t need perpetual calendars, chronographs, moon phase, etc. they’re interesting….but can to lead to malfunction and significant cost when things go wrong.

I own an Oris diver sixty five with the new caliber 400 movement. It came with a 10 year warranty given the unproven movement. I’ve owned it for 2 years and recently sent it into be serviced because it would randomly stop even though I wear it every day. Service was super quick, only took 5 weeks to get it back, but it keeps stopping every so often. I’ll probably have to send it in again soon

Vostok Amphibia cost me about 70 $, it has been ten years I have been wearing it, it has fallen on the ground terribly once so even one lume index got detached, but the movement was absolutely fine. The only service it has gotten was putting that lume index back into its place. The watch works nicely and wears charmingly, get looks of admiration and even compliments. I don’t think Rolex Submariner which cost 120 times more would have made me happier and would have withstood so long without serious service. High price doesn’t reflect the real quality of a wristwatch. In summary, never pay more than ~ 800 $ for a wristwatch.

Over the past decade I've worn a Seiko Sea Urchin SNZF15, a Vostok Amphibia and a Steinhart Ocean one that were all my daily watch at one point. Not a single one has had an issue with heavy use and abuse. This is with plenty of equipment use, ATVs, dirt bikes, motorcycles, camping and chopping wood, and just about anything else. No troubles, no worries. The worst thing I've had with any of them is being magnetized, but that's a cheap tool and easy enough to fix yourself. In the past couple of years I've picked up a number of Chinese watches with PT5000's, and ST2130's, to my surprise the ETA 2824 clones do quite well and over the past year I've not had a single issue with any one of the six watches I have with those movements.

Been using my Oyster Perpetual 34mm almost every day for 3 years, done 12 000 kms on a motorcycle with it (most of), used Lime electric scooters, travelled through Scandinavia for my wedding trip with a camper. All sorts of other activities. Now my 6month son keeps playing with it. After 4-5 months of constatnt runtime it gained 30secs - compared it today to my g-shock that syns with atomic clock. No problems at all. Rolex AD told me that the service interval for the reference number 124200 (silicon hairspring inside) is around 10 years - I tried to have it maintenanced after those years as I thought it should be.

Modern Jags are a lot more reliable than their reputation leads some to think they will be. They're still not Lexus-level, but I'll take the reliability tradeoff for the driving experience any day. Good call on picking green.

My new Meta-certified, co-axial Speedmaster with the 3861 movement stopped ticking within 6 months of purchase. It was shipped back to Omega and they changed almost every part in the movement (I guess they couldn’t understand what was wrong with it). Now it works fine and have been for about 20 months.

I have around 6 watches and have never had any break by themselves. I do tend to take good care of them though and am careful when wearing them for anything other than going to the office.

Just sent my Speedmaster in for repair. Despite its truly remarkable accuracy, it recently stopped working, even on a full wind. I got it in Jan 2021. It's still under warranty, but they told me 4-6 months! Yikes.

For me, having gone through ~100 watches in my collection (and checked out many more), I seem to be cursed with misaligned hands. I.e., when the minute hand is at 0, the hour hand is either behind or ahead of the hour marker. Either I'm cursed or this is prevalent and nobody else notices or cares, but I've had bad luck with nearly every brand from Seiko and Hamilton to Rolex and AP. The one exception is Grand Seiko. I just don't understand why a company would spend so much effort making these pieces "perfect", so much resources into movements and finishing... and then not line up the very hands that provide a watch's only actual function.

Car companies put requirements on their cars, and one that is very common is to fit a bag of golf clubs. Some convertibles have the req to fit the golf clubs even with the roof down. It’s not a coincidence, it’s planned for.

My dad got me a Junghans chronoscope. 3 months in , without shock , one of the chrono sub dial hands fell off. Sent it back to Junghans. 4 months later I got it back. But there was dust all over the dial and black gunk all over the side of the Chrystal.

