Best all round watches

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willy Skrev:Hi John i remember reading somewhere that Rolex were very pressed for time in trying to develop a NAS watch . And if my memory is not failing , they were not given enough time or warning compaired to Omega . Not that it matters much because in my book any Chronograph is a weaker watch than your basic time and date . And therefore cannot qualify as best all round watch . Willy

Not correct memory None of the factories as such were given any specific time - and all factories were tested with standard watches available from the AD shops. Nothing was changed in the tested Omega at that time
Of course a chronograph is weaker than a basic watch - much weaker - but all tested watches were chronos.Omega changed nothing to the speedmaster, to live up to Nasa requirements.

I am 100% sure, Rolex to day, given the chance - could deliver a hersalit version of daytona and get it certified, but when the chance was there, only Speedmaster passed.
It was a strike of luck, combined with a good watch, and Omega has benifitted from it - which is fair enough - but of course not making them the only good chronograph producer

If it helps you to sleep <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: --> , I am have no doubt that a new Rolex oystercased Sub is MUCH much stronger than any speedmaster ever build
I would however not swap my 105.003 or 145.012 for a Rolex - anyway not for any other reason than a 5513 or whatever, being higher priced
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