zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

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: I'm afraid I can't agree with the comparison.
: Omega DID make their own movements. As far
: as I know NIKE have never made their own
: shoes.

: As the author says Hayek came in , re-organised
: & basically saved Omega. One of his
: decisions was to "out source" the
: movements. Obviously at the time this was
: the correct decision. Omeg ais still here
: & as strong as ever.

: Now there seem to be lots of watch
: "experts" out there that seem to
: think that this decision is wrong .....

: I don't. So Omega buys it's movements in, from
: other firms. Who do these firms belong to ?
: the Swatch Group. Who does Omega belong to ?
: the Swatch Group.

: So, maybe I'm just being synical here, but what
: if they just renamed one / some / all of the
: "movement divisions" of the swatch
: group to be Omega ... would everything be OK
: ? Would anything change ? I doubt it. Maybe
: the swatch group would loose a few tax
: advantages, maybe the swatch group would
: have to lay off a few people ... who knows.

: I don't have a problem with Omega buying its
: movements from a "sister" firm.
: For me it's about as close as "in
: house" as you can get.

: That's my take on it.

: Steve

Ditto.

Guess who Patek Phillipe buys chronograph movements from? Lemania.

IWC? ETA/Valjoux (Valjoux is not a separate firm)

Go down the list, and only a handful of firms make all their own movements, and many of them just bought the suppliers.