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Why might the Speedy Automatic (Cal. 1152, I believe) be priced significantly less than the 1861-powered Speedy Pro (and other chronos w/ other movements)?
I assume the 1152 is the Omega iteration of the 7750. Is this an indication that the 7750 is less expensive to manufacture? Or is it simply that the classic 1861 is more sought after because of its history?
While I might prefer the symmetry of the original, I personally prefer the date and automatic qualifities of the 1152. Evidently, these extras come at a discount!
Is there something less desireable about the 7750, in any of its incarnations? Its seems to come at a cheaper price than almost all other chrono movements.
Please! Somebody out there in WIS land "learn" me something!
J (just an idiot) B chronograph available on the market, so they can be had for less. And of course, for a luxury good, if it is more common, it also commands less premium as well.
Otherwise, a fine movement, I think. I really like my SMPC..
Eric
7750: "White Trash" of Movements? Why might the Speedy Automatic (Cal. 1152, I believe) be priced significantly less than the 1861-powered Speedy Pro (and other chronos w/ other movements)? I assume the 1152 is the Omega iteration of the 7750. Is this an indication that the 7750 is less expensive to manufacture? Or is it simply that the classic 1861 is more sought after because of its history? While I might prefer the symmetry of the original, I personally prefer the date and automatic qualifities of the 1152. Evidently, these extras come at a discount! Is there something less desireable about the 7750, in any of its incarnations? Its seems to come at a cheaper price than almost all other chrono movements. Please! Somebody out there in WIS land "learn" me something! J (just an idiot) B Just about every watch manufacturer with the exception of firms with their own movements (like Rolex, Zenith, JLC, and some high end manufacturers) utilize the 7750 as a base movement for some of their products. It's inexpensive, reliable, functional, had a good feature set, and readibly available. It's starting point for a large percentage of of the mechanical chronographs being offered on the market. Buy for yourself, not for others. -- Chuck Chuck Maddox ( Article index @ http://www.xnet.com/~cmaddox/cm3articles.html) A big engine that rumbles when you rev it.  
Another way to think of it, maybe--would you think less of a Lincoln Town Car because it has the same engine as a Crown Vic?  
As to 1861 versus 1164--which one hacks and has a date window? And which one do you have to wind every morning? 
Back to the car analogies--between a Lincoln Mark VIII and a Jag XJE, which one spends more time in the shop? 
Jeff ...refers to people who are low-class, but the term is racist, IMO.
Not that I'm trying to start a debate about political correctness, just trying to define it accurately. ignorant, bigoted, low-class people, usually from particular regions of the U.S. It is highly derogatory and somewhat racist and most certainly elitist.
Charles Beddoe (Harvard, MA) because it defines human beings as "trash" because they are poor, unrefined and uneducated. I feel, to paraphrase Forrest Gump, trash is as trash does.
Secondly by specifying a color you might as well be saying, "they are a white person who is as bad as a black/brown person".
It suprises me that this terms has been accepted as homey and self-effacing. I blame it mostly on Roseanne. : ignorant, bigoted, low-class people, usually from particular regions of the U.S. It is highly
derogatory and somewhat racist and most certainly elitist. 
I believe your definition may be a bit off if I read it correctly. The term, to my way of thinking, was mostly aimed at poor, rural, caucasian southeners in the USA who were often treated almost as badly as Southern black people by the white Southern power structure during and post reconstruction.  
: If your truly interested, page one ISBN # 0-89815-189-9 Ten Speed press, takes a stab at a non offensive definition.




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ty My 7750 based IWC Port. Chrono is much more finely finshed than my Lemania-based Speemaster Pro. Even my Rolex 4130 Daytona would not be considered haute. Perhaps a Lange or Patek. both the 7750 and the Lemania 861 are durable and inexpensive movements.
Great-- and COMPREHENSIVE-- reply... as usual!
Indebted,
JB