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Great page and 1861's beat rate
In Response To: Omega Chronographs - Speedmaster, Seamaster, etc. ()

Hi, Eric.

Congrats for your new page! It's one of the best Omega pages I've ever seen! I'm absolutely astounded by your great speedmaster collection (me, as a humble owner of just one SP w/display back). Suggestion: as your page is really huge, it'd be easier to load if you split it in several pages, devoted to specific lines (one for seamasters, another for speedmasters, etc.), with a front page acting as an index.

However, you say:"A newer calibre made under ref. Cal.1861 with a higher beat rate was 1st introduced in late 1997 for their new Speedmaster." But I can assure you that the 1863 movement on my SP (a more decorated version of the 1861) still beats 6 semioscillations/sec. = 21.600 bph. So I'm intrigued about this faster than 21.600 beat rate of the 1861. Could anyone comment on it?

Best regards.

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