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 Posted: Wed May 30th, 2007 11:47 pm
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EricAldovino

 

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 Plastic retainers are brilliant, they offer NO handicap other than possibly melting should I get too close to the sun. With regard to the bezel, I simply don't like the teeth....it's a bit generic and not quite as interesting IMHO as the Scooby cut. The case work on the Oris however superior, is also a bit curvy for my taste. So I thank invicta for not being tooo brilliant in their thievery as I find the Scooby to be just right.   I have yet to hold an Oris, I do know that I have owned several Omegas, a Rolex Datejust etc and have come to the conclusion that anything over $500 for many of these Swiss ETA watches is borderline abuse. My Seiko 6R15 had a superior case and design than my Datejust ZZZZZZZ.

It's a personal choice, I refuse to literally "buy" into it.  I have seen too many brilliant offerings at the sub $500 dollar level to justify anything north of that amount. My days of spending $3600 on an Omega Seamaster Chrono are over.  I was  that 16 year old watch nut who saved up for weeks to buy my first Speedmaster back in 1985. While certainly not thrifty, it would take more than a signed rotor and a regulated ETA not quite COSC to get me back into the game.

I am certain the Oris is stellar, I simply don't require my watch to do anything other than be base ETA accurate and survive depths of one meter.  I definitely wont pay $500 more for an Oris TT when I have a Scooby at $250.

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