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OMEGA was saddened to learn that master watchmaker Dr. George Daniels CBE died on Friday 21 October 2011 at his home on the Isle of Man. Dr. Daniels had worked in his profession for more than sixty years and in the course of his life was presented with mo...  

Here for a review by British scientific horologist Phillip Woodward, and here for a review of the cal 8500 with co-ax Cheers demsond

If it is a superior solution, why didn't the other brands adopt it? Or did I miss something, here? Best, Nicolas.

. . . so there's a proprietary aspect to Omega's monopoly to date (other than Roger Smith, who was Daniel's colleague). It's the vaunted precision of Omega movements fitted with the co-axial escapement (and free-sprung balance) that intrigues me, even mor...  

Thanks for your lights, Art. Best, Nicolas.

. . . has bi-directional impulses, with the difference being the direct delivery of the clockwise impulse by the escape wheel in Daniel's co-axial implementation. Omega doesn't make any claims in this regard, but I've wondered if there was a parallel with... 

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I don't understand what you mean by that, Art.

...just re-visited a Co-Axial animation....

. . . in so far as it didn't convey the truly meaningful difference with a Swiss lever escapement - guilty on that charge!

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