I bought a grey market Bulgari Octo in 2020 and it was running 2 minutes fast after about 2 years, 3 month service time but since then it's been fine.

I wear a Marthon GSAR most days of the week. I work on airplanes and installing rivets, sanding and hammer use are the norm. I shoot competitively on the weekends shooting probably at least 200 a week. That is TONS of vibration and I haven't had a problem. I have owned this watch for almost 10 years and still haven't had to get it serviced yet. It still holds +/- 10seconds per day.

I toasted my Seiko SARB017 Alpinist by wearing it at the range. I think it just couldn't take repeated firing of the S & W .44 magnum.

Hah! Right after watching Adam's watch video on how his Omegas were in service, my Green Seamaster 300m (11 months old) had its clasp jammed out of nowhere! Had to send it in to the boutique where they took in to the service centre. I'm guessing they couldn't fix my clasp because they replaced it with a new fresh one. Mind you, I take care of my watches and not slam it on the desk when doing work.

My lifestyle is not easy on watches. Brand new Omega Seamaster quartz had to go back second hand was hitting in the middle of the markers. Did come back fixed. 2021 Speedmaster professional stopped working 6 months after I bought it whenever I used the Chrono. Came back fixed and running good. Still not a good track record 2 for 2. I have and have own Rolex’s from 1965-2023 never had one miss a beat. Wore them all the time. I’ve had a bunch of seiko, generally tough but I have broke a couple seiko SKX’s from hard shocks. Also Broke a few G-shocks and Suunto’s over the years.

The idea of servicing a watch regularly is relatively new. Pre 1990 or so, this is not how people did things, and they don't break often enough to not save you a TON of money over the regular serving. Re: riding a motorcycle. Yes, I have messed up a vintage Omega by riding wearing it, but my Sinn with an ETA 2824 has no problems, so no excuse for a modern watch.

I've owned over 250 watches in the past 40 years, I still have 50 so. GShock's have been in the collection since 1985 and I have never had one fail me. Never. I've skied, crash motorcycles, built house and scuba dived with them. Rock soild G-Shocs. I have also never had an unmodified automatic watch fail me. (SKX007 with full mod, seals failed. My fault) Only my sole entry into Steinhart failed me. ETA movement, the bridge spring broke. I had it fixed and sold it. I have received Ali Express watches that were DOA, but again, my fault for buying such a cheap watch. My $50 Timex is still running along side my 25+ year old Omega SMP 300 GMT and my Tudors and Rolex.

We need a Consumer Reports style survey for watch reliability. I've had a couple issues with cheap Fossil watches (mechanical and quartz) back in the day (Kudos to their 10 year warranty) and back in the late '90s, I had an issue with a quartz Victorinox that was repaired under warranty, but I've never had anything break otherwise. Either I'm lucky or I just don't abuse my watches. I certainly don't baby them, as shown by the nick on my Explorer II in the 6 months I've owned it.

I’ve owned hundreds of watches. I currently own dozens. Some high end (take your pick) and some lower (like Speedmasters and Rolex). Only an AP needed to go back (twice) under warranty and two Rolex flooded, but they were vintage and needed seals replaced. Everything else has run exceedingly well and never had an issue, except magnetized, which I could fix myself. Maybe I’m anomaly but it don’t think I’d enjoy watches as much if they regularly broke.

So, to the motorcycle comment, how would you explain the GI’s in WW2 whom rode in tanks or motorcycles? They wore their watches and relied on them. Were their watches failing all the time then?

I love these chats and I know that’s just Christian’s personality but my god these two feel like they’re in such different socioeconomic groups.

As a drummer, shock has always been my concern. I’ve checked on a g-force meter before and an average stroke can be between 12 and 18 G’s. So yea, I always take my watches off when I play.

