zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

I'm sure there is a bit of bias to any answers I may receive for this question, but I was wondering if Omega's new Co-Axial Movements are significantly better than any of the Rolex movements. Is this grandly hailed innovation overly hailed or is it trully the next stage in Evolution for mechanical watches?

I know this is a hard question to answer, bias or not, simply because the Co-Axial movements really haven't had the time (all puns intended) to test how they work over the long term. But I was wondering if my next watch should fall into the Rolex field or stay in the safe Omega zone. I still love my Omega SPC with the Chronograph feature (in Titanium no less), but I've had it for almost 10 years and wouldn't mind looking at other options.

I'm really looking for criteria such as accuracy (better than the current COHC standards which I still think are too liberal), shock resistance, and projected lifetime, hell.. throw in overall prettiness too. If I do buy something else, I'm looking for another divers watch, but I'd still like to hear some opinions on the comparative movements between the two lines.

Thanks!