About to buy a Seamaster diver 300

dsio

Here's a review of the Calibre 1164 model which is generally considered more reliable than the later 33x3

http://omegaforums.net/threads/seamaster-professional-chronograph-review.117/

Prieto9000

I decided I want a Seamaster diver 300m chronograph but I really know nothing about watch movements. I´ve found 2 models of this watch. One has the 1164 movement and the other has a 3330 movement. Which one is better?? I see the 3330 is a more recent movement with the Co-Axial technology which I´ve heard is not that impressive and makes the second marker move little slower. On the other hand, I´ve read the 1164 is a rugged durable movement.
I hope you experts can point me in the right direction. As far as price comes I see a difference of around $800 between this 2 so it´s no big deal.

Archer

Both watches are based on the ETA 7750.

The 1164 is a fairly standard version of the 7750 with a few tweaks to things like the shape of some bridges. Robust, reliable, and in my experience servicing them (and really any 7750) very accurate.

The 3330 is also 7750 based, but has the added features of a column wheel for switching the chronograph on and off, instead of a cam like the 1164 has. In addition it has the 3 level co-axial escapement, which is "more reliable" than the 2 level co-axials are.

Both watches have a beat rate of 28,800 A/h, so there will be no difference in how the hand moves between them.

Hope this helps.

Cheers, Al

dsio

The ones we're talking about are the 1152/1164 SMPC and the later but now also outdated 3313 SMPC, I don't think he's looking at the new 3330 version as its about double the price of the other two

Archer

Well I'm not sure what you are talking about - I'm responding to what he wrote and asked about, which was the 3330...

Cheers, Al

dsio

Oh, I just went back and re-read the initial post I must have been dyslexic or something, you're absolutely right 😵‍💫

When I wrote that review the 3330 didn't exist yet it was just the 3313 and the 1164 so I had that in my mind and read the numbers the way I expected them to appear

Prieto9000

I´m really confused right now. For what I can see the 1164 has the inside markers aligned vertically on the opposite side of the crown. When I went to the store the salesman showed me one that had the markers on the bottom like the one on dsio´s picture and told me it was the newest version of the seamaster diver 300. Taking a closer look at the picture of the 3330 on Omega´s website I can see that in one of the markers it says Co-Axial Chronograph.
What is the MSRP for the 3330??