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Old 13 January 2008, 04:26 PM   #1
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question for you guys in the omega know. does omega restore their watches to original condition like rolex does when you send it in for service?
Yes, they do. I've not used them myself, but I've read very good things about Omega service. I have a 5 year old SMP about due for service, so this is relevant to me too.

John Holbrook did a nice write-up of his experience of getting his Aqua Terra serviced. Click this http://www.rolexreferencepage.com/se...gaservice.html
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Old 13 January 2008, 05:30 PM   #2
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Yes, they do. I've not used them myself, but I've read very good things about Omega service. I have a 5 year old SMP about due for service, so this is relevant to me too.

John Holbrook did a nice write-up of his experience of getting his Aqua Terra serviced. Click this http://www.rolexreferencepage.com/se...gaservice.html
Thanks very much John
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Old 14 January 2008, 11:08 AM   #3
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question for you guys in the omega know. does omega restore their watches to original condition like rolex does when you send it in for service?
Not sure but as an aside Omega does have a dedicated department for the restoration of vintage watches, so they will service anything, unlike you know who.....
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Old 13 January 2008, 03:52 PM   #4
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I second the motion Bond should wear a Rolex as it was written in the beginning.
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Old 14 January 2008, 01:54 AM   #5
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I have heard that the SMP is not being discontinued.
Only the movement is discontinued.
they are all going co-axial.

at least that was the rumor as I last heard it.
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Old 13 January 2008, 04:10 PM   #6
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Bond has become synonymous with Omega now. Its going to be hard to change that perception and I'm sure that omega has too much invested to let that happen. After all, that is all that they have, now that the moon missions are over.
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Old 14 January 2008, 09:58 AM   #7
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My God....imagine the outcry on this forum if Bond started wearing a 47mm Panerai !!!!!!
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Old 14 January 2008, 01:10 PM   #8
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My God....imagine the outcry on this forum if Bond started wearing a 47mm Panerai !!!!!!

Watch the movie the "Transporter" A poor man's James Bond, he wears panerai
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Old 14 January 2008, 01:41 PM   #9
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I had forgotten about the latest fake Bond wearing Brioni, along with his anti bond Omega and non-walther pistol....Bond is Rolex...Walther {or that damn Beretta} and Savile Row. Continental foppery does NOT apply!

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Old 14 January 2008, 01:58 PM   #10
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I had forgotten about the latest fake Bond wearing Brioni, along with his anti bond Omega and non-walther pistol....Bond is Rolex...Walther {or that damn Beretta} and Savile Row. Continental foppery does NOT apply!
So I guess Bond can't change? My taste change all the time.

The NEW Walther is a far superior gun to the old one that was developed 77 years ago.
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Old 14 January 2008, 03:27 PM   #11
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Yeah, a .380 ACP is hardly appropriate in today's climate, as much as I love the PPK.
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Old 14 January 2008, 06:07 PM   #12
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James Bond?? Badly scripted, overweighted with gadgets, product placing franchise parading as popular 'culture'. Should have been killed off and forgotten years ago.

Most of the films since Sean Connery are just embarrassingly bad! Now about as 'cool' as a polyester shell suit and just as

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Old 14 January 2008, 07:38 PM   #13
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He should use the the YmII , LOL
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Old 15 January 2008, 01:48 PM   #14
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Of course Bond can't change.. no more than Hawkeye can change. Ian Fleming and Cooper are gone..One can only refer to the "truth" of the printed page for guidance...and FYI, when Bond switched to the PPK, it was in 7.65MM...32 ACP. not .380.. For MI6 double O operators, bullet placement is the key.....Ergo: Rolex is part of Bond, Doxa is the standard for Dirk Pitt and Cooper's hero used a long rifle, not the carbine the producers of the 1994 movie wanted to employ..(Wiser types prevailed here thank God}..The next Bond film is bound to feature the Blond anti-Bond weating LACE SHOES to go with his other haute couture jim crackeries
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Old 16 January 2008, 09:06 AM   #15
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Of course Bond can't change.. no more than Hawkeye can change. Ian Fleming and Cooper are gone..One can only refer to the "truth" of the printed page for guidance...and FYI, when Bond switched to the PPK, it was in 7.65MM...32 ACP. not .380.. For MI6 double O operators, bullet placement is the key.....Ergo: Rolex is part of Bond, Doxa is the standard for Dirk Pitt and Cooper's hero used a long rifle, not the carbine the producers of the 1994 movie wanted to employ..(Wiser types prevailed here thank God}..The next Bond film is bound to feature the Blond anti-Bond weating LACE SHOES to go with his other haute couture jim crackeries
Bond can not change because...................Bond does not exist!
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Old 16 January 2008, 09:11 AM   #16
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Rolex! All other watches are just not 'it'. I opt for the COSC Sub non-date on a NATO strap. But we must not forget the Flemming Bond is all but gone. The heavy smoker and drinker in a diner jacket is a dinosaur. But please give him the Rolex again!
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Old 16 January 2008, 10:15 AM   #17
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Bond should stay British & carry a Webley Scott revolver
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