Can Omega Ever Beat Rolex?

Can Omega Ever Beat Rolex?
The Rolex Vs. Omega debate is one long-standing rivalry that has been around for years. Watch lovers have found themselves arguing which one of these horological behemoths has the edge.
In today's video we look at the story behind these 2 rival giants Rolex and Omega. Keep watching to see the differences as well as the similarities of the two biggest players in the watch industry. Which of the two horological giants has the edge and who will you side with?
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[@Ilkeryiit]

Fun fact: Omega had a partnership with Michael Schumacher since 1995 until 2011

[@uak007]

Omega wins hands down for me

[@Worldgonemad]

cause you broke

[@samon_kurowassan]

'Cause Rolex AD won't let you buy one 😭

[@driller7714]

@@WorldgonemadYep, broke people lay down thousands for watches all of the time. 🤡

[@TheDominator74]

Because of the hype that makes the Rolex famous. It is just a overhyped. Massproduced like any other watch. Like quartz in the 70-80’s. 50% of the price is the hype.

[@dazewithadrian]

"Availability"? *Rolex has left the chat*

[@vantheman1238]

I have two Omega watches and I love them. A Seamaster Planet Ocean from 2010 is my day to day watch and it is amazing. Yesterday bought the Seamaster Planet Ocean 600 Chronograph with a blue dial and bezel. In love with it already. Why Omega? They are affordable, high quality and you can walk into a dealer and buy one unlike Rolex. The Omega is also a bigger watch which suits me. Finally, I’m not buying for investment, I’m buying for the watch I want to wear and keep and will leave to my son. ❤

[@richardzhao792]

Congrats on ur new Omega purchase! Indeed that the old saying is correct: Rolex sells watches, but Omega makes watches.

[@makdrumz]

Omega went to the moon and back. Rolex went to a tennis court or in the sea at best. Talking about worldwide accomplishments, there is no comparison.

[@kyrilkaplan5011]

Ah ah ah ....excellent ! 😂

[@pascalp.]

Rolex was also involved with quartz watches with the Oysterquartz (Datejust & Day-date)

[@Kevins-Philippine-Retirement]

Correct. I was going to make the same reply until I saw yours.

[@Texas_G_Longhorns]

Omega all day. I currently wear the Seamaster 300 professional in blue and love it. For me Rolex is overpriced and too mainstream, everyone has one and most are fake.

[@Murphy252000]

Exactly, so many fakes, like Louis vuitton

[@mitchmitchell9588]

Your research is garbage. Rolex has many quartz watches. It made the Oysterquartz for several decades, and it’s best selling watches are quartz watches for women.

[@smashergrilla954]

Not to mention omega hold the record for the deepest dive

[@Okido24]

A lot of of people can save up for an Omega. The price range is from 500 to thousands of euros. Rolex not reachable because their price is too high. Good for Omega. More people get to enjoy a luxury watch.

[@anthonyramirez9839]

Rolex? Omega. Beautiful!

[@impoautosguatemala9847]

Omega

[@JupiterTarts]

They both occupy specific niches in the watch world. Omega is a watch enthusiast's brand sporting all sorts of amazing technical features but obtainable enough for the everyman. Also has ties to James Bond. Rolex is a household name and has a lot of more appeal to non-enthusiasts due to its status symbol or something you buy to mark an important milestone. Appreciated by enthusiasts as well but too often swept up by investors and influencers.

[@explorerjlc1743]

Rolex is the real bond watch though. Omega is commercial bond.

[@richardzhao792]

@@explorerjlc1743 How could it be real, if the bond himself is not real?

[@explorerjlc1743]

@@richardzhao792 read the book. It says what brand the watch is supposed to be.

[@dominicancash]

Why ppl has this misperception, omega watch prices are almost the same as rolex and even more expensive, omega has tourbillon watches that can run you 750,000 dollars rolex doesn’t even build a tourbillon .

[@danielholman3436]

Well said. I came here to comment something to that effect but saw your post so no need. 😁

[@305Nick]

Love Omega

[@SCabanlitProductions]

Rolex owner here. I chose Rolex due to the comfort of their bracelets and their designs. I have a TT yellow gold and steel Datejust. I would say i give Omega an edge when it comes to their pricing for their steel sport watches, but their bracelets I dont like... Rolex's brand is pretty reputable and for good reason. It really depends on what you want.

[@driller7714]

This is why you should pick a watch. Buy the watch that works best for you.

[@SCabanlitProductions]

@@driller7714 yes! my favorite watch is actually the Casio Duro... 😅

[@caymanpro3234]

Bracelet in omega is amazing ,better quality then Rolex

[@SCabanlitProductions]

@@caymanpro3234 not even close, in my honest opinion.

