Fellow watch enthusiast need your help on identifying the issue at hand. I will try to explain as best as I can, my apologies if I use wrong terminology but I honestly want to learn. Story: Purchased a PO 215.33.44.22.01.001 in the used market have all the cards contacted the store that sold the watch for authenticity of the serial number and all validate the purchase was made there. Serial numbers match the case, the card, the serial number in the movement. Now the issue at hand. Today, discovered there might be an issue with the movement inside the watch. That is the reason I am writing this post. Critical Information: PO 215.33.44.22.01.001 should have a 39 jewels movement and the movement inside the watch is 38 jewels which correlates with the 8605 movement on PO GMT not the new 8906 that should be in the 215.33.44.22.01.001. Need you advise if this was normal during the initial release as I am told by the boutique the original owner was one of the first people to have the watch after it launched. Hopefully the pictures explain the situation: PO with 8906 movement PO with 8605 movement My watch Any information is appreciated. Thank you for your time and help.
Can’t answer your question definitively, but my 8906 Master Chronometer also has 38 jewels. I don’t question its authenticity, as I purchased directly from an AD.
Thank you for the information. My only remaining question will be Omega released 2 different movements with 38 jewels and another with 39 jewels. Again thanks.
As Archer noted above, only Omega would know that. Perhaps consider sending an email to their customer service center? All I can tell you—and probably anyone else owning a 2016 GMT Master Chronometer—is what the movement says in terms of the jewel count. You might consider re-phrasing the question to ask all GMT Master Chronometer owners how many jewels their movements claim to have. Regardless of the answer, it’s not uncommon for Omega to make changes in their movements over the course of production. For example, there are versions of the 8500 that have a non-Si balance spring, those with an Si balance spring, and still others that have the Si balance spring and are called “Master Co-Axial.” All three versions (there are no doubt even more versions) have the same movement number.