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Unfamiliar_Moon
·A mainspring, but not a balance spring...
26 January 2023 - New Speedmaster - Rife Speculation
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Boston Bert
·The guy that started the YouTube 42mm steel case, 321 movement, flat link bracelet moonwatch rumored release this January also predicted the Ed White release, so his source at Omega might be real. However reconciling that with the CEO’s statement (whole watch industry impact…Swatch group shares hairsprings), and the video on Instagram is not so obvious to me.
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Unfamiliar_Moon
·The guy that started the YouTube 42mm steel case, 321 movement, flat link bracelet moonwatch rumored release this January also predicted the Ed White release, so his source at Omega might be real. However reconciling that with the CEO’s statement (whole watch industry impact…Swatch group shares hairsprings), and the video on Instagram is not so obvious to me.
a mechanically wound moonswatch with an all plastic movement a la sistem 51.
Seriously though it seems like an upgrade to a movement component that's starting in the Speedmaster, that they plan to roll out across Swatch group. Perhaps they view that as a small (single part) yet "impactful" industry effect?
It reminds me of a situation at work recently, I'm told to make a marketing campaign around us upgrading a section of our website to actually function like something from 2020 instead of 2005. My point is people don't care about site design unless it's bad, if you fixed it and you want to celebrate it, I get it, but people won't care. We should focus on the site's content and why people would like the content and what it can help them achieve.
"That's nice, but we really just want to send out a message getting people excited about the new site features, ease of use, social functions. You know, really get them excited."
So perhaps this is Omega catching up, but also wanting credit for it as if it's groundbreaking.
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Owlsu
·I'd like to see some kind of way to integrate contactless payments/mobile banking into a watch like the Speedmaster.
I used to have a Barclays device about the size of a stamp called "bPay", it was like a tiny bank card and you could put it into a silicone cover then put it over the top of a leather/fabric watch band and give your dumb-watch contactless card payments - this was long before mobile phone banking and smart watches were a thing. You topped up the tiny bank card online with money so it was essentially like carrying around a mini secondary debit card preloaded with £5-£50 on your mechanical watch.
The tagline of small device, massive change (in the money sense) got me remembering that little device I once owned.
There's nothing really around I think that lets you wear a traditional watch but still make payments and such without carrying a bank card. Only the Barclays device I mentioned and Fitbit's now discontinued Flex 2 model (which you wore alongside your normal watch as it was a silicone band fitness tracker without a screen) filled this role.
If Omega ever actually found a way to put this tech inside a watch - even if the tech was just part of the case back which could be added or removed per the users preference to make it traditional/modernised at will, it would be huge for the watch industry.
I'd imagine this would actually be possible to do if the watch has a glass back because a solid steel back might block the transmission.
I used to have a Barclays device about the size of a stamp called "bPay", it was like a tiny bank card and you could put it into a silicone cover then put it over the top of a leather/fabric watch band and give your dumb-watch contactless card payments - this was long before mobile phone banking and smart watches were a thing. You topped up the tiny bank card online with money so it was essentially like carrying around a mini secondary debit card preloaded with £5-£50 on your mechanical watch.
The tagline of small device, massive change (in the money sense) got me remembering that little device I once owned.
There's nothing really around I think that lets you wear a traditional watch but still make payments and such without carrying a bank card. Only the Barclays device I mentioned and Fitbit's now discontinued Flex 2 model (which you wore alongside your normal watch as it was a silicone band fitness tracker without a screen) filled this role.
If Omega ever actually found a way to put this tech inside a watch - even if the tech was just part of the case back which could be added or removed per the users preference to make it traditional/modernised at will, it would be huge for the watch industry.
I'd imagine this would actually be possible to do if the watch has a glass back because a solid steel back might block the transmission.
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SpeedyPhill
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👍 You were right... Omega NFT 😲
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/b...gone-to-space-and-you-could-own-it-and-an-nft
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nick_scap
·a mechanically wound moonswatch with an all plastic movement a la sistem 51.
Seriously though it seems like an upgrade to a movement component that's starting in the Speedmaster, that they plan to roll out across Swatch group. Perhaps they view that as a small (single part) yet "impactful" industry effect?
It reminds me of a situation at work recently, I'm told to make a marketing campaign around us upgrading a section of our website to actually function like something from 2020 instead of 2005. My point is people don't care about site design unless it's bad, if you fixed it and you want to celebrate it, I get it, but people won't care. We should focus on the site's content and why people would like the content and what it can help them achieve.
"That's nice, but we really just want to send out a message getting people excited about the new site features, ease of use, social functions. You know, really get them excited."
So perhaps this is Omega catching up, but also wanting credit for it as if it's groundbreaking.
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Horology411
·Omega is definitely updating the Dark Side of the Moon. Specifically, the lagging 1861 base model will be replaced with a 3861, and the two counter model will get the ‘57 treatment, I.e, thinner by means of dropping the automatic system and using the 9906. Both will have ceramic cases the same diameter as the models they are replacing, and at least one will have a carbon fiber dial.
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STANDY
··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector.
👍 You were right... Omega NFT 😲
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/b...gone-to-space-and-you-could-own-it-and-an-nft
How many threads are you going to post this stupid link in @SpeedyPhill
This makes it friggen 3 already
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Kiltie
·https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/b...gone-to-space-and-you-could-own-it-and-an-nft
I… I couldn’t help it …*sob*… I’m so sorry.
I… I couldn’t help it …*sob*… I’m so sorry.
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SpeedyPhill
·How many threads are you going to post this stupid link in @SpeedyPhill
This makes it friggen 3 already
It's a world's première : NFT - Non Fungible Token ... first in the watch world 🤮
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savka
·Don’t think so… Bulgari had an NFT attached to it last year and I think there have been others.
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/b...ltra-is-worlds-thinnest-watch-sets-new-record
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texasmade
·https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/b...gone-to-space-and-you-could-own-it-and-an-nft
I… I couldn’t help it …*sob*… I’m so sorry.
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Unfamiliar_Moon
·Omega is definitely updating the Dark Side of the Moon. Specifically, the lagging 1861 base model will be replaced with a 3861, and the two counter model will get the ‘57 treatment, I.e, thinner by means of dropping the automatic system and using the 9906. Both will have ceramic cases the same diameter as the models they are replacing, and at least one will have a carbon fiber dial.
Posting anonymously for protection? Created an alt. account to avoid a blight on their existing record, should they be wrong?
Such intrigue.
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SpeedyPhill
·Don’t think so… Bulgari had an NFT attached to it last year and I think there have been others.
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/b...ltra-is-worlds-thinnest-watch-sets-new-record
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SC1
·Dark Side of Clair De Lune is my guess.
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texasmade
·hmmm first post dropping into a site mid-thread with wild, yet oddly specific speculation.
Posting anonymously for protection? Created an alt. account to avoid a blight on their existing record, should they be wrong?
Such intrigue.
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AlphaToOmega
·Forged carbon. It's all the rage.
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PandaSPUR
·Omega is definitely updating the Dark Side of the Moon. Specifically, the lagging 1861 base model will be replaced with a 3861, and the two counter model will get the ‘57 treatment, I.e, thinner by means of dropping the automatic system and using the 9906. Both will have ceramic cases the same diameter as the models they are replacing, and at least one will have a carbon fiber dial.
Forged carbon. It's all the rage.
Neither of these would answer what the heck is so innovative about this new release though.
But I do agree that its probably a DSOTM update.
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Omarrye
·2 more days
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Evitzee
·If it's ceramic of any sort the nervous Nellies will be out fretting about chipping or damaging the case.
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