Seamaster Mariner. Would you? Your thoughts please.

[ecain63]

Really is a bit different but im strangely attracted to it (been offered one through the trade). Your views please:

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[GC8]

Cal.1320? My advice is probably, don't buy it until you have timed it. Modules fail and cant be sourced. Most watches which have a good Cal.1320/1325 movement have already been cannibalised to keep them going.

If its still within a second after two days then its good.

[yeti]

Awesome looking thing - I have been tempted by Marine Chronometers recently, a couple of nice ones popped up on tz-uk. 70s goodness!

[GC8]

I have a watch with the same calibre in it.

[michael gould]

love it ......... get it

[Miguel Alvarez]

On looks alone it's a winner.

[ecain63]

Is the movement really that bad in this model? Looks wise i think its got something going for it. Might pop out later and see what I can haggle off it.

[BrabusMog]

I saw that watch in Watches of Switzerland in Reading the other day - I quite liked the look of it apart from the big Quartz label on it.

[GC8]

Unfortunately, yes, they are that bad. If they didn't fail then they would be superb. Accurate to a minute a year and four more jewels than an Oysterquartz.

[yeti]

GC8 said:

I have a watch with the same calibre in it.

As the Mariner or the Marine Chronometer? Or are they the same..?

[GC8]

As the Mariner III or whatever it is that Eddie has posted. That's a 1320 and mine is a 1325, but theyre broadly the same. They use the same module, look the same and Omega grouped them together in their manual.

Omega called them Megaquartz 32KHz, but they weren't an 'actual Megaquartz' calibre, which is what the original Marine Chronometer had fitted.

[ecain63]

Didn't buy it in the end. I managed to convince the seller to lower his asking price sufficiently but the niggle about the movement put me off in the end, whether rightly or wrongly. It was only £425 if i'd gone for it, but had it been a duffer it's still £425 of dead metal.

[Miguel Alvarez]

BrabusMog said:

I saw that watch in Watches of Switzerland in Reading the other day - I quite liked the look of it apart from the big Quartz label on it.

I was in town yesterday and saw the same one. Very nice.

[nikaiyo2]

Could a decent watchmaker not put 2824 or similar in? I know it will not be that good from resale etc but it would make a very cool reliable watch?

[GC8]

lolz

[ecain63]

nikaiyo2 said:

Could a decent watchmaker not put 2824 or similar in? I know it will not be that good from resale etc but it would make a very cool reliable watch?

I hear what youre saying, but it's really not that desirable a look to go that far. Saw a nice 007 film crew issue Sub 5513 on Saturday so my attention has been diverted somewhat.