Planet Ocean Chronograph finishes its Power Reserve Test at 65 hours but a shocker.

[Mystro]

65 hours of power reserve is well above its 60 hour spec but that’s not the real surprise.
While keeping a log of its accuracy during the power reserve test has stunned me with its accuracy. It has kept a 0.0+ perfect time keeping for 64 hours of that power reserve test. That is unheard of in my experience. I have owned a lot of watches but never has a movement been so stable and consistent throughout its power reserve. I don’t know how Omega is keeping the amplitude so strong for so long??? It’s a rock star.

[Laszlo]

Originally Posted by Mystro

65 hours of power reserve is well above its 60 hour spec but that’s not the real surprise.
While keeping a log of its accuracy during the power reserve test has stunned me with its accuracy. It has kept a 0.0+ perfect time keeping for 64 hours of that power reserve test. That is unheard of in my experience. I have owned a lot of watches but never has a movement been so stable and consistent throughout its power reserve. I don’t know how Omega is keeping the amplitude so strong for so long??? It’s rock star.

That’s incredibly impressive!

Such a beautiful watch. DavidSW has one recently and it was gone before I could inquire about it.

[mmalek1]

I have had a similar experience with my 43.5 titanium PO. The movement is shockingly perfect. I can’t wait to take it for an upcoming Bahamas trip.

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[MORA]

It's my understanding that the dual mainspring barrels distribute the power more evenly as they unwind as opposed to a single mainspring that loses accuracy as the power reserve dwindles down.

I have the same time keeping experience with my Seamaster 300 Master Co-Axial. The new Omega movements are very impressive from what I've experienced so far.

[lawrence1]

Yup, these latest movements from Omega are world class. The only downside is the thickness. They are crazy bulky, especially in the seamaster case. Will probably add another soon as I don’t mind larger watches.

[Mystro]

Originally Posted by lawrence1

Yup, these latest movements from Omega are world class. The only downside is the thickness. They are crazy bulky, especially in the seamaster case. Will probably add another soon as I don’t mind larger watches.

I find it wears more comfortable than my SD43 for several reasons. The thickness is not really a factor to its design as the end links now fold strait down eliminating any top heavy feel. The sapphire case back is wide and smooth distributing the watch’s weight easier than other hard core divers that tend to taper their case backs to the size of a nickel or quarter. This is my biggest issue with Rolex. My POC for a 7 1/4” is about 220 grams but feels like it’s about 170 grams on the wrist. In reality the POC is not any thicker than the DSSD and that doesn’t have a chronograph. The thickest part of the watch is at the very center of the domed crystal so it’s not like the actual edges of the bezel is it’s thickest point. This is where the design difference of Omega compared to the DSSD really comes to light. The DSSD looks thicker because of its blocky case that doesn’t have edges that taper inward like the POC. The Rolex is just one flat wall of polished SS.
I did the coat sleeve test going to a dive and haven’t notice any more difficulties than any other diver I own. To sum it up the watch looks thicker on paper than its design would wear.

[lawrence1]

Originally Posted by Mystro

I find it wears more comfortable than my SD43 for several reasons. The thickness is not really a factor to its design as the end links now fold strait down eliminating any top heavy feel. The sapphire case back is wide and smooth distributing the watch’s weight easier than other hard core divers that tend to taper their case backs to the size of a nickel or quarter. This is my biggest issue with Rolex. My POC for a 7 1/4” is about 220 grams but feels like it’s about 170 grams on the wrist. In reality the POC is not any thicker than the DSSD and that doesn’t have a chronograph. The thickest part of the watch is at the very center of the domed crystal so it’s not like the actual edges of the bezel is it’s thickest point. This is where the design difference of Omega compared to the DSSD really comes to light. The DSSD looks thicker because of its blocky case that doesn’t have edges that taper inward like the POC. The Rolex is just one flat wall of polished SS.
I did the coat sleeve test going to a dive and haven’t notice any more difficulties than any other diver I own. To sum it up the watch looks thicker on paper than its design would wear.

I’ve owned 3 POs, including this last generation so I’m familiar with them. Not a fan of the dssd or sd43 either. I agree that the watch is comfortable to wear, and this was not an issue for me until i bought my first rolex and really started to appreciate how thin they are. Then i bought this latest PO and just couldn’t love it so it got sold. Probably should have kept it in hindsight. I’ll end up buying another I'm sure.

[MORA]

Yup, these latest movements from Omega are world class. The only downside is the thickness. They are crazy bulky, especially in the seamaster case. Will probably add another soon as I don’t mind larger watches.

The Omega 8900 movements in the Planet Ocean are only 5.5mm tall. A Rolex 3135 is 6.0mm tall.

It seems the case thickness was just a design decision more than anything. The Planet Ocean has a 600m water resistance/pressure rating and that over-engineering adds to the case thickness. You'd find similarly thick cases on a Tudor Pelagos or DSSD.

[Mystro]

Originally Posted by lawrence1

I’ve owned 3 POs, including this last generation so I’m familiar with them. Not a fan of the dssd or sd43 either. I agree that the watch is comfortable to wear, and this was not an issue for me until i bought my first rolex and really started to appreciate how thin they are. Then i bought this latest PO and just couldn’t love it so it got sold. Probably should have kept it in hindsight. I’ll end up buying another I'm sure.

I agree. It’s all how “hard core” you want your diver to be. The ultra “hard core” divers tend to be chunky on purpose for their design and certainly over engineered. That’s their charm but you must know this going in. I wear 44mm Panerai all the time as my favorite size watch. It always made my Sub/GMT feel small on my wrist but really wasn’t but more of my own style preference.
The bigger POC MC with signature orange and gloss ceramic ticks all my boxes as it has a tremendous high quality wrist presence without looking like it’s trying to be a piece of bling jewelry. I would guess I won’t see many if any in the wild either. I will be taking this one on another 2 week family Disney World vacation this winter. We go every year and the watch spotting at the resorts is so fun as it’s such a international crowd. Nothing like seeing a 13 year old girl with a SS Daytona and Prada backpack on the monorail. Orlando is a great watch town.

[beshannon]

My new Aqua Terra is the same way, the METAS spec and performance in the real world are very impressive

[AEC]

Man, that Planet Ocean Chronograph of yours is a dynamite looking watch!