I own a watch with an ETA2824-2. A tractor movement. It had broken twice in 7 years. The first one was my fault. I was hand winding it too much. One of winding wheels was damaged. And it stopped. As I learned later it’s a known weakness of ET2824-2. The second time a screw holding a bridge snapped. Watchmaker said it wasn’t my fault. Everything else was fine with the movement. It was serviced a few year prior when it broke the first time. Being an ETA2824-2 it didn’t cost me much. Around $200 total for both repairs, parts included.

My Seamaster is a quartz model. I think that was a good move in hindsight.

About 2 years ago I bought a white dial seamster that worked well for a year and then the crown wouldn't screw down ... I sent it back for service (no charge) they returned it 2 weeks later but it was still not working properly. I sent it back again (was out for 4 weeks) came back last week and so far is working as expected. No out of pocket cost and turn time I think was good. That said, kind of a big issue if the 300m dive watch doesn't have a working screw down crown 😂. Great stuff guys!!

My one watch is a Omega SMP 300M I got new just before covid. I wear it basically all the time, except for in the shower, and it's working well to this day. I wear it while swimming, changing the oil, making a fire, camping, yard work, remodeling, etc. It's a tough one

I will say too, my Seiko and Citizen, 7S26 and Miyota 8203, no issues ever. Do they keep perfect time, hell no. Are they reliable? Absolutely.

I love commissioning "seiko-mods". About time when someone finally admit theyre actually the love child watch enthusiast too afraid to acknowledge, when I saw adam savage approved them I grinned. more and more this horology thing has becoming this ivory tower, so intimidating and requires approval. sure its cool having everything manufactured under the same roof, but its kind of remarkable too when parts are made around the world by different manufacturer, finally gets assembled by someone you actually know in person to become a one of a kind piece. its an interesting discussion sure, but i believe its one worth having. anyway, i always thought seiko-mods are fragile, "uncertified", coarse, but i was wrong at least based on mine. my attitude now wearing them is more to know how much they can take a beating, but none has failed yet.

Had an Oris diver stop running within the first month. After I got it back, it ran solid for 15 years. With my collection, I've had issues with some but have been fairly lucky.

I am familiar with the Seamaster Omega story. My Omega Seamaster 300 GMT quit working (stopped) after three years. I took my Omega Seamaster GMT 300 GMT to Bend Bridge in Seattle Wa. for repair. About a month latter I was informed my Omega was ready for pick up. I picked up my repaired Omega GMT 300 divers watch along with a note including the old spring…..stating a new version of the coaxial movement had been installed. Great news! Well not so much. Mr repaired Omega appeared to be working perfectly with a caveat; When the hour hand arrived at eleven hour position it would proceed no further while the minute and second hand worked flawlessly!?! I still have the Omega 300 GMT, but I never sent the it for a second repair to correct the hour hand problem. I physically move the hour hand past the eleven hour position and it works great until it arrives at the eleven hour position and stops. After my experience with Omega, I am shell shocked and not to purchase a new overprice Omega watch that is prone to failure. Post Script: I purchased my Omega Seamaster 300 GMT at the Omega boutique in Zurich, Switzerland.

I recently had an experience with Hamilton. My wife and kids pooled their money for Father’s Day to purchase a Khaki Field Murph 42 from an authorized dealer a couple of years ago. Last year the winding became an issue. I sent it back to Hamilton under warranty. After a month the watch was returned to me with the crown and stem crooked. It went back and after 3 months the watch was returned with a new case, stem and crown, but behaved even worse 2 weeks later. The dealer declared it a lemon and an exchange was done. I’m happy they have such good cust. service and the dealer was awesome about it, but the original watch is no more and the thought did occur to me that this may be WHY their cust. service is so good. Had a bad experience with Bulova but that’s for another day.

No scratches ever? The scratches you give it adds to its character IMHO.

