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Originally Posted by Annan
So......since moving away from the Swiss lever escapement am I understanding correctly that the Omega 8900 calibre movement has shown problems similar to the Rolex 32XX?
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No, Omega had issues with the earlier 2500-series Co-Axial that was based on the ETA 2892. The problem was mostly solved with the 4th iteration/D-variant of that movement, and the all-new 8xxx/9xxx co-axial movements that were released starting in 2007 are fine.
It’s starting to look like a good strategy by Omega. They implemented a new escapement over 20 years ago, spent half a decade or so dialing it in, and then made an all-new, from the ground-up movement designed for the Co-Axial escapement. Now Rolex (and maybe GS) are floundering trying to match them with new escapement tech…although the public is largely still unaware of it, so maybe not.