zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

Thanks for the objectionable answers. I really appreciate it. By the way, do you know anything about preowned watch site: www.watches-uk.com?
They have a red/blue GMT Master there that caught my eye.

Thanks,
Brent

: Machine. Very few watch houses hand build
: watches anymore -- and those that do are the
: EXTREMELY expensive watches. Actually, it
: was Rolex that was the pioneer of modern
: high quality assembly line manufacturing of
: watches.

: I believe all movements used by Omega are
: modified to conform to Omega's
: specifications before they are used.

: And what would that answer really mean to you
: either way? Omega produces a high quality
: product made to their exact specifications.
: Do you really think you know enough about
: watch manufacturing to make any meaningful
: judgements on this information? Would you
: know for certain that an outsourced part
: would be inferior to an 'in-house' one?

: Rolls Royce outsourced their engines to BMW
: because RR could not produce as high a
: quality and reliability engine! BMW produces
: over a half million auto engines a year.
: They have far greater economies of scale on
: research, development, and quality control
: than a small operation like RR making a
: couple of thousand engines a year. RR
: realized that and chose to use a source
: better than their in-house product.

: Similarly, Jaguar cars got to be very
: unreliable until they started using parts
: from Ford and GM.

: So don't let people talk you into believing
: that everything has to be made by an
: employee whose pay stub says Omega (or
: better yet genetically related to the Omega
: founders) otherwise it is inferior. It may
: be just as likely that the in-house
: components are inferior to what is available
: elsewhere.

: NO watch company is what they used to be.
: Modern industry and competition changed the
: face of the industry back in the 1970's.
: Anyone who would have you believe that any
: of these companies are small mom and pop
: operations finely handcrafting watches using
: only close family members directly bred from
: the man whose company bears his name is
: pulling your leg or severely deluded
: themselves.

: Ultimately, the best advice is to go with what
: floats your boat. You can easily overthink
: the issue and confuse yourself more -- which
: it sounds like you already have. As I said,
: I don't think you can go wrong with either
: of these two choices. And there is no way to
: predict what your feelings for these watches
: will be 10-30 years in the future. So don't
: overthink buying your 'last' watch. There is
: no way you can determine which will be the
: best for that now.