Omega’s New Regulation System
I just heard about the Omega Spirate System and was wondering if any others had heard about it. It allows a watchmaker to adjust silicone hair springs for superior regulation of -0/+2 seconds. The SuperRacing Speedmaster is the first watch to use it.
Personally I am looking forward to being able to buy a watch with this system. You can just imagine what the Spirate System combined with non magnetic construction and a coax movement will do for rate results.
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Love watches. Always have. At some price point, I have been collecting since the 1980’s starting with Fosil character watches. The other things I collect are vinyl records (and I suppose HiFi equipmen...
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I’ve read somewhere that Omega is striving to make mechanical watch movements with quartz accuracy. The Spirate balance wheel, coupled with the coaxial escapement, will get them very close!