Best all round watches

[willy]

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willy Skrev:Men i dag er der mindre forskel på kvaliteten mellem Rolex og Omega end for 30 år siden.

Very true indeed . It was 30-40 years ago Rolex built their reputation . I think it was the Oyster case more than any other factor that made Rolex what they are today . Omega have always considered Rolex to be their competitor and benchmark . But Rolex have a unique position in the Swiss watch industry , and it is very difficult for other brands to compete with them on equal footing .

Rolex are dependent on no one , they are a fund . They have almost unlimited funds , and a world wide service system that is unique . I cannot see any brand in this segment who have even a ghost of a chance to challange the position of Rolex .

All this talk about one caliber being as good as another etc etc . It can be a endless discussion especially today where we have thousands of different calibers . But 30-40 years ago there were not so many . Rolex have had a policy that is so different to say brands like Omega .

Omega put glass backs on their watches today , and use more resources on finishing calibers . Rolex use their resources to make very service friendly and strong calibers , and do not waste money by the extreme polishing of a caliber in a tool watch .

Omega are trying to appeal to a different kind of public today , than they did 40 years ago .And good luck to them .

Rolex and Omega have been compaired with one another for about 60 years at least. by watch people . Any discussion on any blogg involving these two brands always gets feelings running high . It is a never ending story and lots of fun .

I really like both brands and i can see good and bad things with them both . One thing is for sure they can all learn from one another , competition is very healthy. I have read nothing yet that can change my opinion on the all round ability of Rolex watches . But as usual i have learnt something from this debate . But Rolex still make the best all round watch in my humble opinion Willy

Hi Willy
Only 2 brands comes to mind of better long time service than Rolex comes to mind with me, and that is some of IWC´s model. The highend and complicationwathes have a sparepartpolici og minimum 70 years after model has been disconected, and then Patek Phillipe, that gives you a spereparts guarenty unlimmited. They simply just build a new commonent/part for you whenever needed. Some of there 90 - 120 years watches runs today with new parts in them and can run anouther 90 years if the company excist at that time.
Regards
Nicholas

I know that in many complications they just have to change a module in the watch every 110 years And i have read that IWC can supply these parts to the customer when they buy the watch . Nice to know the bloody thing can work for 500 years <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: --> <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: --> <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: --> . Nicholas do know anything about the reliability of multi complication watches ? I read somewhere that IWC have a good reputation in that field . Willy