Typically we avoid spending too much time on quartz watches from the 1970s. The thought of the near-death of the Swiss watch industry is almost too much bear. That being said, one quartz watch from that period that we would happily wear is the Omega Marine Chronometer, a watch that for many years was known to be the most accurate watch in the world.
Eric Tabarly wearing an Omega Marine ChronometerOne thing to beware of is that people will often misidentify an Omega 2.4 MHz Megaquartz as a Megaquartz Marine Chronometer. As this article written by Bill Sohne notes coach factory outlet, the cost of a new Megaquartz Marine Chronometer was $1,850 compared to $495 for a regular Megaquartz.
We happen to have found for you a spectacular example of an Omega Marine Chronometer for sale. It is in excellent condition and includes the original warranty booklet, marine chronometer timing certificate from the University of Besancon coach outlet online, and instructions for $5,995.
One great thing about the Omega Marine Chronometer is that there is actually one on display in the British Museum in London in the Clocks and Watches section (rooms 38 and 39 to be exact). James Dowling coach outlet online, a well-regarded watch expert and author, donated an Omega Marine Chronometer with serial number 37058890 to the British Museum in 2000. According to the book “Watches” written by David Thompson (the Curator of Horology at the British Museum): “With some sources claiming a mean variation of just 0.002 seconds per day for the Megaquartz marine chronometer, declarations that it was the most accurate wristwatch in the world were probably well founded.”
Alternatively, Matthew Bain is selling simply the watch with the price on request. Here is your chance to own something that also happens to be in the collection of the British Museum.
It was such an accurate watch that many sailors did wear Omega Marine Chronometers coach outlet, including the late Eric Tabarly coach bags outlet, a well-known French sailor who formerly served in the French Navy and who many consider to be the father of French yachting. In the 1980s Tabarly had an eponymous line of quartz Breitling diving watches.
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