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Re: 1120 very reliable, I don't think so

In Response To: 1120 very reliable, I don't think so ()

: Hi

: I remember of one thread like this where one
: has an smp who stopped to work completely
: after some months. Perhaps it is time to
: reconsider quality of eta calibres and stop
: saying they are of very good quality when
: such unexcusable things happen.
: I have never heard of such things happening
: with a vintage omega calibre which onfirms
: the theory inhouse or piguet or lemania
: movement>>>>>>eta

: regards

: georges

Well, I can't say anything bad about in-house Omega movements or Lemania movements, but I think the jury is still out on the Piguet movements. "Reliable" is hardly the first word that comes to mind when I think of them (and I can say that in an unbiased fashion because I actually own a watch with the Piguet-based 3303 in it).

As for my ETA-based movement problems, I found it interesting that I encountered the exact same problem with both of them. When fully wound, they ran fine. When allowed to wind down to a stop, only vigorous shaking could get them started again even after a full winding. I don't know whether Omega got a bad batch of 2892-A2 base movements (and I happened to get two of them???) or whether there is, in fact, some pre-existing design flaw that lends itself to this type of problem. I do know of two other people who experienced the same problem (ironically, one with a Seamaster and one with a DeVille Power Reserve identical to mine). Maybe this is something Omega really does need to look into?