[billybek]

A little update on the Speedy Pro.

I had knocked a pusher off the watch while wearing at work and took it back to have it repaired and to check the movement as it was losing time.
They opened it up at the shop to have a look and noted that there seemed to be too much moisture within the case and the seals were maybe somewhat questionable. They had suggested sending it back to Omega to have it looked at.
Here is where the story gets interesting.....
The Omega facility in Montreal said they couldn't fix it and wanted to send it to Switzerland to have it examined and would I spring for the $150 secure courier costs to send it. So the watch goes back to Switzerland.
The quote comes back about 6 weeks later that the case is extremely corroded and will not seal and if the repairs are done to the movement, they couldn't warranty the repair if the case isn't replaced!
When I took the watch to these people to have it refurbished for my Dad, the owner/manager assured me it was going back to Omega for the work to be performed. In reality it went to an "authorized" repair facility (pm me if you want to know who) but it wasn't Omega.
Anyway I ended up spending about the same amount of money having the watch repaired as I did to have it refurbished in the first place.
I received the parts back from them including the old case, crystal, dust cap, hands (need to really look at the ones that have been installed) and some very small gears and axles.
There are two things that really kind of piss me off about this. One is that I don't think that I would have had to do another significant repair if the watch had gone back to Omega in the first place.
The second is that except for the movement and the face, this isn't the watch that my Dad wore on his wrist everyday for 30 years.
Still an nice watch, but it doesn't seem the same.
If you are local to me and would like to know the name of the jeweler that I was dealing with so you could avoid this type of service/treatment PM me.