by Sam Tamborello | Oct 17, 2026 | Ask TamboWatches
The Japan import reality: your Speedmaster arrives on a steel bracelet that is three links too short, so you put it on leather just to wear it. An Omega listed by a seller in Japan can look like a bargain. Sometimes the asking price is hundreds less than a comparable...
by Sam Tamborello | Oct 16, 2026 | Ask TamboWatches
You wear your Omega all day, take it off before bed, and set it on the nightstand. The next morning, you find that it stopped at 3:15 AM. Your first thought may be that something is broken and you’re looking at a repair bill. Before you get to that point, I’d check...
by Sam Tamborello | Oct 13, 2026 | Ask TamboWatches
Before you stress over your watch’s timing, let’s get the obvious out of the way: a mechanical watch is not a cell phone. If you check your watch against an atomic clock every morning and get bent out of shape because it gained 10 or 15 seconds over a couple of days,...
by Sam Tamborello | Oct 9, 2026 | Ask TamboWatches
If you own an Omega Seamaster, Speedmaster, or Aqua Terra that is losing time, refusing to wind, or simply due for maintenance, you are facing a choice: hand it over to an Authorized Dealer or send it to an independent specialist. Most online guides either repeat...
by Sam Tamborello | Oct 5, 2026 | Ask TamboWatches
If the crown on your Omega Seamaster keeps spinning, pops back out, or won’t catch the threads, don’t force it. A lot of people assume the crown or case tube is stripped and they’re looking at an expensive repair. That can happen, especially on an older watch. But...
by Sam Tamborello | Sep 30, 2026 | Ask TamboWatches
If you just bought your first Omega Speedmaster Professional, you might not know what to expect when winding it. Most people who are new to manual-wind watches either stop way too early—leaving the watch half-powered—or they hesitate because they have no idea how the...
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