Ghosts In the AT 2500C Machine . . .

[DenverBuff]

. . . as of yesterday my 2 1/2 month old AT 2503.33 (white w/blue markers) had been running like a top. I don't have winder - just wore it 3-4 times a week and gave the stem a few turns every night to keep it going.

Wore it all day Tuesday. Woke Wednesday morning and discovered it was stopped at 10:30 pm. No biggie - must've forgotten to wind it. I'll just give it a few turns and- wha? Nothing. OK, I must've goofed the crown pull out. 30 turns and its going. Until it stops a few minutes later. OK, let's just give it a few wrist shakes. There, that's the ticket. There it goes, it's all good- . . no. Stopped.

So I bring it to the office with the intention of walking in to the AD and demanding some kind of action. For kicks, I give watch a few turns and it starts humming. It's been going 24 hours now and hasn't lost a second.

So now I'm stumped. Take it to the AD and report the problem? Wear it for a while and see if it happens again? I dunno.

I'm not totally freaked - it's a machine. Machines sometimes break. It's well under warranty. Hell, my BMW X3 was in the shop a week after I bought it with an electrical issue. I get it that stuff happens.

But I'm toying with the idea of asking for an exchange. Like i said, its been not quite 3 months. I love the watch but . . . damn.

Just thought it was interesting given the comments here of late. Insight welcomed.

[Bobsnocat]

. . . Just thought it was interesting given the comments here of late. Insight welcomed.

Greetings,
I'm not sure how insightful my reply will be but I have just had a similar occurence with my 3+ month old Bond GMT 2535.80, although I don't know how to tell if it is an A,B, or C version of the 2628 calibre. The COSC certicate shows testing done on 7/2/2008 but I don't know when the revisions were implimented or if they are noted somewhere on the mechanism.
I do use a winder and noticed that the watch had stopped about a week ago during the night. I thought then I might have set the winder rotations too low, as it took almost 30 turns to get it up and running and then it was fine.
Last night it stopped again on the winder, only this time when I went to reset and wind it I noticed it was already fully wound as I had worn it the previous day. I reset it, it ran for a few seconds, stopped, I reset it again and it has been running since then.
If it happens one more time I will send it in for service. I have read all the threads about the co-ax issues, so I am aware that there could be a problem...or it is just an isolated incident.
Time, as always, shall tell...
YMMV,
b.

[DenverBuff]

Thanks for response.

Weirdly, the watch is more accurate now than it ever was. I mean, it hasn't lost a second since the "incident" 30 hours ago.

[vbomega]

Thanks for response.

Weirdly, the watch is more accurate now than it ever was. I mean, it hasn't lost a second since the "incident" 30 hours ago.

It's just feeling guilty for letting you down and is trying to make up for it.

[paduncan]

That is too bad. I have a few 2500 watches and they all work fine.

[Thai]

My opinion...If it happens again, then send it in. Otherwise, just keep it. HOWEVER, just before the warranty expires, send it into Omega with the complaint(s). That way, you get a free examination of your watch along with re-regulation (if you need to). You have a legitimate warranty problem.

[WorldTime643]

To the OP, welcome to the mystery of the 2500. Your story is exactly the same as mine. My AT 2500 has been back to Omega 3 times for this exact same problem. On this last occasion Omega had it for over 2 months and it came back as no fault found .

[ulackfocus]

I think it's more than a caliber 2500 problem. I have a Tiffany's Mark Coupe with an ETA 2892-A2 (base movement for the 2500) that just did the same thing 2 days ago. It stopped and I couldn't get it to start again, but then the next morning it was running fine on the winder. Quirky.