zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

: When Pentium
: processors came out, we all swapped in our
: 486's because better (faster) technology was
: available. The same should apply to every
: other tool we own including our Omegas (or

First, you seem to be pretty uniformed about the technology. In one article of mine, I published long list of superior new technologies that virtually nobody uses. Here are just some of them: Video Hi8/SVHS against regular VHS, HDTV against regular TV, Mini Disc and DAT against regular Cassete tape, Digital TV against regular TV.

Second, it is completely false to compare watch and computer. I can not use computer longer than some 5 years (I am computer expert by profession) because it is ELECTRONIC and can not last 50 years.

As for other modern things, yes, I just like to wear plastic (synthetic) shirt, trousers and shoes. I will trow away this moment all my leather, cotton and woolen stuff :) Some other comparisons were lined out in one other answer.

: There are articles here on this site that
: attest to the superior performance of even
: the cheapest quartz movement over automatic

Depends how you read them :) If you know more, you wolud not say this as an absolute statement.

: month now it is clear that my quartz keeps
: far more accurate time than the automatic
: versions owned by my friends. During the
: month - my quartz model lost a total of 1.5
: seconds. That is phenominal.

Ar you sure? I set my (non chronometer) Omega triple date to the correct time almost three months ago. At the moment, it is at +1,5 seconds from the time set almost three months ago! Actually, that is bad result, since it is normally between +1 and -1 secs from this set time on most days. Your quartz will be 5 seconds off in 3 months :) So, what was that about the acuracy?

: ...since Omega didn't need to send the
: quartz movement out for certification - the
: watch costs less. You will save anywhere
: from $200 to $500 (US) depending on the

Woow, what a mistake. You obviously do not realize that the "movement" in your Omega Qartz costs about few Euros to produce? And is completely and automatically produced by machine without human touching it ever in its's life? Good mehanical movement costs much more to produce (not nearly as much as it is sold for) and on most better and more complicated variants it requires man hand work to finish and assemble.

But, at the end, it all boils down to: do you like high quality, man made things with the soul, or electronis made in Taiwan (or maybe in Switzerland). Tell me, please, how many Quartz watches do you (or anyone who you know) have that are 20+ years old?

Certanly, most people buy 10 Euros cheap Quartz watches. And that is perfectly normal and OK. They just do not interested in them. When they buy wine, they will also pick last year wine for 1-2 Euros a bottle, and often buy wine in a carton.

I would not expect them to understand how can I drink my wine from 1993. and 1995, while botles from 1998. are waiting in my cellar until they are at least 7 years old :), and I did not even buy wine from 2000 yet! Does that mean I am wrong to drink 10 yeras old wine? Or just that I have different taste and different set of values? One that understands some area, tends to buy products of higher quality.