zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

all Omega automatic lines by 2010...read this on another forum and it was quoted from Watchtime, some interview with Stephen Urquhart.

So if this is correct, essentially in less than three years time, Omega plans on phasing out completely their ETA 2892 base caliber and replacing it with the 8500...seems like an aggressive goal (not unattainable though).

I would only assume that this would mean massive price increases on the new models, as we have seen with the DeVille Hour vision vs. the standard Co Axial model...and also another redesign of their lineup.

I wonder if the new caliber will be able to drop into old cases without modification however I highly doubt it.

And given the relative short time the ETA modified Co Axial was out on the market, what future parts stores will be available for those pieces, granted one could swap the co axial mod for standard parts but who would want to do that.

I also find it interesting that the DeVille is the vehicle that introduces major change...at least in the past two iterations with the Co Axial and now the 8500 caliber.

Really makes me want to pause before jumping into Omega since they appear to be at a crossroads.