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Dweller of the Sea · 13 August 2012, 09:22 PM

I laughed at your post.

Why shouldn´t Omega be the same quality as Rolex?
Rolex is not made by the gods, offcourse other brand can be as good.

I´m a watchmaker, and when I look at the quality Omega has today, it is equally with Rolex. I even find their new calibers 8500/9300 more technical modern.

Rolex has been resting for two decades, and other brands have been innovative. Its not just Omega, just look at the in-house from IWC and Breitling.
Rolex uses old technology in many design. They still don´t have ballbearings in their automatics (except Daytona). The 31xx is 20 years old, with only small improvements.
They still use screw-down pushers, Omega has for 15 years made watches where you can use the pushers underwater at the depthrating.

I like Rolex, but I don´t put them on a piedestal (nor any other brands)

13 August 2012, 09:22 PM	#69
Dweller of the Sea "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: EU Watch: ing TRF Posts: 576	I laughed at your post. Why shouldn´t Omega be the same quality as Rolex? Rolex is not made by the gods, offcourse other brand can be as good. I´m a watchmaker, and when I look at the quality Omega has today, it is equally with Rolex. I even find their new calibers 8500/9300 more technical modern. Rolex has been resting for two decades, and other brands have been innovative. Its not just Omega, just look at the in-house from IWC and Breitling. Rolex uses old technology in many design. They still don´t have ballbearings in their automatics (except Daytona). The 31xx is 20 years old, with only small improvements. They still use screw-down pushers, Omega has for 15 years made watches where you can use the pushers underwater at the depthrating. I like Rolex, but I don´t put them on a piedestal (nor any other brands)