Omega 8900

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Calibre 8900 is the first of a family of automatic Co-Axial watch movements from Omega. It will replace Cal. 8500.

History

In 2007, Omega introduced the first in-house Co-Axial movement family, Cal. 8500. This movement was redesigned and the new Cal. 8900 launched at BaselWorld in 2015. That movement was shortly joined by a family of new movements, with Omega making it known that this would replace the Cal. 8500 family. The luxury-finished Cal. 8901 was the first of Omega's movements to meet the METAS certification.

Cal. 8900 features two barrels in series, providing a power reserve of 60 hours. It uses a free-spring balance and silicon balance spring, making it resistant to magnetic fields up to 15,000 Gauss. Like its predecessor, it operates at 25,200 A/h rather than the more-common 28,800 A/h.

Variants

Manufacturer:

Omega

Description:

Self-winding double barrel movement
Manufacture movement
Co-Axial escapement with free sprung-balance and silicon balance spring
METAS certified chronometer

Functions:

Hour, minute, seconds

Data:

39 jewels
25,200 A/h
Power reserve 60 Hours

Production period:

Since 2015