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criticism on calibre b17 is justified

In Response To: Omega Improvements/2824/Breitling ()

No,the criticism against the Breitling calibre b17 was fully justified and isn't exagerated neither overexagerated.
The 2824 was never a high quality and very top of the range movement. It was always refered as a middle of the range product and it will always be, it is the cheapest automatic movement of the eta range. The long term accuracy of the 2824 is not that great and not as stable as compared to the 2892a-2. I have seen some vintage watches fitted with a 2824 like the old eternas kontiki and they were keeping horrible time.
My 1951 seamaster keeps more than perfect time with a bumper automatic movement that was serviced 4 times in 54 years accuracy is +1/+2 sec per day.
Breitling was never known for the greatness of its movements as compared to Omega which was a true watch manufacture manufacturing its own movements till 1984.