Had a seiko actually the only watch that ever stopped and had to be returned and replaced, not fixed, replaced outright ..had a CWard a GS brand new ,lose a movement screw within weeks of ownership, fixed under warranty have a breitling avi brand new with chrono that could never reset to 12 spent 6months with breitling first with service center in the US where they managed to dig a hole in the plexi and then sent to Switzerland to be properly fixed which they did …crap happens but would have been nice of Breitling to include a strap for not seeing a 7k watch for over 6 months but noooo

I'm from a family with motorsports in our heritage and also I am involved as a watch collector in the watch industry. What i can say is certain cars are for a certain person... So lets say a Toyota is super reliable with minimum maintenance and does not require any special treatment, just follow the manufacturers guidance. And then lets say a Lotus with a Supercharged Toyota engine requires a different type of maintenance all the time. How you have to warm up the car before putting it through its passes and also cool down after a hard run. Check the oil level before every long journey and after every hard run... every 300 - 500 miles to be exact. Maintain the coolant level and then the tyre pressure all the time. What the book says and actually what you do is a different thing. Then comes the preference for the climate and driving style. Then comes the oil maintenance, as soon as the oil colour starts to change it has changed, because 6ltr is cheaper than an engine rebuild. Then topping up as a high performance engine uses oil every 1000 miles. Then comes the washing and cleaning which we do ourselves because of the special three stage pearl paint. We don't trust these valet places because they don't own vehicles of this calibre they only clean them. On the other hand a Submariner is no maintenance until it stops, breaks or a 5 years check over by a watchmaker. On the other hand a Breguet Mark XX Chrono is looked at in a different way by less wear or a strap and spring bars change and maybe a service and regulated.

My speelmaster broke after 1 year. Washed my hands and water leaked in. Turned out the gaskets were not good. Omega took care of me and revised the watch in less then a month for free

Never, ever have i heard from anyone that Omega watch keeps braking or going non-stop to repair shop. It's simply not truth. I'm 100% sure that Seiko mod guy also tried to mod his Omega, and off course he broke something.

I have a speedmaster triple date reduced that was built around 2010ish from what I can tell. I bought it 2 years ago from a guy in Japan on ebay. During the verification process they cut the case back gasket and didn't tell me. So 2 months after I got my dream watch the dial fogged and when I took the case back off, a cut piece fell into the balance an completely stopped the watch. $800 later the watch is perfect and I daily drive it. I'm hard on it to, landscaping, loading things. So I think sometimes things happen. Bur omega makes a good watch.

Servicing a watch can be scary, the service done on a watch is only as good as the person doing the service. If it is not broken don’t fix it.

I have my Rolex 16610 that I received new when I was 18. I get it serviced once a decade. I've done everything with it. Skiing, mountain climbing, snorkeling, scuba diving, it has just kept going, although it is pretty scratched up. I did have to replace the crystal which I managed to chip.

I have a JLC Geophysic 1958 and during the first year of ownership I sent it twice to Switzerland, first time it was running two fast, second time it just stopped working, according to the dealer JLC in Switzerland changed the entire movement. It’s been working perfectly since then but it was a very frustrating experience. Cheers

My seamaster pro bought in 2012 took on humidity in my first swim in it. I never went below 6 feet. It was fixed. Now it completely stop working.

I know you have about 8 years in the watch game, so let a guy who’s been collecting watches for over 30 years chime in and say that Omega has been making rock solid watches for decades. I know you were big into vintage watches, but I’ve been buying what today is considered vintage new, when they first came out. My first Omega SMP 300 was bought new in 2003 and before I traded it in for a new SMP300(white dial) this year, it was serviced 2 times and never had an issue. My good friend bought a Speedy moon watch(manual wind, hesalite) back in the 90’s and has been serviced 3 times and the only part he has ever had to replace was the bracelet and he wears this watch daily. I’m friendly with many AD’s and know which watches have what issues. Some watches are notorious for breaking down and being delicate, but Omega is not one of those.

My speed master is 11 years old without a service and hasn’t missed a beat.

