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A Beautiful Omega Speedmaster CK2998-62 From April 30, 1963

Robert-Jan
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We bumped into a beautiful second-generation Omega Speedmaster, also known as reference CK2998. There are quite a few iterations of this reference, and this is the CK2998-62. Omega produced this watch on April 30, 1963. That happened to be Queen’s Day (Queen Juliana) here in the Netherlands, so perhaps it was a double celebration for […]

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ErichPryde
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That's a beautiful watch.
Agreed. Those hands are fantastic. Before getting a bit more involved in this forum & community, I really had no idea there were so many variations of this base speedmaster. Some of them are really, really cool.
 
SC1
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Birth year for me... financially, perhaps in another lifetime.
 
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Quote "There are quite a few iterations of this CK2998 reference" End Quote
Well easy, to remember as the CK2998 was worn by 3 of the original "Mercury 7" astronauts ... 7 for 7 iterations
#mnemonic
 
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Quote "There are quite a few iterations of this CK2998 reference" End Quote
Well easy, to remember as the CK2998 was worn by 3 of the original "Mercury 7" astronauts ... 7 for 7 iterations
#mnemonic
Or 8 or 9 if you include the 105.002 which is a CK2998 still but with the new reference scheme
 
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