Any Omega fans NOT interested in the Speedmaster? If so, why?

ulackfocus · Feb 27, 2018

watchcollect
Welcome back! Couldn't be a more appropriate thread.

Just remember that I was summoned to this thread. I did not click on the title voluntarily from the "LATEST" list.

cicindela
Don't poke the squirrel

Ya, really! Check out my new Foamy avatar - a squirrel with some 'tood!

watchcollect · Feb 27, 2018

U ulackfocus
Just remember that I was summoned to this thread. I did not click on the title voluntarily from the "LATEST" list.

cvera · Feb 28, 2018

I'm not interested in the near future since I feel that I can easily purchase one later on when more funds are available. The last two years I decided to buy watches that I like, but also feel I would have a much harder time buying in ten years. I feel like I can easily buy a common Speedmaster in ten years.

kov · Feb 28, 2018

cvera
The last two years I decided to buy watches that I like, but also feel I would have a much harder time buying in ten years.

May I ask you to share some examples?

Magic_Omega · Feb 28, 2018

For me, "Speedmaster" is history, and this history has only one name - caliber 321 ! All other watches are a commercial effekt from Omega and for me not relevant.

padders · Feb 28, 2018

Crikey that new Squirrel Signal they installed on the roof actually works!

omegastar · Feb 28, 2018

Forgot one step in evolution...

tyrantlizardrex · Feb 28, 2018

M'Bob
I've been working on that stutter for years...

Well now I know who painted my dial. 😁

Jerseyhammer · Feb 28, 2018

OmegaRolex
I'm wondering if there are Omega collectors that have zero interest in what is considered by many WIS to be their flagship model.

I wouldn't say I don't like them but prefer SM or DV for ever day wear etc.

STANDY · Feb 28, 2018

Like them so much I own two, a black and a blue one........

ahartfie · Feb 28, 2018

I didn’t even know they existed until I joined this august forum. And then after seeing them, I laughed to myself thinking how ridiculous and ugly. I was just here for the beautiful Constellations.

And then I saw the TV dial Speedmaster and it instantly stole my heart. The chunk, the funk, the uniqueness. I didn’t care that I had little use for a chronograph. I had to have one. So I bought one and wore it very happily for 10 months. Even my subtitle here is a reference to my TVDS.

And then I joined Instagram. Daily bombardment of Speedmasters became the norm. I began to discern differences. I began to get swept up in the hype of having a birth year watch. I found a beauty and then thought, wait, for this money I could have a brand-new one. So I went out and bought a brand-new one from one of the dealers here in May 2017; since then I’ve been wearing it often. On days when I wear my other watches, I switch to the Speedy after lunch.

TL;DR I thought they were not for me but I got flipped like a magnet.

And welcome back to the squirrel.

WhatYourWatchSay · Feb 28, 2018

U ulackfocus
The one thing about the Speedmaster that I love is that they're so damn expensive now that a single pre-moon purchase will take out that collector as competition for nice watches of all other types. 😉 😁

rcs914 · Feb 28, 2018

larryganz
The thought bubble in the cartoon could just as well say "Submariner"...

You would need a whole herd of sheep then, not just one ;-)

Mouse_at_Large · Feb 28, 2018

rcs914
You would need a whole herd of sheep then, not just one ;-)

Don't say I'm not good to you guys. Feel free to disseminate as required 😁

P.S. I take no responsibility for any hurt feelings, loss of friendships, attacks by pitchfork-wielding Rolex owners or any other negative consequences that may ensue due to the injudicious use of my images 😝

cicindela · Feb 28, 2018

Mouse_at_Large
Don't say I'm not good to you guys. Feel free to disseminate as required 😁

P.S. I take no responsibility for any hurt feelings, loss of friendships, attacks by pitchfork-wielding Rolex owners or any other negative consequences that may ensue due to the injudicious use of my images 😝

FIFY

Perseus · Feb 28, 2018

Initially the Speedmaster didn't do anything for me. Over time it became something I couldn't stop thinking about...like a splinter in my mind.

Frunkinator · Feb 28, 2018

I completely respect it, love the history, and may own one again in the far future... But I have tried multiple times and it's simply not a love for me. And for the price, I can't justify keeping it with so many others I love and still want.

efauser · Feb 28, 2018

OmegaRolex
I'm wondering if there are Omega collectors that have zero interest in what is considered by many WIS to be their flagship model.

Are there any who have absolutely no interest in the Holy Grail?

cicindela · Feb 28, 2018

efauser
Are there any who have absolutely no interest in the Holy Grail?

You mean like this 😕

efauser · Feb 28, 2018

cicindela
You mean like this 😕

You know exactly how to leave me speechless, don't you.

Any Omega fans NOT interested in the Speedmaster? If so, why?

ulackfocus

watchcollect

cvera

kov

Magic_Omega

padders

omegastar

tyrantlizardrex

Jerseyhammer

STANDY

ahartfie

WhatYourWatchSay

rcs914

Mouse_at_Large

cicindela

Perseus

Frunkinator

efauser

cicindela

efauser

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