Peoples disappointments and problems are magnified when the watch brands take 4-6 months to fix a movement issue. Consumers hate the hassle and wait. Doesn't matter if they are a multi millionaire or someone who saved up for years to make the luxury purchase. A lot of consumer discontent would be negated if after sales service/warranty issues could be dealt with more speedily and effectively. The service side of the industry needs an "overhaul" right now like nobody's business. More properly trained watch makers, better QC, and improved supply chains would do brands a lot more for customer relations/perceptions than the R&D spent on the next "wonder weapon" special material.

Interesting that this topic came up. I bought my first high-end watch three months ago--a Grand Seiko Lake Suwa. Last week, I had to take it back to the boutique to be sent for service (It would stop running when the power reserve indicator was about half depleted). I still love GS and look forward to buying more down the line--that is, if this service goes well.

Omega Speedy:- 7 years, started to lose time, but overdue due a service anyway. Another 4.5 years, spring broke, but service almost due. Another 2 years, started losing time... So it seems like intervals are getting shorter...

The watches I've owned have always been influenced by the time I spent working for a high end AD when I was 19-22. I've always stuck to watches I can afford to service. So even though I could've bought an IWC or Omega at an amazing price, I didn't, because I wouldn't be able to afford $500-$1k service (should something happen) until half a decade later. Fun tangent: We didn't sell Rolex, but Ben Bridge down the road did, so when people walked in looking for their "aspirational Rolex", we'd sometimes bring up authorized service to at least plant a seed of doubt in their head. To be fair, it was largely in relation to Omega's then-new Co-Axial escapement, and because Omega's movements were still fairly basic outside of that, at the time. And we obviously never mentioned future service costs for the Cartier we sold.

Purchased a Two Tone Rolex Submariner in 1992 and wore it throughout my career as a Firefighter. Never had it serviced. Bought a Hamilton Below Zero that had stopped working within it’s warranty. A PAM00176 Daylight needed servicing after 16 years of ownership.

My father in law had a Seiko Presage that stopped completely after about 8 months of normal wear. Mind you, he is retired and doesn’t do any strenuous activities. Meanwhile, my Omega Speedmaster 3861 hasn’t skipped a beat after almost 3 straight years of daily wear. I suspect Adam Savage’s Omegas were a result of the first generation of coaxial escapements. They were notorious lemons from Omega due to the growing pains of implementing George Daniels’ escapement

I work construction, jackhammers, hammer drills, sledgehammers, water... My daily is a Chinese 'Dirty Dozen' with an NH35, four years running, very little wear. I would never wear my DJ, Omega, LeCoultre to work.

This is very coincidental that you have this topic. I bought a Blancpain Swatch last week. I was watching a few KZfaq videos about the pro's and con's of my new shiny watch and the stress was obviously too much. I think I got quite sweaty from the worry, and this perspiration seemed to get into the Swatch. I took it back to the shop, and the Swatch assistant told me that it wasn't guaranteed against excess sweating. So people. Don't sweat near your Blancpain Swatch. It's not covered. But one good bit. No colour came off from the case, while I was wearing it. So I will definitely go and buy another one. They're obviously quality.

I’ve heard multiple grey market dealers on KZfaq hint at the fact that some APs need a lot of service

The only 2 modern Omega's I owned both broke and needed to go back to Omega under warranty and the reason why I will never buy another Omega. I did, however, have a vintage Omega for many years and it was fine!

G Wagons and Jaguars; I would add a line item in the budget for repairs.

My grandfather and grandmother both had experiences with lemons and when they asked their friends about it they all had similar experiences. So they invited them all over one night and had a big lemon party.

Got a 19 y/o fake Submariner, never missed a beat 😂

grey market omegas had a lot of lemons

Mechanical watches are 100% prone to breaking. No way around it. If you want a watch that doesn’t break, get a solar quartz digital watch (g shock)

I own six Omegas dated from 1970 to 2016 and have had zero issues with any of them. This was a sadly click-baity episode.

