I love the Omega but it’s a little hard to get my head around the fact that I could have the Longines and spend the remaining $4k on another two, three or four quality watches.
@@darrenr8262 yes the process of making those movements is much more stringent and much more difficult to make, especially when you add the Co-axial escapement. ETA are a very standard movements with very standard parts. While Longines does have their own, it’s still a very common movement. It’s why they’re more reasonable price wise.
Thanks for the comparison. The AT has been my grail for years but I struggle to justify that much money. The Longines however is in an awesome sweet spot. I expect I'll have a blue conquest before the year is out 🔥
I was originally saving for the Omega . I saw the longines and had to look twice . When I studied the detail of the dial, I liked the longine slightly more . I bought the longines and have never looked back . Even though I’d like to diversify my collection, I’m having a very hard time looking beyond Longines . Their lineup is ringing for me !
I bought a Seamaster 300M and a Longine Hydroconquest GMT from Exquisite Timepieces, and I have to say that Longine is giving you a great watch for the money! Both are fantastic watches in their own right, but I am particularly impressed with Longine based upon value for dollar!
In my mind Seamster is probably the ugliest diving watch ever,whole design of the watch feels rushed and unlogical.Bezel has no style,grip or function whatsoever, skeleton hands looks cheap while case looks like Shrek ears,braclet looks like it’s from ali express. Sub is a ultimate skin diver while mm 300 and sbbn Tuna are ultimate purist tool diving watches.
I learned that watches are diminishing return. Spending more doesn't mean you get 50% more. It just gets complicated and exclusive. Using precious materials doesn't actually add up to the actual function of a watch.
So very true, until last year Rolex was the top of my ownership experience, had the opportunity to get a Royal Oak chronograph so I pulled the trigger, dont get me wrong it's a great watch but talking about money it's not worth it IMO and I am tempted to sell it so I could get 2 watches instead which each one would give me as much joy
You can get the conquest plus a Zulu time GMT and still have 1 K change ... The AT is a fantastic watch but either it's overpriced or the conquest is underpriced... Or a conquest and a GS for the AT ... Well well the AT is no value to me...
I have the Omega and did not cross-shop those 2 models, but I should have. I don't regret my choice but I wouldn't mind adding the Longines to my fleet.
Price aside, the Longines just fits my preferences more succinctly. Love the brushing over the Omega's (imo) over polishing, but I have to say I'm a sucker for a lumed seconds hand. Not for 3 times the price but I appreciate Omega's attention to that detail.
Why can't Omega get the date window right? It either needs to be lower on the dial, or they need a partial hour marker below it. That empty space between the date window and the minute track bothers me, especially on a $6,000+ watch.
Does anyone buy a watch because it evokes an automotive memory? The gold of that Longine dial and its date window remind me of a late 60s Plymouth my dad owned.
Love the new conquest line. Big Omega fan but i just dont think the omega is worth a $4k premium. Maybe 2k at most. Omega is trying way to hard to be like modern Rolex. Overpriced mass produced fake luxury. Omega, please dont become that.
Taste is subjective. What I may like, others may dislike. Longines is 2k euros, Omega is over 6k euros, thats 3 times more. Omega has increase their prices in the last few years without a justifiable cause and dont tell me its inflation and all that BS because its not. For 6k you can buy 3 good watches. At this moment I have 4 watches in my collection: - Grand Seiko 37mm SBGX261 quartz - New Longines Legend Diver 39mm - Sinn 104 on leather - Doxa Sub 300T on bracelet For all 4 watches I paid almost 8k euros, all of them brand new from the AD, so for me the prices of Omega doesnt work. People try to justify the prices by saying that it has an in-house movement, bla bla bla. 55 hours PR, beats at 25.200 BPH, 3.5 Hz, nope, at least not for over 6k, maybe if it was 4.5-5k.
It’s actually quite irrelevant. Omega/Longines actually rates the WR to actual depth. So a 100meter WR Longines/Omega can withstand depth of at least 100meters. You will never dive to 100 meters. In fact most recreational divers don’t dive below 30 meters.
