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I had one of those giant Omegas and the hands came loose.

Took it to a guy on 47th street who said he would send it back to the factory for repairs. A couple months later I picked it up, dirt on the face, hands came loose again a week later.

This time I sent it to the authorized Omega repair station in Pennsylvania somewhere, and told them I wanted them to stand behind the work. They said, "We have no record of your serial number."

The SCHMUCK on 47th probably took it to a local watchmaker and stung me an arm and a leg for inferior repairs.

So the moral. . . get the name of the authorized repair center directly from the manufacturer and ship it there yourself. If there really is a USD/CHF aribtrage, the cost of shipping to Zurich round trip would more than offset the difference in price.

My Sinn is back in Frankfurt for the THIRD time since 2003. A long story having to do with the power reserve indicator failing over and over again. They keep repairing it for me, did it once for free, now they propose to sting me for 90 Euro. Why do we like mechanical watches again?