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I thought I'd post this from the company intro by the owner on another forum. It provides his opinion on the mvt as some expressed their concerns about the pricey Resco using this old modified non hacking Russian mvt.
"I read some questions and concerns about the movement that I would like to address. YES, the movement is a Slava S-2427. Since, as some of you super sleuth smart guys have noticed, the dial is lacking the date feature that would normally be present on the 2427. I have chosen to have that part removed to simplify things. These movements are vintage NOS movements were chosen over an ETA-28XX after EXTENSIVE field testing in some pretty bumpy environments. I found that the only way I was able to stop the beat was to actually TRY and break the watch. In a nutshell, A RESCO Patriot prototype has been through every Phase of Navy SEAL training, to include Hellweek and came out ticking away. As we speak that same prototype is being vetted in the advanced training blocks at the Advanced Team level. It is scratched to hell but I'm not losing any sleep over the durability.....It'll be fine; the Patriot can take care of its self. I don't know of ANY OTHER company that can say this about their watches. But then again, I don't know of any other SEALs that design, build and test their products in an actual operational environment."
I've been reading this stuff before...
First: A watch don't have to be guaranteed for such treatment to be able to pass it.
He present the 2824-2 like a movement who would be too weak to withstand the SEAL training...? Bullcrap!
Marathon uses the 2824-2 as I said earlyer and there's no surprise there.
I tested it in the cold myself:http://www.timetechtalk.com/view_topic.php?id=19567&forum_id=1&highlight=marathon+cold+test
Remember that a watch on a living man's wrist would NEVER be exposed to so low temperature as the one I let in the snow all night.
This is what the 2824-2 can take on low temperature: -13 celsius without going out of COSC specs.
For the shock test: I was using my Seastar 1000 Tissot(housing a 2824-2) on the northern-most LNG plant(Snow white), working 12 hours a day in row for 14 days, hammering keys to free and lock bolted huge flanges before high pressure torquing...
The 2824-2 took all the beating without any trouble, even when the 1kg hammer riped off from a key and accidently smashed right on the watch's face: To be said, if I didn't have the watch, my wrist's bones would have break in.
The 2824-2 took it again.
Honnestly: What is up there?
The Slava was cheaper, that's for sure...Better? Prove it to me!