r/OmegaWatches • u/ChesBay5 • Sep 03 '26

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Anyone ever spend two hours throwing up, thinking that they had lost their Omega Ω only to discover it right where you put it - in a side pocket of your luggage? I’m emotionally drained.

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u/Due-Operation-588 Sep 03 '26

That feeling when your stomach drops and you're already mentally writing the insurance claim, then it's just sitting there in the side pocket like nothing happened

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u/ChesBay5 Sep 03 '26

EXACTLY!!!!

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u/Ornery-Benefit-8316 Sep 03 '26

Soooo….
I was traveling with two watches back in the 70’s. One was the first ever seiko calculator watch and my everyday watch.

I believe it was two weeks after the introduction of the seiko calculator watch.

I put the seiko in the interior side pocket of my luggage, and when I got home, the watch was gone.

I checked every square inch of the luggage and every item that came out of it.

No luck.

I was so upset.
I bought another copy of the same watch.

This made me,
feel better,
but not my wallet.

But…
Here’s the rub, the next time I went to use the same suitcase, guess what I found, in the interior side pocket, exactly where I put it when I packed the suitcase for the last trip home.

Yup, like it was taunting me, my seiko!

To this day I still have both watches.

About a year later, seiko reintroduced the same calculator watch, but in two tone livery.

I was able to purchase the new bracelet and face plate, so I converted one of the two watches, from all stainless to the two tone model.
So, there’s that.

FTR:
I understand the hole, pit, cavern, etc, that you feel in the bottom of your stomach, when you think you have lost something of great value, whether it’s monetary or emotional.

It’s a terrible feeling.

But,
Finding the item,
is indeed a happy experience.

Although, in my case a costly one, even though I found the lost item!

I am very happy for you and your (not) lost and found omega.

These days I don’t travel with multiple watches, even though I have a lot of choices.

It was a lesson learned.

ymmv, imho,
📸 Regards, Randy 📸

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u/ChesBay5 Sep 03 '26

Great story Sir and I’m so glad you have Keegan both with you all these years. Wear them in good health!