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Replacement watch is Week 14 / Original was week 16

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BiggiePhat

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I had a express exchange on my Week 16 space gray because of a gap on the top part between the glass and the frame. I just got the replacement has shipped email and it states the replacement is Week 14.

Should I be concerned that the replacement watch is two weeks earlier?
 
BiggiePhat said:
I had a express exchange on my Week 16 space gray because of a gap on the top part between the glass and the frame. I just got the replacement has shipped email and it states the replacement is Week 14.

Should I be concerned that the replacement watch is two weeks earlier?
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Why would that cause any issues?
 
BiggiePhat said:
I had a express exchange on my Week 16 space gray because of a gap on the top part between the glass and the frame. I just got the replacement has shipped email and it states the replacement is Week 14.

Should I be concerned that the replacement watch is two weeks earlier?
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Why would that be a concern? It is the same model, so they will be the same every week.
 
BiggiePhat said:
I had a express exchange on my Week 16 space gray because of a gap on the top part between the glass and the frame. I just got the replacement has shipped email and it states the replacement is Week 14.

Should I be concerned that the replacement watch is two weeks earlier?
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I don't see any issues. It is too early to be getting refurbs already I would think. They may have set aside some early ones for replacements.
 
trek360 said:
I don't see any issues. It is too early to be getting refurbs already I would think. They may have set aside some early ones for replacements.
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I wouldn't say it's too early for refurbs. Have you seen the amount of people sending watches back for replacement? (be it actual defect or their own doing damaging it) And that's just a small portion of people that post on this one forum. But I agree. It isn't or shouldn't be any issue of it being an earlier production week. They're all the same if it's week 14 or week 62.
 
Well, the reason I ask is because they are definitely not the same as the build weeks go on.

They see defects as the manufacturing weeks go on and tweak the builds. So if my week 16 had the defect, good chance something built two weeks prior has it too.
 
BiggiePhat said:
Well, the reason I ask is because they are definitely not the same as the build weeks go on.

They see defects as the manufacturing weeks go on and tweak the builds. So if my week 16 had the defect, good chance something built two weeks prior has it too.
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Pretty unlikely that you're actually going to see hardware engineering changes that close together - at least in the reduced manufacturing capability we see right now. That is, if they do at all.

It would usually take several weeks of testing to vett a change.
 
fischersd said:
Pretty unlikely that you're actually going to see hardware engineering changes that close together - at least in the reduced manufacturing capability we see right now. That is, if they do at all.

It would usually take several weeks of testing to vett a change.
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Which just proves my point. If my defect was in Week 16, then it has a good chance of being in the week 14 build because it wasn't caught / processes weren't modified in a 2 week span.
 
BiggiePhat said:
Which just proves my point. If my defect was in Week 16, then it has a good chance of being in the week 14 build because it wasn't caught / processes weren't modified in a 2 week span.
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...and likely still exists in week 20.

Warranty pool would have been seeded right away. If there's a defect found that could cause a number of warranty claims, they would retool the line and seed the warranty pool first.

Whatever was wrong with your watch would be a one-of, or there would be thousands of watches with the same issue.
 
I think Apple is mature and smart enough in the electronics business to know that there woukd be some failures.

I would suggest that they planned for replacement supplies prior to letting the watch loose in the wold. Some waiters will cry now but not as loud as someone who gets a DOA watch and then finds themselves at the back of the bus for a replacement.

It would be the only responsible course of action.
 
BiggiePhat said:
I had a express exchange on my Week 16 space gray because of a gap on the top part between the glass and the frame. I just got the replacement has shipped email and it states the replacement is Week 14.

Should I be concerned that the replacement watch is two weeks earlier?
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Wow, my week 16 Space Gray 42mm has screen separation too. I am going to call in tomorrow to swap it out.
 
BiggiePhat said:
Which just proves my point. If my defect was in Week 16, then it has a good chance of being in the week 14 build because it wasn't caught / processes weren't modified in a 2 week span.
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Then return it, get your money back and buy one next year.
 
People saying that it is too early for refurbs are not considering that there are likely refurbs within the factories themselves before they are ever shipped off to other countries. There are going to be lots of watches that fail inspection/testing after being assembled, which are then disassembled, and re-made.
 
Banich2 said:
Where does it tell you what week your watch is from?
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From the serial number, you can plug it into one of those sites that decodes it.

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MrGimper said:
Any pics of this screen separation?
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The screen is barely half mm pulled away from the body, because my watch is Space Gray, it's very hard to take a picture with an iPhone, I've tried. I need a better camera with macro mode which I do not have access to right now.

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MrGimper said:
Any pics of this screen separation?
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The screen is barely half mm pulled away from the body, because my watch is Space Gray, it's very hard to take a picture with an iPhone, I've tried. I need a better camera with macro mode which I do not have access to right now.
 
riffola said:
The screen is barely half mm pulled away from the body, because my watch is Space Gray, it's very hard to take a picture with an iPhone, I've tried. I need a better camera with macro mode which I do not have access to right now.
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OK, I assume that this separation was obvious tho and the gap noticeably bigger than the normal gap between the crystal and case?
 
what sites can you plug the ser# into to find out manufacture date?
Breitlings have a code engraved on the watch case between the band lugs.
:apple:
 
And as I predicted, the replacement one is worse than the original. The gap on the top does not seem to be there but if i run my fingernail over the top of the case over the top of the glass, I get caught on the glass so the glass is not flush with the case.

If i do this same test on my original watch i don't get caught on the glass.

Two watches, two different problems in the same location.
 
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