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Adjusting the 3861 Bracelet – Help

Hi folks,

I just spent the better part of an hour trying to unscrew/remove the links from a 3861 bracelet, and i've been unsuccessful so far. I have a little screwdriver that I believe is adequate for the job, but I can't seem to unscrew an…

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Can placing the watch on a magnetic toy damage it?

So silly question, but I noticed that when my daughter hid my watch under her toy, it had gained a few seconds. Watch was gone for like 6 hours?Playing around, I discovered the toy has a pretty strong magnet inside of it, and when the watch was placed …

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Would this bother you? Service Centre experience.

So I got my beloved Seamaster Diver 300M water pressure tested under warranty at the Swatch Group Service Centre. They did a great, job and even replaced gaskets for me. Amazing customer service too.

However, for some reason they decided t…

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Caliber 8500 timekeeping question…

Greetings all. Hoping that someone knowledgeable in this area can shed some light on this issue.

I have a Seamaster Aqua Terra with the Caliber 8500 movement that currently keeps excellent time when I wear it during the day and rest it dial up for abo…

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Did I buy a fake Aqua Terra for 2k?

Hey everyone, thanks for reading and sorry if this isn’t the correct location for this thread.

I recently purchased this Aqua Terra from a private seller on C24. From what I can tell in my very limited knowledge the watch appears to be genuine but I’m…

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Omega Factory Visit- Paid by OB

I heard OB do fly their customers to Omega Factory and Omega pays for everything.

Has anyone been invited, and what does it take for Omega to sponsor such a trip?

I would love to hear from fellow members here, or its just a myths.

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Terrible Snoopy quality control…

So much variation…must be worn dies…

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Thoughts on an Omega Snoopy 55th

So we have a White Snoopy MoonSwatch and what looks like a Black Snoopy MoonSwatch coming next week… are the chances of an Omega Snoopy 55th getting better with every drop? What do you think it’ll look like if it does drop this year?

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Omega Speedmaster 3570.50 serial number / link to year of production

Dear OF experts!

I did a lot of research to narrow down the year of production of a non-vintage Omega Speedmaster 3570.50, but with limited success.
Papers exist but w/o the year of product. details.
Cal 1861 and a serial number starting with 77755x…

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did i miss out on a military X-33?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Omega-x33-Speedmaster-Professional-mens-3291-50-quartz-Gen2-/303254435751
was watching it and thought the caseback was interesting and could make up for lack of papers and box.

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