[@Martykoi]

omega world timer is the best out there

[@taoistgoth]

Omega is a watchmaker that markets its products. Rolex is a marketing company that makes watches.

[@kyrilkaplan5011]

Thats a good one...

[@danong9458]

The video didn't mention Rolex was founded in the UK. The video did correctly mention it was founded in the 20th century. The video incorrectly states Rolex developed 904Lstainless steel. It merely began to utilize 904L steel in its watches in 1985. It's softer than 316L so it scratches more easily and has a higher allergy risk than 316L, but a bit more corrosion resistant. The video leaves out how it was Omega that began having solid endlinks for their bracelets first. Rolex was using hollow endlink bracelets that sounded rattly and stretched out until 2005.

[@Kostja81]

There are quite a lot of things Rolex is making up. There are more and more videos regarding that specific topic.

[@Kostja81]

I am waiting for the news that the crown on the left side is a Rolex innovation 😅 Do they really think that people don't remember the Omega PloProf...

[@cliftoncheng2003]

Omega takes it for me. I have a Speedmaster Racing, and it’s an absolutely fantastic piece. I don’t know why, but I also like the look of Omega watches over Rolex watches.

[@jimlittle5769]

I like Omega's overall lineup more (There are only four Rolex models I like), but I have watches from both.

[@Paul_F_C]

I love both and own two omegas and two Rolex so happy days for me

[@jeromef.5489]

I own both, but Rolex still wears the crown 👑

[@searay2621]

The crown for being overpriced, that’s literally it.

[@Tebessa]

when OMEGA visits Mars

[@jamesreed1969]

Btw 316l is harder than 904l. Scratch resistence is another point to pick 316 over 904.

[@notaflightreactsfan3706]

love the thumbnail for some reason, had to check this out lol

[@warrenrhinerson6373]

When it comes to dive watches, Rolex certainly has more options, but I will give the edge to omega. Comparing just the two mainstream dive watches they own, the submariner and the sea master 300 professional, you get more features on the Seamaster for half the price with the same water resistance

[@ulrichschnier307]

I own both a Rolex GMT Master II "Pepsi" and an Omega 3861 Speedmaster Professional "Moonwatch" Sapphire Sandwich. By EVERY possible metric the Omega is the better watch. It's not only a beautiful timepiece but Its precision is OUT OF THIS WORLD. It's more comfortable on the wrist, it's way cheaper and it was available the day I decided to buy it. Nonetheless is the Rolex a Rolex. It just gives me a "special" feeling every time I put it on my wrist ... and it did so every day in the last 20 years.

[@gordonshaw6231]

I have 2 Rolex and 3 omega, I wear my moonwatch professional and seamaster more than my sub and gmt. Both brands are amazing

[@silviocaravelli3567]

I own Omega Seamster 300m Coaxial. Very happy! Never had Rolex! Who knows maybe I will get one a day.

[@ryanpatterson9526]

There's so much misinformation in this video, I don't even know where to begin.

[@hugohernandez3651]

Omega is my favorite watch brand, but my favorite watches are both Rolex.

[@planetdee3587]

I feel the same. My favorite brand is Seiko but my favorite watch comes from Rolex. The Datejust.

[@h0llyw00dhoward7]

If we’re being honest, they already have. Rolex biggest flex is not making them available to the general public at msrp without being on a waiting list and their use of marketing.

[@kalinangelov2759]

Breitling!

[@frankv7068]

Both

[@N7Sound]

Well it beat it on the most significant battle: The Cosmograph failed the NASA test and the Speedy went to the Moon. End of the story.

[@Jaxon-r3u]

Omega handsdown. First watch in the moon

[@cliffordgriffith818]

Rolex had their oysterquartz

[@莱]

EXACTLY I was tryna find this comment they did do courts whilst they didn't continue it. They did do it ahah

[@sebastiangonzalezgonzalez2183]

OMEGA way better. Rolex is almost always about the hype.

[@waynelee622]

Omega is the watch for everyone who can be access. Especially the watch fans. Watch is Watch, always wear on wrist not about resale value. That’s why people said; Omega is Watchmaker. Rolex is Watch Seller.

[@msk3905]

New to watches and IMO I don’t see Omega surpassing Rolex anytime soon. Rolex name is common place like I said I knew hardly anything about watches until this year but knew Rolex is a premium and sought watch, after for reputation, only heard of Omega was when I saw it on Bond. For them to surpass Rolex they will need to do some serious marketing, watch performance is the first step but they need to get materialistic people who know little about watches but have a need to impress or insecurity for bragging on the brand. Reading the comments on watch videos I don’t see this happening.

[@paulcapirchio4378]

Omega for me. As long as they continue to produce amazing watches and don’t play the games that Rolex does with customers then they will be good.

