: I've been considering an SMP black dial
: automatic, but am having second thoughts,
: and may go with the quartz version. I
: currently have a Breitling ColtOcean quartz,
: which is Chronometer certified, and
: extremely accurate. I'm looking for
: good/otherwise comments from SMP Quartz
: owners. Thank you again,.....marcb
Boy you almost opened a can of worms with that question. :-) That was the topic of a huge clan war here about a month ago. I own the SMP (Bond) quartz. I love it. I would not trade it for any watch I have ever owned. I have 2 partners ar work who both own the automatic version of the same watch. I also have a portable shortwave radio in my office that I use to piss them off by tuning it to the NIST Atomic Clock as if to set my watch every few days (with them in the room of course) and invariably they are adjusting their watches while I am making the statement "Nope, it's right on the money....AS ALWAYS." :-) That's no joke. I only recently reset the watch after wearing it for 2 months. It was only about 1 second off after 2 months.
The question you need to ask yourself is, do you want a precision timepiece, or do you want a mechanical artpiece on your arm? Some automatic owners dearly love adjusting their watches and comparing the accuracy of their watch with other mechanical owners. That is not me. I like a nice looking watch. I also enjoy a quality piece of machinary. But my first priority in purchasing a watch is choosing one that tells time as accurately as possible with a minimum amount of adjustment. The other considerations are secondary to that. The Omega SMP (Bond Watch) quartz fills that bill quite well. It satisfies all of the above criteria. However, I suspect your Breitling ColtOcean with the Super Quartz movement might even be a better choice. After seeing the certification specs on the Super Quartz movement, I suspect it is both a work of art as well as a superior chronometer and exemplary quartz movement. The official certification specs on that movement are astounding.
