crystalcranium Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Just got mine from Josh. Unfortunatly, it has a mechanical problem where the second hand of the chrono gets hung up on the minute hand of the watch but only when the minute hand is in certain positions. Josh has agreed to an exchange. The watch itself is pretty impressive but needs some work to get it up to speed. There are little nagging issues all over it with date fonts and positions, subdials being applied on top of the dial instead of being recessed, wrong cg's, pushers and crown too short, oh and that little matter of the case back saying Speedmaster but overall, it's a substantial watch. The only glaring issue I have with it is the crystal. It is a domed crystal like the genuine but appears to be coke bottle thick. There is considerable distortion of the dial at angles like a plastic domed crystal. Maybe as a genuine owner, I'm being too hard on this rep. My wife actually likes the look of this $265 rep better than my $2500 genuine! Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bignasty Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Just got mine from Josh. Unfortunatly, it has a mechanical problem where the second hand of the chrono gets hung up on the minute hand of the watch but only when the minute hand is in certain positions. Josh has agreed to an exchange. The watch itself is pretty impressive but needs some work to get it up to speed. There are little nagging issues all over it with date fonts and positions, subdials being applied on top of the dial instead of being recessed, wrong cg's, pushers and crown too short, oh and that little matter of the case back saying Speedmaster but overall, it's a substantial watch. The only glaring issue I have with it is the crystal. It is a domed crystal like the genuine but appears to be coke bottle thick. There is considerable distortion of the dial at angles like a plastic domed crystal. Maybe as a genuine owner, I'm being too hard on this rep. My wife actually likes the look of this $265 rep better than my $2500 genuine! Go figure. I came super close to pulling the trigger on this rep, but in the ETA movement. Deal breaker for me was the chrono pushers. Just too short, or too recessed one. That and the bezel just didn't do it for me. I could have replaced the bezel with a SMP bezel, but the pushers would have bugged me to the point this watch would just sit in my box and eventually get sold. Its good that Josh is taking care of this for you. When you get a chance I would love to see some homegrown pics! Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vric Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 I really don't like the current generation of the SMP Chrono. It's fairly new and maybe some better version will come up. But for now, I wait.. Better spend the money on a Speedmaster or a Chrono Avenger imo.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2005SUBMARINER Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 the day our dealers can rep this omega chrono smp i will PTT on this lil baby .. the orignal sure is a beauti to all our dealers this would be a hell of a rep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Yes, this is indeed a killer watch. The new rep isn't bad but like you say it's probably better to wait for the next generation rep of this (if it ever comes out). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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