[@filb911]

coaxial master chronometer

[@CaptainSpud88]

Omega holds the deepest dive with there planet ocean ultra deep. Pretty cool says omega was here Mariana Trench with ultra violet light

[@67tagada]

Je ne comprendrais jamais l'engouement pour Rolex, leurs montres ont un design des plus simplistes.

[@kakashizaua6356]

In terms of overall accuracy Omega wins. Since they not only make mechanical watches, but also quite a few Quartz watches. Quartz watches as we all know are they are more accurate then their mechanical counterparts. Rolex on the other hand dont manufacture Quartz watches anymore.

[@bladerunnerblues2501]

Omega sea master chronograph

[@Hocksman]

I have a Rolex Quartz, given to me by my Dad who is a big Rolex fan. I guess, because of him, that was the brand I grew up with and bought later on, when I could afford to buy a decent watch. I loved that it was tough. I later went on to buy a Rolex GMT-Master 2 as well as a Rolex Deepsea. Recently, however, after a lot of research I purchased an Omega Seamaster 300 Chrono 44m (with Omega’s famous Co-Axial Escapement) which in my opinion trumps the equivalent Rolex offering (i.e the Submariner). Plus I loved the look of black and gold! If you’re really interested in the engineering in the watch, and you want the most robust, the most tested, something of superior technology, something extremely accurate, between the two - you’d get an Omega. If you don’t know any better, and you just want to rely on what the crowds worship (which actually, was how my Dad (and for a time me even) roll) you’d get a Rolex.

[@buzz934]

Two different leagues

[@impoautosguatemala9847]

U don't know anything...

[@Kostja81]

Don't really know why everyone is so obsessed comparing those two watches. Why do not compare Rolex to a watch house that is in a similar price range? My opinion is that Rolex is playing in a price range and is not justified, not technically not qualitatively. Let's compare Rolex to Jeager LeCoultre? In short, you simply can not... because Jeager is lightyears ahead. Offering complications Rolex can dream off. For the price of a simple stopwatch (sorry Daytona is a simple stopwatch) Jeager is offering a perpendicular calendar. If you, however want to compare build quality and technology (not the resale value!) Omega still wins the battle. Rolex wins only in marketing/brainwashed costumers and rude AD behaviour. I am surprised how low self esteemed Rolex costumers have...it is sad.

[@ProductionJunction1]

Omega because I can go into an Omega store and they will help me with my piece. If I went to a a dealer they don’t want to help.

[@shoesters6298]

They already have

[@7.92Gav]

Unfortunately a Rolex now makes you look cheap because you'll never convince people that it's not a clone. The harder you try, the more desperate you look.

[@gavinwhite9743]

Quick answer is no. Ask anyone on the street to name a premium watch, and Rolex is the answer. With trust ownership removing need for quick profits, and such high market share, it now commands a position that will take decades to unwind. This has nothing to do with the quality of its product, history or high heurology. Brand awareness, market share and ownership. I own both brands, love them both. Both are lovely to own. ( 14060m Sub, and Speedmaster Pro.)

[@Nextman916]

Can adidas ever beat nike? Nope. They can simply just improve their performance in certain ways.

[@vantheman1238]

No way. Adidas is the classic brand and came way before Nike. Adidas trainers are way way better. You’re havin’ a laugh bruv 😂

[@Nextman916]

​@@vantheman1238 adidas was started by 2 Nazi's. Adidas provenance is not where near as connecting as Nike's beginnings. It's not about who did it first, its about who did it better.

[@dado380]

Grand Seiko by far,if Rolex and Omega would ever had spring drive and that iconic GS hand engineering dials and superior polishing they would sold their watches triple the price!!

[@driller7714]

Grand Seiko is nice. My problem with them is they have no character. A very sterile watch.

[@andrestenstrup1042]

Rolex busynesswise is much stronger than Omega, but for most of the cunsumers Omega is a much better choice. It is much easyer to get. I don´t belive there is much different in quality anymore. Both brand makes super water resistant watches. Omega now makes a watch that can dive 6.000 meters, but it is just for show. Still every Omega is fairly waterresistant for everyday use and accendely showering of a fall into a pool. Both brand makes super accurate watches. Warenty is the same, and serviceinterval 10 years for Rolex in avage and perhaps 7 - 8 years on Omegas. Service in general is also fine with both brands, however Rolex often service a watch in Europe, as far I know 3 - 5 weeks and an Rolex center does it. Omega often send there watches into a big Swatchgroup Omega service center and if just there is some wear and tear on th lock, and you won´t replace it with a new lock, they will deny giving your watch a service at all. It takes 10 - 13 weeks to get a service. Anyway that was what happend to my Omega Seamaster chrono gold/steel version from 1998 at Swatchgroup in Germany. But all together I think Omega does beat Rolex right now. But if Rolex had a waitlist of max 2 mounths on every model, then prices would not go above retail and then Rolex would be the overall winner I think.

