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Re: old vs new?

In Response To: Re: old vs new? ()

: Omega vintage automatics last decades better
: than the Omega eta based calibers, you must
: buy then a pre 1982 Omega before the use of
: Eta movements by Omega, about quartz
: movements in Omega watches of today are just
: etas so nothing good here.

Actually there hasn't been that many decades to speak about:-)--if fact only about two. SO I wouldn't be so fast to past judgment on that yet. Nonetheless I would like to get some feedback on the "early" ETA based omegas. Are there any of you guys that own the early 1980's ETA based omegas? And secondly, what has been your experience with them as far as reliability and so on.