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Thanks for sharing. In conclusion, unserviced 7750 is inferior to st2555 but once serviced it's far more reliable

Agree wholeheartedly.

Yes, that's very interesting Strodda. Thinking about it the better design could be due to the swiss origin of the 7750. Anyway, I too thought the seagull was more reliable given the lesser number of issues reported by members. Most likely as you say asian 7750s are often poorly assembled and need to be serviced to be working flawlessly.

Thanks for posting that. There seems to be a lot of misinformation floating around. I am still not sure which one is better. I guess people who work on them would know better than armchair experts like me. I always thought seagull was better.

Thank you all, much appreciated. So my story has a good and bad report.

The good; I found a local watchsmith that was more than happy to work on my rep - an older gentleman who has been working on watches for 40+ years and is quite knowledgeable about the rep world.

The bad; upon first glance, he said that this was a very good rep, with a nice looking movement. However after opening the case and looking inside, declared that this is a shitty movement, and that there is nothing he can do to fix it (these are his words). So, I'm sending it back to my TD today for the manufacturer to look at it. I'm hoping they can do something - maybe even replace it.

 

[droberts]

That's great. I've been waiting all this time for the PAM 438 to come out with Seagull Mvt. because that's what everything I have read on here said it was more reliable than the 7750. Finally came out recently so I pulled the trigger and got it the other day. Hopefully I'll get lucky and it will last awhile.

 

[Strodda]

Thanks for sharing. In conclusion, unserviced 7750 is inferior to st2555 but once serviced it's far more reliable


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Not necessarily. An unserviced 7750 isn't guaranteed do be inferior. I've only had 7750 PAMs and have had zero issues with any of them. And also, just because I refer to the 2555 as a POS, I am using slightly harsh words. The movement may work well for years... just as a used 7750 might just the same. But based on the construction alone, the 7750 is a far superior and given proper conditions, a more reliavle movement. Not to mention a higher beat, which some nerds like myself actually want and notice.