You're an MD, and you honestly don't know how an ultrasound machine works?
sdujour77
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It's a Chinese movement, and I'm not nearly at a point where I'm willing to pay even as much as this Baltic costs for a watch with a Chinese movement, micro-rotor or no.
Shhh! That's exactly how Rolex, Omega, etc. regulate their watches. It's the industry's dirty little secret.
Yes. They're garbage watches at an exhorbitant price. I generally have high regard for Swatch Group, but the entire "Luxury Brand x Swatch" thing is an embarrassment.
Find a more competent person to service and adjust your watch. You'll never get quartz accuracy, but that's hardly the point of buying a mechanical watch. And in any event, -10/+10 is very achievable for that movement.
No, it is not a Speedmaster homage. The Rolex 6238 ("Pre-Daytona") was created when NASA requested submissions from Rolex and several other brands, including Omega, for a competition to choose an official "space program watch". Entries had to meet a certain set of specifications, set by NASA, then those entries were subjected to testing. Omega won out after testing, and Rolex went on to release a modified version of their own entry as the Daytona.
The Powermatic 80 family of movements are unfairly maligned, and horribly underrated.
Still less obnoxious than Christopher Ward's branding.
The watch world is a crazy place. After all, the MoonSwatch was based directly upon the observation that there's a sucker born every minute, and it still received all sorts of hype.
Unless you own in Vostok, in which case I hope your fingers don't tire easily.
Just as an FYI, I love the look of the inner rotating bezel, but the freely spinning crowns (as most seem to be) which controls them drives me mad. Far too easy to get knocked out of position. If anyone has recommendations of watches -- of any style -- with a rotating inner bezel that can be "locked" in place, please share!
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Good. The entire idea cheapens the brand names involved.