New movements or changes to manufacturing of old ones?

[mezzanine]

With the seconds @3 (although it hasn't yet been reviewed), as well as the possibility of an updated "slow beat" 7750 (not 'official', but some aesthetic differences compared to the old one), and the fact that the Omega SMP Chrono has improved decorating of the movement on recent models....are there changes going on in the movements of our reps?

The new high-beat asian 7750 was a definite improvement over the older generation 7750, and the replica 2824 is supposedly pretty good compared to the ETA standard. Are we seeing another generation of rep movements?

I know there is a lot of hypoethesizing going on, and no one other than The Zigmeister and maybe a few others are qualified to be able to say-

Here's hoping....especially with the seconds @3 and a slow-beat 7750 that wouldn't require new hands to be swappable to swiss....

What would be even better is if the gap between the swiss and the chinese was reduced to such a degree that it wouldn't be necessary. Unlikely, but there's a need for it with the ETA shortages. Also, it seems that some manufacturers were substituting Selita movements for ETA's and not representing that there was a difference between them in their pricing, etc...

Edited July 21, 2007 by mezzanine