I'll pick up where Archer left off:
Is there any experience with the watch with the caliber 8900?
A: Plenty. Not me personally, but many owners out there (I have a couple 9300s, which is the chrono version of the 8500) and almost all are satisfied owners.
What about the quality of manufacture?
A: As with everything, you occasionally hear of a quality issue, but all-in-all, Omega is one of the finest made watches of its class, well in line with Rolex for significantly less.
Will there be a new caliber with even higher power reserve in near future?
A: Doubt it, the 8500 based movements have been pretty standard since they were introduced in 2007, each model adding some improved material choices, but no overall design changes.
I'd like to buy the watch from a concessionaire.
A: Your choices are an Omega Boutique, an Authorized Dealer or a Grey Market Dealer. OBs are Omega owned, ADs are private jewelers with relationships to Omega and GMs are all else. From what I read, OBs are inflexible on pricing where ADs can be negotiated with. Both have excellent selections in stock. GMs are private jewelers with no relationship to Omega and while they sell for a discount, there are sacrifices, notably (usually) their warranty vs Omega's and a selection of older models that haven't sold well (in OBs or ADs).
Since the watch is already quite expensive, I wonder if I can expect more from the workmanship.
A: Depending on your needs and tastes, the quality is well worth the money. Just exactly how well is a debate that will go on forever. You can tell time with a $50 quartz but you can appreciate your purchase far better with the quality of a modern Omega. Your $50 quartz will last five or ten years where your Omega, properly cared for will last a lifetime.
So, Omega, now that I plugged you so hard, remember that discount on a Proplof I was asking about?
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