Sorry, I thought the point of WR is to show at what depth the watch can safely be submerged before there is water ingress and therefore damage. So a watch with 30m vs 100/150m would indicate a significant difference in WR. Anything less 100m vs 150m is more likely marketing than actual performance, but you seem to know more on the matter. What is the point I’m missing? I’d like to know.
@@michaelriera6277 the point is 100 vs 150 is a 50% difference is WR, which is significant, just like a difference of 30 vs 100 is significant. Saying 100 is basically the same as 150 because it’s marketing and no one will go that deep doesn’t address the actual increase in WR, regardless of how likely a wearer is to take it to those depths. You are arguing a use case, I am discussing spec.
Very interesting comparison. They seem very close for a factor three difference in price, and surely this comes down to the movement. I like some of the more pronounced detailing on the Omega, though I feel more partial to the version with the hull-shaped rounded markers. The markers seem just mire shallow on the Longines and the hands disappear more. Yet it has more detailing on the dial, but perhaps it is also the clean look of the Omega that draws me there. The Omega lugs also bring greater interest for me. Yet, putside of the comparison the Longines is highly attractive and considering price, it'll be unlikely I'll don an Omega...
Either way you are paying thousands for machine assembled and machine decorated watches that have barely (if at all) seen a living, breathing watchmaker during the production phase. They both feature mass produced machine made and machine decorated movements. If I had 7k to spend on an Omega, I would instead get something like a Habring that has so much more skilled labor behind it. But that's just me...
From what i understand, the swatch group is moving the brands around a little, the omega is now supposed to rival rolex, and longines to rival tudor Based on the black bay i own and the longines spirit i would say the longines is very much on par or even ahead of tudor in terms of finshing
While both have date at the 6, the Omega looks like it's missing an index at the 6 beside the Longines, which does have an index there. I might be the only one who's bothered by it, though.
They are not owned by Swatch group. Tissot and Omega are founder of Swatch group and all others brands are independent,they are just members of huge conglomerate which share distribution and parts. Fun fact,Swatch group decided to push Mido upmarket that’s why new Mido ocean star has Longines L888 caliber inside. Along with the baumatic in B&M Mido maybe now has pound to pound the best caliber in the world in the watch which cost 950€ but have cosc.
@@Angry_Gnome No,you are not informed,Mido caliber 72 with 25200 and 3,5 hz is straight from Longines legend diver L888, 4 or eta 2892 slimmer version,FACTS!!
I love the Omega but it’s a little hard to get my head around the fact that I could have the Longines and spend the remaining $4k on another two, three or four quality watches.
Movement - fully in-house vs ETA - why there is the price difference.
Not to mention that the omega has there signature curved lugs 🤌 #pureclass
@@abbath1586 4k difference? lol
@@darrenr8262 yes the process of making those movements is much more stringent and much more difficult to make, especially when you add the Co-axial escapement. ETA are a very standard movements with very standard parts. While Longines does have their own, it’s still a very common movement. It’s why they’re more reasonable price wise.
@@abbath1586 The finishing between the two watches isn't even close let alone the movement.
I prefer the indices on the Omega but when I see these side-by-side the thinness and brushed case of the Longines makes it the winner for me.
Thanks for the comparison. The AT has been my grail for years but I struggle to justify that much money. The Longines however is in an awesome sweet spot. I expect I'll have a blue conquest before the year is out 🔥
I was originally saving for the Omega . I saw the longines and had to look twice . When I studied the detail of the dial, I liked the longine slightly more . I bought the longines and have never looked back . Even though I’d like to diversify my collection, I’m having a very hard time looking beyond Longines . Their lineup is ringing for me !
I was totally on the same boat!
I went with the Monta noble. Very happy with ut
I bought a Seamaster 300M and a Longine Hydroconquest GMT from Exquisite Timepieces, and I have to say that Longine is giving you a great watch for the money! Both are fantastic watches in their own right, but I am particularly impressed with Longine based upon value for dollar!
In my mind Seamster is probably the ugliest diving watch ever,whole design of the watch feels rushed and unlogical.Bezel has no style,grip or function whatsoever, skeleton hands looks cheap while case looks like Shrek ears,braclet looks like it’s from ali express.
Sub is a ultimate skin diver while mm 300 and sbbn Tuna are ultimate purist tool diving watches.
