Omega to Tag to Breitling

[Ek lex]

Hi guys...

Below are few watches I like, there are in-house movement with 4 yrs warranty and 60 hrs of power reserve, numbered edition but manual wind and hesalite crystal, manual wind but sapphire crystal front and see through back, in-house movement collaborated with Japanese, and the superquartz movement...  which one will you guys go for?

[Everdying]

aqua terra, followed by moon to mars.
rest need not apply

[dualcarb]

Moonwatch...manual wind, Hesalite Crystal.

DC

[sypuah]

May be you can took Breitling Chronograph model as consideration!

[Ek lex]

Thanks guys...

aqua terra, followed by moon to mars.
rest need not apply

May be you can took Breitling Chronograph model as consideration!

Sypuah, any model name you could provide? Breitling models are a bit tricky to like... this is my personal view, pls don't get offended Breitling fans out there... 

And what do you guys think of the Tag Cal 1887 in-house? It is not exactly a collaboration with Japanese, is it? I have fondled it, it's one of the best Tag that I have ever encountered between Link and Aquaracer, the chrono pusher has got a very positive and accurate feel.

[TheWatchMan]

Thanks guys...

aqua terra, followed by moon to mars.
rest need not apply

May be you can took Breitling Chronograph model as consideration!

Sypuah, any model name you could provide? Breitling models are a bit tricky to like... this is my personal view, pls don't get offended Breitling fans out there... 

And what do you guys think of the Tag Cal 1887 in-house? It is not exactly a collaboration with Japanese, is it? I have fondled it, it's one of the best Tag that I have ever encountered between Link and Aquaracer, the chrono pusher has got a very positive and accurate feel.

I have this TAG Heuer Carrera cal 1887 for almost 1yr+. This is a good watch and I have no complain. It is running well within COSC spec after 1-2mth usage. This model initially came out in 2010 and I think they had 1 or 2 minor iterations on the dial design. Its TAG's 150th anniversary model and winner of the 2010 La Petite Aiguille award (“the small hand” for watches retailing for less than CHF5,000) at the “Watch Oscars”- the prestigious Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. The movement is beautiful and yes the chrono pusher is good. Carrera is TAG's premium model and positioned below Monaco. The blue dial is the latest 2013 model. TAG bought the movement rights from Seiko. They made some modifications and almost all of the components are Swiss made. You may have read the review here -> http://www.watchtime.com/reviews/speed-dreamin-testing-tag-heuer-carrera-1887/

[Yikkie]

Definitely the Speedy Pro.  A pretty clear cut choice in my books. 

[sypuah]

Thanks guys...

aqua terra, followed by moon to mars.
rest need not apply

May be you can took Breitling Chronograph model as consideration!

Sypuah, any model name you could provide? Breitling models are a bit tricky to like... this is my personal view, pls don't get offended Breitling fans out there... 

And what do you guys think of the Tag Cal 1887 in-house? It is not exactly a collaboration with Japanese, is it? I have fondled it, it's one of the best Tag that I have ever encountered between Link and Aquaracer, the chrono pusher has got a very positive and accurate feel.

Breitling TransOcean Chronograph Black Dial.

[1to12]

From the above... Moonwatch brown! Happy Hunting. 

[Ek lex]

Thanks guys...

aqua terra, followed by moon to mars.
rest need not apply

May be you can took Breitling Chronograph model as consideration!

Sypuah, any model name you could provide? Breitling models are a bit tricky to like... this is my personal view, pls don't get offended Breitling fans out there... 

And what do you guys think of the Tag Cal 1887 in-house? It is not exactly a collaboration with Japanese, is it? I have fondled it, it's one of the best Tag that I have ever encountered between Link and Aquaracer, the chrono pusher has got a very positive and accurate feel.

I have this TAG Heuer Carrera cal 1887 for almost 1yr+. This is a good watch and I have no complain. It is running well within COSC spec after 1-2mth usage. This model initially came out in 2010 and I think they had 1 or 2 minor iterations on the dial design. Its TAG's 150th anniversary model and winner of the 2010 La Petite Aiguille award (“the small hand” for watches retailing for less than CHF5,000) at the “Watch Oscars”- the prestigious Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. The movement is beautiful and yes the chrono pusher is good. Carrera is TAG's premium model and positioned below Monaco. The blue dial is the latest 2013 model. TAG bought the movement rights from Seiko. They made some modifications and almost all of the components are Swiss made. You may have read the review here -> http://www.watchtime.com/reviews/speed-dreamin-testing-tag-heuer-carrera-1887/

It's good to know Carrera is running within COSC without a COSC certification, Tag definitely save some $$$ on that and hopefully the saving goes more to the quality and value of the watch ;=) However, I suppose purist will be offended by this DNA cross breed, though Seiko movement has been proven to be workhorse over the years.