[@andrestenstrup1042]

@@AboveFirstClass You are welcome.

[@finnellwilliam]

Omega for the win for me. I shouldn’t have to almost beg someone to take my money and buy their watch. Omega I don’t have too…Rolex I do….nuts!

[@amg5983]

Omega is way better and offers more options.

[@MrMroliversmith]

Omega makes better watches, Rolex makes better status symbols.

[@emilnim710]

Omega probably will never have the same status of luxury as Rolex, but for me Omega makes more interesting and better spec watches than Rolex. But that's just me and someone could say that he prefers to spend he's hard earned money on Rolex for its status. Neither brand makes objectively better watches than the other.

[@giovannibucio]

OMEGA doesent need a crown to show there the best, OMEGA has Chronos God of time and better technology than rolex. OMEGA has a tourbillon and Ultra deep dive watches titanium gen5. OMEGA doesent overpricing there watches making ppl think there made better.

[@searay2621]

Well said and so true. Rolex is over priced garbage.

[@driller7714]

@@searay2621Overpriced but I wouldn’t call them garbage. They make a nice watch, just not as nice as they would like people to believe.

[@samon_kurowassan]

In terms of bitter broke fanboys, Omega wins 😂

[@bernardovargasc]

Rolex did release a quartz model in the late 70's

[@alien6551]

There's only one true Swiss company that's omega

[@tab3Gator]

😂 Omega is a product of Swatch Group and is easily purchased in malls across America and the world. It is fighting off Tudor, not the higher valued Rolex

[@qazifaisal5]

One is a flex company one caters to actual watch enthusiasts. Their is literally no debate here at all. Rolex is like the iPhone is nothing but a flex brand their is literally nothing to them. Omega is like android people. Watch collectors love them because people who actually apreciate watch making love their watches. To me rolex is the watch you buy to show you finally got some money omega is the brand you buy when you want others to know you actually have knowledge about watch movements.

[@tritonh5683]

iPhone is better due to simplicity. Android phone are trash due to all the glitches and crashes happens way too often. My s21ultra was trash, s20ultra was trash, so I went back to iPhone and had the same phone for 3 years no problem.

[@hanumarn7882]

Modern Omega is too big and thick for my liking. Co-axial chunky size with lower power reserve and lack of quick set date puts me off Omega.

[@rl7487]

Rolex did have quartz watches

[@kukipeter7524]

Omega ties the laces to Rolex However i like the ploprof a lot

[@samon_kurowassan]

Omega had never even got as close as Pepsi to Coke 😂

[@mrbud8524]

I own both. 2 Rolex Sports models and 1 Omega my Omega keeps better timing Going add another one soon l take the Omega all day along. Omega has 2nd biggest Markert share in 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018,2017

[@skyfallseven365]

Yeah but Rolex has more market share than omega as number 2 and numbers 3,4,5 brands combined!! Rolex has more share of the Swiss watch market than any other brand by a landslide for decades. Just saying. And I’m a huge omega fan and own many pieces of theirs so I’m not fanboying

[@phoenix5054]

Cartier is now the 2nd biggest watchmaker in terms estimated market share.

[@mrbud8524]

Sorry Cartier was 2nd biggest market share only in 2021. Omega was 2nd 2017, 2018, 2019,2020 2022 😊

[@phoenix5054]

@@mrbud8524 2022? The year is over now? LOL

[@mrbud8524]

Lol we still have another 4 Months to go

[@impoautosguatemala9847]

In sells ? Omega still #2.

[@mrbud8524]

@@impoautosguatemala9847 Yes Omega has been number 2 for 5 years in sales

[@mauriciovelez2194]

I like omega but rolex is going to be the best forever and never to compare with rolex

[@impoautosguatemala9847]

Hahahaha Sheep.

[@jorgerobles628]

Omega all the way. Omega produce movements of different kinds like chronographs, perpetual calendars, automatics, manual, marine chronometers, central tourbillion, moonphase, automata, and several others, 15000 Gauss Antimagnetic watches as regular production while Rolex only produce automatics, chronographs and manual movements, so Omega has the Technical Upperhand, And these are just a few. What Rolex has head and shoulders over Omega is Marketing, of which this video is part of it. And what is more, Grand Seiko is also SUPERIOR to Rolex. Rolex was unable to produce a chronograph by itself until 2000, while Omega and Grand Seiko have been doing so for more than 50 years, and one of the BEST Chrono calibers belongs to Grand Seiko, and the other close to it is from Omega, and then Zenith. Again, OMEGA ALL THE WAY!!!!!

[@Noyb.265]

They already have on multiple occasions - particularly when it comes to exploration, technological innovation and sport design. Rolex is staid, stuck in a rut jewelry.

[@wilbervidal18]

Omega