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Was watching (har) The Martian the other day- thought I spied this and then was proven right. Between this and Interstellar, looks like Hamilton is trying to out-Space Omega.
and thus cost about 1/10th of an omega
Except for the fact that the Omegas were actually NASA tested and went to the moon, where the Hamiltons are just dressed up and put in movies. And Omega certainly has them beat with the greyscale rainbow of special moon edition Speedmasters as of late.
Of course the Hamiltons are prefectly capable watches in their own right, they just don't have the actual space pedigree yet.
I really like the dark side of the moon edition, and as nice as it was when trying it on, I'd have a hard time justifying the cost of it unless I was fucking loaded. You can get something from Jaeger LeCoultre with a proper inhouse movement for that price... >_>
Hmm... the 9300 in the Dark Side watch is in-house. It also features a Co-Axial escapement for the Daniels fans, and a silicon hairspring. Not to mention the case is a fancy ceramic material. You're not going to get those features from another brand at the price point really. JLC has a similar watch in the Deep Sea Chrono, but with the ceramic case it's something like $4-5k more than the Dark Side, and you only get a traditional hairspring and escapement and lose the date. The Co-axial setup Omega uses now isn't necessarily completely superior to a traditional Swiss lever, but it certainly has its merits and holds its own.
Frankly I think for the money that gets you the JLC you should instead get a Piaget Polo 45 chrono, then you get a superlight titanium case, in-house automatic chrono with flyback, a second timezone, and 3 day power reserve. Of course I work for Piaget so maybe I'm a bit biased there. :lol:
Except for the fact that the Omegas were actually NASA tested and went to the moon, where the Hamiltons are just dressed up and put in movies. And Omega certainly has them beat with the greyscale rainbow of special moon edition Speedmasters as of late.
Of course the Hamiltons are prefectly capable watches in their own right, they just don't have the actual space pedigree yet.
The biggest downside of the Citizen is really crappy lume; the Seiko blows it out of the water on that front. The Seiko's also a bit bigger and uses 22mm straps (as opposed to the Citizen's 20mm); apart from that, not much difference.How do you like the Citizen vs. Seiko?