[Ek lex]

Thanks guys...

aqua terra, followed by moon to mars.
rest need not apply

May be you can took Breitling Chronograph model as consideration!

Sypuah, any model name you could provide? Breitling models are a bit tricky to like... this is my personal view, pls don't get offended Breitling fans out there... 

And what do you guys think of the Tag Cal 1887 in-house? It is not exactly a collaboration with Japanese, is it? I have fondled it, it's one of the best Tag that I have ever encountered between Link and Aquaracer, the chrono pusher has got a very positive and accurate feel.

Breitling TransOcean Chronograph Black Dial.

Wah...    even on a dial of 43mm, my eyes turn blurry looking at those tiny double-function-sub dials and overly congested minute and fraction-of-minute markers and tachymeter! Anyhow, that has been the DNA of Breitling, I am not complaining about the design. The chronometer certified superquartz at 40mm(?) and not too complicated dial of Aerospace is the only model I would like to have from Breitling.

Having a medium to small wrist, I limit myself to a max of 42mm.
Thanks for your sharing, nice piece though!

[Ek lex]

Definitely the Speedy Pro.  A pretty clear cut choice in my books. 

Yikkie, Speedy Pro is an iconic model from Omega, and definitely my first choice from Omega, I have spent some time looking at the line of product (Speedy), reviewing the functionality vs practicality, in fact I have raised a few questions in my previous thread in MWF and thanks to a few sifus here who resolved them very promptly. I allow myself to digest and redigest the decision. However, over the time, I have drifted to the elegant yet sporty Aqua Terra, the dial is simplistic and functional, comes with beautiful in house movement with good practicality of power reserve of 60 hours, and more importantly it has pure Swiss DNA! Above all, the watch comes with a 4 years warranty and it's COSC certified, sounds like a sweet deal, doesn't it? Hmm... I know, I shall follow my heart, but where's my heart? Ops.... 

[TheWatchMan]

Yes I believed many watch purist will never like the TAG due to Seiko "collaboration". But what the heck, its nice watch. BTW, I tested the power reserve at 56hr after 2 days usage. It is rated at 50hr tough without using chrono.

[sypuah]

Just buy the watch that you like most, go local AD test on wrist again and again if you not comfirm, make sure you like it and will not regret after bought.

[Ek lex]

Hi guys, my new 2014's! In fact my very first Omega! Very happy with the purchase.

I have a few sports and divers having dark blue and black dial, so this time decided to have a change, I have opted the Opaline silver, which looks very magical changing from grey to white to beige and silver under different lighting condition. The hour markers and Omega logos have a very 3D-look, love the very fine workmanship and quality look from Omega. Hands are unique as well, totally different design for all 3 hands including the lume application. Talking about the lume, to my surprise, it is the blue-ish lume instead of the conventional green lume, this is completely beyond my expectation, definitely stands out from my other watches. I was contemplating the size of 41.5 and 38.5mm, in fact the 38.5 mm fits my 6.5in wrist alright, but the big brother exhibits a better presence of the watch, having all my watches between 40-42mm, I decided to keep the tradition going. Further, the bracelet size of the 38.5mm(if not mistaken) is 19mm at the lug, this is an odd size and I may have a problem in the future if I decided to replace it with leather. The 41.5 comes with 20mm bracelets tapers to 18 at the buckle, it does comes with some half links at the buckle, so it could be fine tuned to the best comfort and fitting of the owner, which is a big plus point for me! As for the see through back case exhibiting the Omega in house 8500, I have been admiring the deco for a while, however, my eye sight is aging, I'm guessing the very fine engraving is showing 39 jewels, appreciate if anyone could confirm that?! The movement is a bit loud, I can hear it may be 6 in away, the very busy ticking sounds is quite an enjoyment! It's chronometer certified, as of now, I could not tell you the accuracy, and not sure how to check it as well, appreciate if any sifu could share the method?! Power reserve is supposed to be 60hrs as advertised, again, have not verified that at this point of time.

