R roddIt sure seems like they keep pushing to improve accuracy and stability, when it seems pretty standard to just be “good enough”.
R roddI don’t know how this is possible, but I have the Speedmaster ‘57 which doesn’t have the Spirate system but is the 9906. I synchronized it with my iOS clock on the 14th and so far it has only advanced 3 seconds over the past 11 days. I am going to try toolwatch.io and see what that says.
R roddI was surprised to see the actual deviation on the metas results of 2.3s/day, rather than just “pass” for being less than 5. That was when I started wondering about the spirate, if it is really that much better? I’m sure it is, but I more than pleased with my ‘57. This is my first mechanical watch and I’m having a hard time looking at other brands because for the price it seems they are a great value for the quality and accuracy.
Personally I’d question whether the 9900 is the most accurate current or recent calibre, do you know of anything to support that? Is there any analysis of COSC or METAS data available I wonder. It is an interesting point though, I wonder which is consistently the most accurate. Maybe Al or another accredited watchmaker would know. I’m not going to ping him though as he’s getting lots of vexatious requests for mundane info at present.
One other point, I think the single barrel movement get you refer to is in fact the 8800, the 8600 is a development of the double barrel 8500. Omega didn’t make it easy when they named these!
V VarunWhat is exp2 ?
BTW, I just got my super racing, it's really amazing although checkered sub-seconds hands at times is difficult to locate
R roddYeah I checked it with toolwatch.io and it says +.5 seconds per day. I know it’s not as good as a time grapher, and I think it might be even lower. As I mentioned I sync’d it with my phone on the 14th and as of today (the 27th) it’s about 4 seconds fast. Either way, it’s really good even without the spirate. I wonder what people are actually seeing with the super racing in the real world?
M marua_tApologies for this. I was writing with a different post in mind.
BTW to your btw, my super racing dial has a lot of dust like particals around the honeycomb angle areas under 10x loupe. Hows your dial?
V VarunI had to take it back as my Hour hand sort of bounces forward and then comes back to its set position after pressing in the crown from setting the time, bummed out.
Do you see this in your super racing?
https://omegaforums.net/threads/help-hour-hands-stutter-new-super-
racing.174820/
M marua_tSorry to hear that. No mines fine, besides the gear tooth biting each other occasionally when manually winding, which all other modern omegas do.
I've been lucky with the jumping hour hand issues, but had multiple minute hand issues that after researching with the omega boutique tech people, most omega calibers, excluding the 18xx chronos and 321s, have wobbling play that are the design architecture, and some out of a bunch may be visible when shaken to one direction.
Anyways, whatever the issue omega service would do their best to adjust and rectify visible issues.
good luck
V VarunIt’s a shame very beautiful watch but riddled with problems, I didn’t know about minute hand issues, can you share some links around this if you have?
M marua_tAgain, I'm sorry for your issue, and no, the minute hand issue is probably not as noticeable as the hour hand issues.
I wouldn't call them problems or flaws, but I would say they are caused by decisions between cost and efficiency against tolerance.
Your hour hand issue, though I would want to see it in person, isn't probably a mechanical flaw, but just caused by gears and springs having a little more play than other same calibers.
I'm sure omega can adjust it to your liking.
