Omega 8500
High confidenceIts 25,200 vph frequency is unusual and is a quick identifying characteristic: most Swiss automatics of the period run at 28,800.
Specifications
- Movement manufacturer
- Omega
- Production
- 2007–?
- Frequency
- 25,200 vph (3.50 Hz)
- Power reserve
- 60 hours
- Winding
- automatic
- Complications
- Centre seconds · Date
Architecture
In-house automatic with a Co-Axial escapement, twin barrels and bidirectional winding — the first Co-Axial caliber designed in-house rather than adapted from an ETA base.
Related calibers
Preceded by
Omega 2500Related caliber
Omega 8400The no-date execution of the same architecture.
Succeeded by
Omega 8900
References using this caliber
No catalog references are linked to this caliber yet.
Provenance of this record
Sources & Evidence
Primary sourceManufacturer documentation
OMEGA — Calibres and Master Chronometer certification
OMEGA SA
- Accessed
- 2026-08-18
Cited for
This referenceHigh confidence
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