Omega or Breitling?

[GuyC]

Originally Posted by stusrt

i don't have any expensive quartz watches - but if I did, it would be a bretiling super-quartz - hands down!

The new colt 44 on a rubber strap is my daily for the rest of the summer because of its durability (baseball,golf,water). It is an awesome watch!

[Power Play]

Breitling seems cool if you're into aviation and/or Bentleys. I'm sure that the quality is fine with a solid ETA engine and decent case and bracelet work but I find the design to be waaay too busy for my taste.

Omega, on the other hand, seems cooler-than-snot to me. I've got a PO and continuously admire the elegant design and amazing build quality. I also appreciate the great history of the company and their watches and look forward to adding an interesting Speedmaster to my collection at some point.

Bottom line for me: I find the Omega Planet Ocean to be so beautiful, interesting and comfortable that it gets more wrist time than any of my 3 Submariners or any of my other Rolexes.

Just my dos centavos.

[JP Chestnut]

Originally Posted by armoredsaint

Sorry to rehash an old debate, but when I was at my local Rolex AD looking at their watches I asked if they carried Omega's and he said no. Reason is that it was a lower line of watches. I was VERY surprised to hear that, of course he sold Breitlings, Rolex, Cartier, Patek etc...

I always thought that Omegas are one step above Breitlings?

I think Omega is at least at Breitling's level, in a quality sense, and a few levels higher from a design perspective (ignoring the cringeworthy 007 nonsense). Though Breitling went from offering zero watches I would consider, to offering a couple in the last few years.

[JP Chestnut]

Originally Posted by vaq129e4

Rolex and Seiko the only ones to do in house movements? uh a little company called PATEK PHILLIPE comes to mind eh?

And JLC