Mortalcoil
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Originally Posted by Mortalcoil /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hmmm .... maybe a Panerai |
Originally Posted by omegaman /img/forum/go_quote.gif You are the same as me, It must have taken 2 years for me to decide The Seadweller was one of my choices ( but a bit out of my reach at the time ). Not sure about the new model !!!!!!. One day it was Brietling, the next omega and the next Brietling again. I eventually went for the Omega " Moonwatch ", a real classic. |
Originally Posted by tjkurita /img/forum/go_quote.gif This is incorrect. Rolex movements are in-house. You can't get a Rolex movement in any other watch and you can't purchase a new Rolex with anything other than a Rolex movement in it. This isn't to say that they are the best movements, but they are reliable and simple and last forever. By high-end Swiss mechanical watch standards they are indestructible. |
Originally Posted by nikongod /img/forum/go_quote.gif the rummor was that Rolex uses a "house movement from someone else" in the datona, i dunno if its true. But the watches they make a million of a year are house movements. |
Originally Posted by majid /img/forum/go_quote.gif Rolex is the brand watch snobs love to hate. They are very reliable, however. The old Daytona used a Zenith El Primero movement, but in the last 5 years or so customers have wised up to the fact many companies just slap a pretty case on a generic movement and jack up the price. Customers are increasingly demanding manufacture (in-house) movements for authenticity's sake. When customers find out their watch just has generic ETA/Lemania/Valjoux movements with no added value, a company's brand equity takes a hit or can even be destroyed completely (as Patek Philippe and Chopard's almost were), so most companies are taking movement manufacture back in-house. That's why Rolex made the Daytona in-house again. The El Primero is an excellent movement, and Daytonas with that movement are highly sought after by collectors. The back-in-house movement (pun intended) is purely for marketing reasons and not necessarily a good thing, as most watchmakers simply don't have the full set of skills and the result can be worse than a tweaked standard movement. My impression is that Breitling and Panerai are among the brands that just slap a case on a movement (Breitling's gimmick is the rotary slide rule, Panerai's is the oversize case with dive-style crown lock). Rolex is a serious, if unimaginative watch company. I would recommend IWC, Jaeger-Lecoultre or Zenith if you care more about the mechanical heritage than about bling, or Bréguet if you want a pedigree, but they are usually far more expensive. An IWC Pilot's watch or chronograph is roughly the same price, far more subtle and very accurate - mine hardly gains more than a second or two a day. Omegas are also excellent value and very reliable timepieces. |
Originally Posted by Mortalcoil /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thus the birth of "omegaman" |
Originally Posted by Mortalcoil /img/forum/go_quote.gif I was unaware that IWC used an in house movement. Does this apply to the Aquatimer ?. |
Originally Posted by Mortalcoil /img/forum/go_quote.gif Zenith is another brand that you dont seem to hear of much, are all of there movement made in house? |
Originally Posted by Snicewicz /img/forum/go_quote.gif To be honest out of the two I would choose Breitling. Then again all I have is an Omega Seamaster. |
Originally Posted by majid /img/forum/go_quote.gif No, most IWCs use modified ETA/Valjoux movements as ebauches, albeit highly improved. My Valjoux 7750 based Fliegerchrono is far more accurate than my manufacture Portuguese Reserve de Marche. Only the higher end models like the Portuguese F. A. Jones, Regulateur and Reserve de Marche, the tourbillons and the more exotic complications all the way to Il Destriero Scafusi have proper in-house movements. The Aquatimer uses a modified ETA 2892. That's because they were not allowed to sell int he US for a long time due to a trademark dispute with Zenith TVs. Like Jaeger-LeCoultre, they were a true manufacture (100% in-house) long before it became fashionable to be so. They used to be a bargain, but sadly no longer. The watch designs are not very handsome, unfortunately, but that's a matter of personal taste. The Zenith El Primero movement runs at 10 beats per second, twice as fast as most mechanical watches, for enhanced accuracy, and is very well regarded, specially in the Chronomaster version that is adjusted in 5 positions. I would say your Omega is a superior watch to the Breitling in all respects. |
Originally Posted by Tyson /img/forum/go_quote.gif Another one to consider is that many, many people will ask you 'is that real', or even outright claim that it's fake. Not sure why this happens, but it does. |