If you’re afraid to use your watch, it owns you. That being said, it doesn’t give you license to beat it up unreasonably. There’s an element of common sense and an expectation at the cultural level of how we interface with consumer products in this day and age. I feel previous generations were more respectful of the items they own, but weren’t afraid to use them as well. I have an Explorer 114270 that has been on my wrist for 4 years sailing, surfing, hiking to summits, and general daily use, and its only fault has been that it started running +6 seconds a day. My experience with it has been amazing, but it is something I really appreciate, and you can be sure my left arm goes behind my back when I make a left hand turn through a doorway 😉

My Tudor P01 has been in for service twice in the first year of ownership. Once, the date wheel stopped turning over... after they serviced it and sent it back, it would only keep 16hrs of power reserve... They fixed it both times (the second was almost assuredly their fault during servicing anyways), and had it back to me in less than 2 weeks. Shit happens, but it's better to find out something is wrong while it's still under warranty.

We need to have a JD power survey as with cars. "Have you bought a 2022 model Omega, rolux, Grand Seiko, Oris, Breitling, Patek, Piaget, etc.? Tell us how isht, or good you experience was..." We were shocked at how poorly Mercedes Benz compare, perhaps we will finally kick the rolux habit and find that there are better value, better quality watches... Frankly this should be the whole point of watch community media, but instead too many are exclusively part of the industry and too few are not exclusively part of the collecting community.

This is weird, this is going to be one of those moments. My good buddy is an omega fan boy but what is interesting in all the year i have known him his watches are always at the shop. So much so he even has a guy now to just avoid the hassle of sending it to omega. I never connected the dots. When we were discussing it another friend of hours instantly went "intro me to your guy" my speed master keeps stopping. Its super weird you guys bring this up honestly. This was like at the back of my mind.

If you ride a motorcycle and your watch breaks, it's not your fault. I'm pretty sure back in the day people were using mechanical watches while riding motorcycles with no issues

I usually love your content but this one was a little weird. I’ve been collecting for two decades and I’ve owned approximately 100 watches. With the exception of 1 watch that needed to go back during the warranty period to be re-regulated, I’ve never had an issue. Mostly Rolex, Omega, Breitling, GS, Seiko, Tudor, Tag, etc. Additionally, I belong to a country-wide watch collector group who rarely report issues in our meet-ups or online forum. All of your data is anecdotal; without actual data, I would suggest it’s misleading and a bit clickbaitish…

Let me start by saying all of my watches have had equal use except my legend diver, it has been used the hardest and still keeps time + or - 2 seconds a day, it’s 7 years old and never been serviced. No problems with any of my Rolex, Omega, longines, or Hamilton watches. Out of the 4 seiko’s I own, three had to be serviced within two years of ownership, “they just stopped working.”

most of the watches I have kept were bought at the end of the 80's and beginning of the 90's... among them an Omega Seamaster bought in 1993 during a trip to Italy (the rare 2531.80 with the automatic caliber 1109 without "chronometer" on the dial). I have only done 2 revisions in 30 years and the watch has never given me any problems. Conversely, I had a Planet Ocean with caliber 8500 and its 3 revisions in 10 years... finally sold last year! I also had a W124 and W126, apart from the rust which is starting to eat up the rear window, never a single problem. On the other hand, my wife has a w205 and she spends too much time at the mechanic.

I mean, I cant help but notice we still have yet to be told what cologne Michael taunted us with a few videos ago...

I returned my speedmaster 3861 because it needed repair. It was not keeping time properly. Omega said it would take an extended period of time to repair due to supply chain shortages. So I just returned the speedy, and got an explorer 36mm.

Honestly what drove me to seriously study watches is my original tag heuer watch I bought in 2009 that broke and needed a new movement within 3-4 years. That road drove me to look into German watches because there’s a slightly more focus on durability in a broad sense from that region of watch making. Also, durability is probably one big implicit reason dive watches are the most popular genre

It sent a Panerai 5. day in 3x times for service in the first year, and they did rebuild. I sold it after the 3rd time