I'm coming to the conclusion that when Geoge Daniels designed his Co-axial escapement to challenge the stability and accuracy of the quartz wristwatch, and sustain public affection for the mechanical wristwatch he certainly succeeded - in my case at least. I've had my Aqua Terra for three months now

Graham, Fully accepting your preference for using a knife, I can't help but wince slightly at the thought of using one for this purpose. My first concern would be for the risk of drawing blood from one's fingers in the event of a slip - with the consequent risk of bloodying the watch and strap. Havi

These Images are rather better, I think... I love that grey dial - as you rightly say, so very understated. Getting along fine together.... The colour of the rose gold is tricky to capture in a photo, but here are a few attempts. The matt, bead-blasted silver dial has a beautiful, warm whiteness to

...But hopefully these will give you a flavour of the grey dialled DeVille... sadly not the best JPEGs, but I had them handy on my C drive. As for the 8500 calibre, I'm sure Omega will have tested it very thoroughly - I didn't mean to disparage their R&D department. Concerning the price of the new A

I was faced with a similar dilemma... torn between going for a current Aqua Terra with the 2500 movement or wating until (sometime) in 2009 for the new model. What swung it for me was that the 2500 movement has been in production for several years now and all the wrinkles are pretty well sorted - no