@@dado380if everyone loved and bought the exact same watch, what a boring world it would be.
I learned that watches are diminishing return. Spending more doesn't mean you get 50% more. It just gets complicated and exclusive. Using precious materials doesn't actually add up to the actual function of a watch.
So very true, until last year Rolex was the top of my ownership experience, had the opportunity to get a Royal Oak chronograph so I pulled the trigger, dont get me wrong it's a great watch but talking about money it's not worth it IMO and I am tempted to sell it so I could get 2 watches instead which each one would give me as much joy
Sometimes that's the thing we forget, when we get so deep in our watch collecting/journey. We forget what really gave us the joy in the first place.
I wish the Conquest had Omega’s Master Chronometer Coaxial movement and LUME! If anything, improve the lume
Three longines in different colourways for the price of one Omega, no contest.
If Tissot released a 38mm PRX, I'd take one over both of these...
You can get the conquest plus a Zulu time GMT and still have 1 K change ... The AT is a fantastic watch but either it's overpriced or the conquest is underpriced... Or a conquest and a GS for the AT ... Well well the AT is no value to me...
I really like Hydroconquest GMT😊
I have one Longines Conquest pink and one Rolex datejust MOP + diamonds I prefer My Longines so far and soooo much cheaper. Hugs from Paris
Both have nice looking dials.
I have the Omega and did not cross-shop those 2 models, but I should have. I don't regret my choice but I wouldn't mind adding the Longines to my fleet.
Price aside, the Longines just fits my preferences more succinctly. Love the brushing over the Omega's (imo) over polishing, but I have to say I'm a sucker for a lumed seconds hand. Not for 3 times the price but I appreciate Omega's attention to that detail.
Why can't Omega get the date window right? It either needs to be lower on the dial, or they need a partial hour marker below it. That empty space between the date window and the minute track bothers me, especially on a $6,000+ watch.
It also looks like the date window/numbers aren’t aligned properly.
@@sirhcnosralI examined it in store and it indeed liked it was misaligned
@@lihanou Crazy, for 6,000$.
Prefer the date window on omega but 3 times the price
If price isn't an issue, Aqua Terra everyday. A true gada watch especially with the jumping hour hand for when you travel through different timezones.
Longine was perfect before the price increase 😢
Hello Rob, you felt both in your hands. Could you justify the 3-fold price difference?
kind of stark comparison in this context...many similarities on these 2 lovely pieces...but that price difference!
Does anyone buy a watch because it evokes an automotive memory? The gold of that Longine dial and its date window remind me of a late 60s Plymouth my dad owned.
Longines.
Love the new conquest line. Big Omega fan but i just dont think the omega is worth a $4k premium. Maybe 2k at most. Omega is trying way to hard to be like modern Rolex. Overpriced mass produced fake luxury. Omega, please dont become that.
Taste is subjective. What I may like, others may dislike.
Longines is 2k euros, Omega is over 6k euros, thats 3 times more. Omega has increase their prices in the last few years without a justifiable cause and dont tell me its inflation and all that BS because its not.
For 6k you can buy 3 good watches.
At this moment I have 4 watches in my collection:
- Grand Seiko 37mm SBGX261 quartz
- New Longines Legend Diver 39mm
- Sinn 104 on leather
- Doxa Sub 300T on bracelet
For all 4 watches I paid almost 8k euros, all of them brand new from the AD, so for me the prices of Omega doesnt work.
People try to justify the prices by saying that it has an in-house movement, bla bla bla. 55 hours PR, beats at 25.200 BPH, 3.5 Hz, nope, at least not for over 6k, maybe if it was 4.5-5k.
I'll never own either but would be very happy to own either one. There is ...something...about the Omega handset that doesn't look right...imo.
Compare these two withthe tissot gentleman ice blue
Playing down the difference in WR a bit too much I think. “Both around 100m”. 150 vs 100 makes a difference for sure.
It’s actually quite irrelevant. Omega/Longines actually rates the WR to actual depth. So a 100meter WR Longines/Omega can withstand depth of at least 100meters. You will never dive to 100 meters. In fact most recreational divers don’t dive below 30 meters.
