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: Further to my Post (response) below, I found
: this on a quick Google for
: "Dreadnought" and the ETA 2824-2T
: movement. In association w/ the Dreadnought
: is the only reference I've ever seen of
: this.
: Again, I'd be interested in anything you all
: might be aware of in terms of shock testing,
: specifications on the SeMPC line. And if
: you've seen other application(s) of the ETA
: 2824-2T movement.
I know that the 2824 is a much cheaper, less refined movement than the ETA 2892-A2 (the basis of Omega's caliber 1120). I don't have any information on shock testing of this movement, but I can't imagine it would surpass that of an Omega 1120. You'll note in that article that they said the 2824 is used in watches that cost up to 1000 pounds, which is less than the cost of an SMP. Tissot even uses the 2824 in their watches, which cost only a few hundred dollars.
The use of the 2824 was one of the reasons I gave up on Breitling. They were trying to get away cheap by using this movement with minimal modifications in their SuperOcean. I've been told that they have since switched to the 2892-A2, but putting a 2824 in a $2200 watch is inexcusable.
The founder of this website posted the details of the shock testing Omega conducts on their watches, but this was a while ago and I can't seem to locate it. If I can find it I will post it here.
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