. . .have been lucky enough to own several interesting Omegas, both vintage and modern, including a Speedmaster, 30T2RG chronometer, a couple of cal. 265 handwinds, and had a chance to work on a couple of cal. 265s, they don't get much better. A company with a long and distinguished history of making some of the flat out finest and most mechanically and technically sophisticated watches ever released to the general public, and now the first watch company in modern times to have the distinction of putting a new escapement into production, years ahead of the other brands- if you are seriously interested in horology and the history of wristwatches I don't think you can have anything other than tremendous respect for Omega. They've done it all; novel escapements, observatory competitions, some of the great classic designs of all time including of course the Constellation chronometers, the 30T2RG, the 30mm family of movements described by no less an authority than Roger Smith himself as one of the great wristwatch movements of all time; my personal sentimental loves, the cal 321 and cal. 861 Speedmasters, with a great authentic aerospace history that most other brands would give their eyeteeth to own. . . well, the list goes on and on. Of course they're not haut horlogerie in the same way that PP, AP Vacheron etc. are but for sheer engineering excellence, history, and chronometric sophistication, how can you beat Omega?
Jack
Oh, and PS let's not forget their forays into high end high quartz and their superb tuning fork watches including the Speedsonic, the 300 mhz tuning fork chronometers, the high frequency quartz marine chronometers. . .OK I'll stop now