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Gen to rep comparison of the old-style Omega SMP chrono

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gioarmani

This was originally posted as a sort-of homage to By-Tor's wonderful reviews.

 

Short & sweet; first photo is the gen, second is the rep, all the way down the line.

SMP chrono--I've re-aligned the insert, and the 7750's movement has been adjusted to less than +5 secs per day. Contemplating throwing in a gen Eta 7750 & a re-lume job, per Ziggy--the gen 7750 will have the correct datewheel font as this one does not, but I could care less about it as of now.

 

The weight is spot-on; only within a few, mere grams of the gen (both having been sized to my wrist) and is so close, the difference is immeasurable in hand.

 

The band is fantastic; its only flaw, the proverbial screws, as opposed to pins.

 

Btw, the rep watch tested solid to 300 feet at the same AD I bought my gen from--the strongest pressure test on a rep I've (personally) seen yet! Simply amazing. And this weekend, she went down to about 60 feet, sound as a pound.

 

 

My apologies for the fuzzy picture quality--as it's low light & my tripod's been loaned out.

 

 

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And here's the clearest pic I could get of the rep's dial:

 

 

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And as with all reps the lume is decent, but unlike the gen it appears to fade fast. However, to its credit I will say I took this watch off my wrist @ 11 PM last night after toying with the lume & a flashlight, and when I awoke to have a slash around 4 AM, (in a completely dark room, mind you) it was still lit enough to tell exactly what time it was--hour markers and all. I must say so far, this is the closest to gen rep straight from the Box I've seen since the proverbial Rolex Explorer I.

 

Quite nice; four out of five stars for the rep.

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