Yes - maybe. But it would have been cool with 321. When people say cal. 321 - the first thing that pops up in People’s miks is the “real” moonwatch.
Al, What's your take on the co-ax with free sprung balance with silicon hairspring version of this version of the 1861?
I'm done reading here. Got the bracelet part number to maybe use in the distant future, and as I'm just not interested in the look of this watch, it's another Speedmaster LE that I will never have to think about again. I'm certain those that like it will enjoy it once it is on their wrist.
People don't like Aldrin's image at 9 o'clock, tacky, cheap, 'uncool, man'. But a cartoon beagle in the same spot, 'man, that's cool'. And many would throw down $9650 if they could get a Snoopy. Go figure.
Actually I don't like either of them. I was offered first right of refusal on the Snoopy LE by my local OB manager and turned it down because I thought it looked a bit silly/infantile and to be honest I was never a massive Charlie Brown fan. If I had known that the Snoopy LE would quadruple in value I might have made an investment decision, but I almost certainly would have kept it in the safe and flipped it for something actually worth US$25K down the road (a VC overseas, for example). We get it: you like the new 50th LE. Great, awesome, even supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Wear it in excellent health from day you receive it! Just don't expect everyone else to fall in love with it.
That angle makes the watch look terrible. Really don't like the amount of gold as it is all over the side of the bezel too. I wouldn't call it gold accents if everything on the dial and bezel is gold. Plus the gold doesn't look as pale as Moonshine did on the earlier Speedy limited Moonshine watch...looks too in-your-face yellow gold. Plus sapphire continues to look terrible on the Speedy. They should have done domed sapphire like Oris.
Agreed, I am sure a huge contingent of OF members can buy this watch, this is not high end Patek or ALS. The question many on the OF will ask though is quite simple: are there more agreeable watches available for US$10K or less? YES!!!
Ew. Pass. And I don't even know price. Edit the bracelet is waaaaay better now though. Hope they bring it to others.
A couple of things I noticed about this watch: * The applied 11 looks funky, but there’s no lume so I’d have no idea if it was around eleven o’clock at night * The watch is apparently one of their new Novelty watches - when I was growing up a novelty watch was like a toy watch, or something that had a cartoon character (Snoopy?!?) on the dial