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In Response To: depens of which movements you talk about ()

: The 33xx is a very fragile movement, so no
: brutal, harsh and rough activities. The
: omega 1045, 1040, 1041, 861 and 321 and
: their lemania derivatives 2310, 1340, 1341,
: 1350, 5100, 5012, 5200 and 2320 are very
: robust and don't fear shocks and bad
: treatments. In non chronographs the inhouse
: movements of omega the vintage ones are far
: more robust than the eta based calibres.
: Some non chronograph movements are not made
: to harsh use like the jlc cal 889, the new
: ap calibre found in the ro,the patek
: calibres, the go calibres as well as the
: lange & sohne calibres.

Hi Georges,

Joey asked a good question and I found your answer very informative. Just out of curiosity, how does the Rolex 4130 chrono movement in the Daytona rate as far as shock resistance (compared to the 33xx series and the Lemania manual wind movements used by Omega)?

Thanks,
John

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