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 Posted: Fri Jun 29th, 2007 07:15 am
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Paxman



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 I've seen and handled both as CJ had a quartz Seamaster and curretnly has the Oris albeit on rubber. Having said that, his Oris is older and uses the ETA as its base caliber.

For me, the Omega while a beautiful high quality piece, lose out because of my preference for automatics. I much prefer the auto version be it with the coaxial movement of an older model. However, if you are looking for quartz you won't be disappointed in any way shape of form with the Omega. Abundant lume, beautiful dial work... sexy case and bracelet.

The Oris is extremely well built and operates as smooth as butter. CJ can verify, but I know this is one of his most accurate autos running at damn near chrnometer spec. I haven't seen a new Oris with the reduced lume and the SW200 base, so I cannot comment on its condition. The Oris for me is a bit off the beaten path and is an underrated value. I too am leery of the SW200 movements as I haven't had any actual experience with one and have heard the issues mentioned by Steve.

Kind of a conundrum... In all honesty I don't think you can go wrong with either of these...