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Omega Movements

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Lee,
Although Georges has his opinions of modern day Omega movements, I would like to point out that the Co Axial escapement is probably one of the greatest advance in watchmaking in a very long time. Yes Omega uses ETA movements, so do a host of other fine watches, like Tag(ok, marginally fine), IWC, Breitling, to name a few. In my limited watch knowledege, I understand that Omega makes the most modifications to The base eta movement of all. Oh, and by the way, the Swatch group(parent of omega) owns ETA. I liken it to this. I have a dell computer that cost me 2 grand. It runs on a windows platform, has numerous components that are mfg by other vendors. Does this mean that a Mac is better because more if its components are made in house? Cant say for sure, but I would not trade my dell for a mac.