Horological Meandering

georgeszaslavsky
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well allow me to give you my two cents again

Hi fernando

One of the reknown british watch brands in the past used to be smiths because of the quality of their movements and the nice design of their watches. That brand disappeared in themid seventies and therefore left a gap in british watchmaking. I honestely don't and can't consider Graham with their ugly crowns or Bremont  with  their just another mill of the run slightly decorated eta as something comparable to Rolex. It is impossible to make such a statement. The best modified eta movements used to be and are the Omega 1120, the Omega 2500, the Omega 1164, the Bretiling B17, The Breitling B13  and the iwc versions of the 2892a2 and the 7750 which had had several improvements to make the movement very close to the venerable 3135. The finish on the 3135 is alu bouchonné finish on the bridges perhaps it not as pretty as geneva stripes found on the elite calibre 6 or the new jlc calibres but the sturdiness of the 3135 has been proven since 1988. Also with over 700000 cosc certified chronometers made per year and with a very little decrease if not no decrease in resale value, Rolex is still the inevitable and unquestionable leader in luxury watches. Triplock, twinlock, microstella, cerachrom and other batch of innovations have been what has made Rolex so strong, making a watch simple but rugged and very reliable over decades. This is why Rolex is still leading after many decades.

my two modest cents and input

best regards

georges

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