Wow SS thanks for such an in depth reply! what a shame, love the black bezel on the SS but would really love a Ti watch as well. Omega seem to have so many great details, but not on the same watch for me.
Heart now tugs for a SS Black Seamaster, thanks again for your help.
: Well, even though my expertise is in rare and
: exotic Omega Jackalope watches, I'm going to
: take a crack at this, and Steve or Chuck can
: do the Benny Hill "whap whap whap"
: on the old bald guy's head (that's me) if I
: get it wrong.
: The movement in the 2293 Ti Seamaster is 3301,
: and that IS the base movement that had the
: coax added into it for the Planet Ocean.
: Fact #1 I do NOT know is whether adding the
: coax movement changed its external
: dimensions. If it didn't, you might be able
: to pull off a movement swap.
: Problem is, there is a supposed reliability
: issue with the chronograph part of all 33XX
: watches, so apart from getting the coax into
: a 2293 case, I'm not sure what you're
: accomplishing. Maybe you get a little more
: accuracy or slightly longer time between
: service, but those are going to be minimal
: gains even if they pan out.
: More importantly, you will be creating a real,
: live Frankenwatch with ZERO resale value,
: and that's one HELL of a high price to pay
: simply to get a coax movement in a Ti case.
: As far as the black bezel on the Ti case,
: forget it. The black bezel is SS, and the
: case is Ti. Add some seawater, and you have
: what is known as a battery. One of those
: metals has a greater half cell potential
: than the other one, and that metal will
: start to lose atoms to the one with the
: lower potential. Yes, both metals are
: corrosion resistant, but they're not immune
: to galvanic corrosion if they're very close
: to each other.
