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Re: jewels revisited - should I care?

I hate to beat a dead horse, but here is my confusion - which hopefully will dissipate like dew in July :-)

I understand comparing jewels across manufacturers or models is meaningless and that jewels do not a priori correspond to any better performance... BUT
Given two Omega Constellations of similar 50s vintage - both marked Chronometer, Officially Certified - if one is 19 jewels unadjusted and the other is 24 jewels adjusted to 5 positions and temperature is it fair to assume if both are cleaned that the latter will run better, more reliably and more accurately? If not then why does anyone care about having the 24 jewel 5 pos. etc?

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