After all, very much contended with this piece, I could be looking at the watch, but I may not be able to tell you the time! 

Hope you guys enjoy my very basic review, will post some photos and wrist shot soon. 

[Ek lex]

Here you go... 

[jason_recliner]

Congratulations!  That's a beautiful watch with an excellent movement.  Great choise IMO.

[contender]

Congrats on your first Omega ! Simple and elegant piece 

[Everdying]

my wrist is a little over 7", but i got the 38.5mm.


also there are now 3 iterations of the AT8500.
1. non-si14.
2. si14, sometime around 2012.
3. longer hour hand, sometime mid-2013.

[Ek lex]

Thanks guys.

Glampyre,

Nice ones! Yours is the James Bond version isn't it? The exact same color and same size I think...

The blue face is awesome, I would have taken the color if I have not got too many dark (dark blue/black) faces!    you have taken a very good shot of your watch with glimmering light. The size suits you just fine, but I think even a 41.5 will look good on yr wrist, more prominent, but may be it's just not to your preference...

Is your eyesight good enough to read the "39 jewels" on the movement through the back case?

[Ek lex]

Yeah, I have checked the warranty card, mine comes without the Si14 spring, but it comes with 4 years warranty for the 8500 movement. I'm not sure if the hour hand is longer, but I think is long enough... Lol... 

[Ek lex]

Glampyre, my wrist shot with my mobile phone camera...

[Everdying]

ya mine is the skyfall 38.5mm, when I bought it the 41mm blue wasn't out yet...only came out about 3-4 months after.

the longer hour hand being newer of cos will already have si14, the tip will almost reach the end of the hour index.
also to make sure got or no si14 just look at the wheel, dont rely on the card.

and ya, I can read the 39 jewels and adjusted to 5 positions and temperature etc etc.

[Ek lex]

ya mine is the skyfall 38.5mm, when I bought it the 41mm blue wasn't out yet...only came out about 3-4 months after.

the longer hour hand being newer of cos will already have si14, the tip will almost reach the end of the hour index.
also to make sure got or no si14 just look at the wheel, dont rely on the card.

and ya, I can read the 39 jewels and adjusted to 5 positions and temperature etc etc.

Glampyre, I can see up to the "Barrel one" and "Barrel two" the rest in will read when I find a magnifying glass... I doubt mine has the Si14 spring. Anyway I have always kept my watches away from magnetic appliance, regardless Si14 or not, however, it's definitely a plus point, to have it in the watch, especially new generation automatic watches...

[Ek lex]

Just to share my experience during the purchase, since I have made up my mind on the Omega, among the 3 brands, so I went to the second time to the shop to pull the trigger. Nowadays all branded watch boutiques in my area will have mandarin speaking staff on duty, mainly Chinese mainlanders. I asked for the 3 pieces of watch I.e. Speedy Moon to Mars, Speedy Sapphire and my Aquaterra Opaline silver, trying and comparing, then I ask him about the opinion of my choices, without a second thought he pointed at the Aquaterra, in a very heavy mainland Chinese accent, "no need to think, just take and go!" Haha... His expression was so funny and prompt! He said that is the best selling model, probably his customers all behave the same... Then I further pursue for his opinion on the remaining 2, he tilt his head a lil back and roll his eye ball down, "these 2 has antique movement!" Obviously he is a young chap who is more to the fashionable and gen-X mentality, I enjoyed the conversation listening to his funny expression and accent, very typical! Coming to the Moon to the Mars, I reminded him that is a numbered edition watch and the very unique and colourful sub dials, he responded the watch has been lying there for a long while, further he commented "This piece looks like a toy watch!" He further giggled me... "If you go to the toy shop, you could get much colorful watch at a cheaper price" obviously he has know nuts about the value. Well, to be honest, that piece of speedy still attracts me for the sub dials, like 3 lucky stars shining on me when I'm wearing it! But factor in the practicality, manual winding, Hesalite crystal and no-date, it hold me back, at the moment, as I'm looking for an everyday watch... May be later I would come back for the purchase, as a collection, if it's still lying there...