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"Up until the end of the 1960's, the world of high precision timekeeping for the wrist was completely dominated by the mechanical watches from Switzerland. One of the tools, which kept the Swiss manufacturers on their toes, were competitions at the national astronomical observatories in Geneva and Neuchâtel. These competitions were originally intended to start in 1940, but was delayed for six years by WW-II. The most prestigious awards were considered to be that of gentlemen's wristwatch movements with a maximum diameter of 30.00mm.
It is interesting to note that Omega launced their famous '30mm' family of manual wind movements near the end of the 1930's, just in time for the originally planned start of the competitions. Also of interest is the fact that in the 1946 - 1960 timeframe (for which we have data), Omega completely dominated these competitons. Since there were competitions at both observatories, there was a total of 30 first, second and third places to be had in the 15 year timespan.
The statistics tells the story. Omega: 10 first places, 19 seconds and 10 third places.
Patek Philippe: 8-3-7, Zenith: 6-4-8, Movado: 3-2-2, Longines: 2-1-1, Rolex: 1-0-1 and finally Ulysse Nardin: 0-1-1.
Geneva Observatory; best series of five movements seen all year:
Omega: 9, Patek Philippe: 5 (Results missing for 1946.)
Neuchâtel Observatory; best series of four movements seen all year:
Omega: 5, Zenith: 6(!), Longines: 2, Movado: 2.
No other brand scored even once.
The movements Omega used to such devastating effect against the Zenith caliber 135 and the other competitors were their deluxe competition chronometer grade calibers, 30T2Rg and 30T2SCRg, also known as caliber 262 and 282. Thus no matter what the ads may say or who one asks, at the end of the day it is impossible to find any other watch movement in the world with the same level of proven accuracy and pedigree."
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