I’m new to watches and I wanted my first to be an Omega. I like them because of immature reasons like the moon thing and the James Bond thing, but after looking into them for a couple of days I see that they have low reserves compared to other brands. Rolex Submariner has 70 hours, and even the much lower-priced Tudor Black Bay has 70 hours, while Speedmaster and Seamaster come in at 50-55 hours. It seems like that’s an indication of worse design and engineering. Or, if not, what am I missing?

  • Prisma_Cosmos@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Power reserve is nice to have, but it is also easy achievable by just reducing the frequency rate at which the movement works, so to me is really the last thing I would look for in a movement.

    Omega’s beat rate is lower than Rolex or Tudor movements