Omega

Team,

I have a strange relationship with this watch.

I seldom wear it but when I do, it's a great feeling.

Two fresh pictures of today:

The titanium case makes if light without taken away its boldness.

The GMT complication makes it a very nice travel watch.

Thanks for seeing.

Cheers,

Nilo

As I just got a GP ww.tc with similar characters today, it's really great to see your photos. Titanium case with chronograph, GMT, and a carbon dial. Love the combination!

As we can see checking the accuracy of the Big Ben in 2011.

Cheers,

Nilo

... even if I consider the dial a bit crowded. It has the great cal. 3313 movement with GMT, hasn't it?

Marcus

The HB-SIA is equipped with the caliber 3603 (that I believe it's a 3313 with the addition of the GMT complication).
Many terabytes had been written about the Omega 33xx family issues but I have/had many watches from this family and never experience a single issue.
This movement family, along with all modern Omega movements, requires a trained watchmaker to perform any maintenance or else.
Cheers,
Nilo

... or better: a certified watchmaker. Even ETA reduces its parts supplies policy to watchmakers that are not affiliated with Swatch group Brands. For the vast majority of the inhouse movements currently used the parts are sent only to watchmakers having passed certification tests for each and every single movement variants at the manufacturer. This is a really good business for the latter.

Often, modern movements are launched with the claim to reduce service costs for the customer. If this is true, remains to be proven. The serivce of an Omega cal. 9300 costs the same as that of a cal. 3313 or 3303 (Swiss lever escapement), or a Valjoux 7750. Any advantage of the more modern movement can only be based in extended regular service intervals, let's wait and see ...

For Breitling, the maintenance of the modern cal. B01 is considerably more expensive than that of the 7750, so where is the advantage for the customer? According to my own experience, the cal. B01 is neither more accurat, nor more reliable than the "simple" 7750.

Marcus

Don't have the classic and annoying 7750 "wobble".

Some, with ceramic ball bearings have some chirp and also annoying sound.

Cheers,

Nilo

... I also hate that wobble. However, a certain sensation caused by the loosely spinning rotor is common to most movements with unidirectionally winding mechanisms. My Omega 3313 is not an exception, but I have to really concentrate to feel that.

My comment was rather inspired by the claims of the watch industry how many advantages the modern (chronograph) movements have, compared to the "classics".

Marcus

But we cannot ignore some advantages of modernization.

I work with computers and I'm surrounded by magnetic fields.

I try to wear, not always, movements from the Master line that are, by definition, 100% non magnetic.

About other modernization efforts, I also like the CoAxial escapement.

Cheers,

Nilo

Additionally, I think the low mass inertia is the strongest argument for silicium escapements.

Marcus

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You worked on a dream.

Congratulations.

Cheers,

Nilo

Thanks Nilo!
All the very best,
Alex