{"id":133,"date":"2013-08-16T14:05:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T19:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bernardwatch.com\/blog\/?p=133"},"modified":"2014-03-06T14:57:27","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T20:57:27","slug":"musings-on-the-omega-8500-caliber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bernardwatch.com\/blog\/musings-on-the-omega-8500-caliber\/","title":{"rendered":"Musings on the Omega 8500 Caliber"},"content":{"rendered":"

Omega introduced the In-House 8500 caliber in the DeVille Hour Vision in 2007. \u00a0Omega now had “Manufacture” watches. \u00a0A manufacture watch is one where all or almost all the parts are made in-house. I remember being moved by how beautifully executed the movement is. \u00a0I liked that it was larger at 29mm size to fit today’s watches. \u00a0The ETA 2892 is 25.6mm.<\/p>\n

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The swirled Cotes de Geneve with red print and jewels are a visual delight. \u00a0The movement features the Omega Co-Axial escapement, twin spring barrels for 60 hours of power reserve, silicon balance spring, Nivachoc balance shock protection, 25,200 vph Frequency, and 28 jewels.<\/p>\n

Today most new Seamaster and DeVille watches are housed with this movement or a variation of it. \u00a0When the Hour Vision was introduced it came with what seemed a crazy price for an Omega at $6950 on bracelet, \u00a0while the Seamaster Pro Co-Axial was $3050 (or $2150 for the non-Co-Axial Seamaster Pro). \u00a0I believe the prices for these new “manufacture” \u00a0Omegas are warranted when comparing fit, finish, reliability etc to similar Rolex models. \u00a0Omega has more history than Rolex and should be on the same tier. \u00a0
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We try to always inventory Omega watches with the 8500 Caliber.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Omega introduced the In-House 8500 caliber in the DeVille Hour Vision in 2007. \u00a0Omega now had “Manufacture” watches. \u00a0A manufacture watch is one where all or almost all the parts are made in-house. I remember being moved by how beautifully executed the movement is. \u00a0I liked that it was larger at 29mm size to fit… Continue reading Musings on the Omega 8500 Caliber<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[28,9],"class_list":["post-133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-watch-knowledge","tag-movements","tag-omega","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.bernardwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/OMG2182MVMT-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":443,"url":"https:\/\/www.bernardwatch.com\/blog\/omega-2500-8500-movements\/","url_meta":{"origin":133,"position":0},"title":"A Progression of Movements: Omega 2500 & 8500 Calibers","date":"January 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Omega Caliber 2500 was developed by Omega in the 1990s. 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