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Originally Posted by petrolhead611
Chronometer implies a tested level of accuracy in a mechanical watch that a mechanical Chronograph won't have. Would guess that an Omega will hold its value better than a TAG as most of the secondhand watch dealers advertise that they want to buy Omegas.
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That is not correct. A chronograph is a watch that can measure intervals- it has stopwatch function, or "complication". A chronograph is a watch whose movement is certified to a Swiss standard to run, IIRC -4/+6 seconds per day in certain positions. So a chronograph may also be a chronometer. Chronometer is pretty meaningless as most movements are certified before assembly in the case. Any good mechanical watch can be adjusted to run with that specification.
Hardrive-
1. Not really.
2. Yes. TAG is design house that bought the old house Heuer in the mid eighties. They dont actually make watches, they design them and other people make them. Their watches use bread and butter Swiss ETA movements. They are unexceptional, but pretty nice nonetheless.
3. The CoAxial movement is regarded as a pretty signficant advance on the traditonal mechanical movement.
While a popular big brand like TAG, Omega is a very old house and they still make fine watches. That Seamaster harks back to the classic 50's Seamasters of the 50's- I have one of these and its still going strong.
Get the one you like best- but for that sort of coin, stay out of the mall and investigate Sinn, IWC, Ulyssie Nardin.