Hello, I joined this forum to find out about a 1963 vintage Omega I inherited. Before that, I had been mainly interested in Longines watches, of which I have two, both from 1964. It is automatic mechanical watches that do it for me. They are such exquisite mechanisms. In my view, and I realize this is a matter of taste, quartz movements are a backward step, however accurate they might be. Reading about the co-axial escapement has made me want a newer Omega. I covet the Omega De Ville Prestige Co-Axial 39.5mm Men's Watch 424.53.40.20.04.001. (I'm a philosophy lecturer. Unfortunately I do not work in early modern rationalist philosophy - Descartes etc. Descartes thought that animals were exquisite self-moving machines. So if I did a lecture on Descartes, I could (at a stretch) use the co-axial escapement as an example. Similarly if I taught 18th Century natural theology I could talk about watchmakers who are used in teleological arguments for the existence of God. But I don't. I do other stuff. And watches are only my hobby. It is the best way. I doubt I shall be able to afford and Omega deVille prestige for a while. I need to refurbish my new house first. But we'll see. Thanks to all of you on here who helped me find out about my Grandad's watch.
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