@@michaelriera6277 it’s only irrelevant to you because you are missing the point.
Sorry, I thought the point of WR is to show at what depth the watch can safely be submerged before there is water ingress and therefore damage. So a watch with 30m vs 100/150m would indicate a significant difference in WR. Anything less 100m vs 150m is more likely marketing than actual performance, but you seem to know more on the matter. What is the point I’m missing? I’d like to know.
@@michaelriera6277 the point is 100 vs 150 is a 50% difference is WR, which is significant, just like a difference of 30 vs 100 is significant. Saying 100 is basically the same as 150 because it’s marketing and no one will go that deep doesn’t address the actual increase in WR, regardless of how likely a wearer is to take it to those depths. You are arguing a use case, I am discussing spec.
Ok, I see your point. I stand corrected.
Wow.. posted 5 minutes as I just searched this.
Is the background watch the Longines in a smaller size?
Very interesting comparison. They seem very close for a factor three difference in price, and surely this comes down to the movement. I like some of the more pronounced detailing on the Omega, though I feel more partial to the version with the hull-shaped rounded markers. The markers seem just mire shallow on the Longines and the hands disappear more. Yet it has more detailing on the dial, but perhaps it is also the clean look of the Omega that draws me there. The Omega lugs also bring greater interest for me. Yet, putside of the comparison the Longines is highly attractive and considering price, it'll be unlikely I'll don an Omega...
The Longines is a great watch for the money, but the Omega is the better choice if budget allows.
Longines Conquest v Hamilton Jazzmaster Performer?
Yes i’m waiting to
i want the SeaMaster
The Omega is nicer, the better watch but not 3x better if that makes sense. I think you get more for your money with the Longines
The Omega to me at least looks much more modern. I feel Longines are more of an old man’s watch.
I think it's the champagne coloured dial. The blue dial Longines Conquest 38mm has no old man vibes..
This old man is getting the longines love the omega but my pension doesn’t stretch
12.6mm is ridiculous for this type of watch 1st gen Aqua Terra was barley 11mm.
Either way you are paying thousands for machine assembled and machine decorated watches that have barely (if at all) seen a living, breathing watchmaker during the production phase. They both feature mass produced machine made and machine decorated movements. If I had 7k to spend on an Omega, I would instead get something like a Habring that has so much more skilled labor behind it. But that's just me...
From what i understand, the swatch group is moving the brands around a little, the omega is now supposed to rival rolex, and longines to rival tudor
Based on the black bay i own and the longines spirit i would say the longines is very much on par or even ahead of tudor in terms of finshing
While both have date at the 6, the Omega looks like it's missing an index at the 6 beside the Longines, which does have an index there. I might be the only one who's bothered by it, though.
What happens to the live vids????
The plastic wrap sound is like nails on a chalkboard 😢
The longines really looks naked without a framed date window.
Indeed, but for the extra $4k, it should. Longines could add the frame for a couple of bucks, though.
On that particular one, yes. The black and blue dials have color matched date wheels though, so it is much more subtle.
Great comparison video. Well done. Can’t really tell the difference in quality. And if so the Omega is not 3x more quality than the Longines.
The Conquest looks like a budget watch to me. Longines aren't worth bothering with under 2500 USD unless you want a dress watch. 3000+ they are good.
Longines all the way
They are not owned by Swatch group.
Tissot and Omega are founder of Swatch group and all others brands are independent,they are just members of huge conglomerate which share distribution and parts.
Fun fact,Swatch group decided to push Mido upmarket that’s why new Mido ocean star has Longines L888 caliber inside.
Along with the baumatic in B&M Mido maybe now has pound to pound the best caliber in the world in the watch which cost 950€ but have cosc.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swatch_Group
Don’t know where you’re getting your info from, but the Mido Ocean Star does not have the L888 movement. The COSC version is still a C07.
Also the l888 comes in different levels, the 888.4 is the cosc chronometer movement
@@Angry_Gnome No,you are not informed,Mido caliber 72 with 25200 and 3,5 hz is straight from Longines legend diver L888, 4 or eta 2892 slimmer version,FACTS!!
Man ! Those extremely generic super expensive watches