Since I’m down to 1980s dial-up Modem speed I am limited to text for a bit. To answer your question: No, but I did take notes about the process.
The footprint caseback starts life as a brass disk which is laser ablated for over one hour to achieve the desired surface topology (= 6969 hours... I hope they are going to be processed in parallel or it could be a long wait for the last delivery). Upon completion it is then blackened and re-lasered to show the text.

 

Many thanks...I do enjoy your photos (think Tantalum watch ) I hope you can come back to the 21st century some time soon! haha!

 

That strap looks like it's been kicking around for a while great pics!!

 

Love this side! I hope to see this profile in the future standard Speedy.

 

This watch is really growing on me and your pictures have been brilliant. Not a fan of bracelet or the old strange strap ? I would send that back and demand a new one. but seriously the watch looks ace. Congrats dude

 

Awesome photos, the more I see of the watch the more I love it. Glad I managed to put a deposit down and get on the list. It will be like a kid waiting for Christmas, the wait will feel like an eternity!!!!

 

It might actually be an eternity if recent performance with Omega LEs is any indication

 

I waited 11 months for my DSOM Apollo 8. From March 2018 to February of this year. So I am guessing around the same.

 

I just wanted to add some photos (courtesy of @Robert-Jan at Fratello) in this thread since @Longbow posted such beautiful photos from that same event.

 

Wow. Great pics. Thanks so much for these.

So come on. What did you think.

 

That’s the money shot! Milky ring aside, that looks f*******g awesome

 

I was hoping that I wouldn’t like it, but as is so often the way with Omega products, it was much better in the metal than in online photos.

The stuff I can live without:-
The cork/Velcro/gold leaf strap. I’m sure I would never use it.
The LEV watch pad thing. It would live exclusively in the presentation box.
The box. It’s well made but I don’t wear boxes, so superfluous for me personally.

The stuff I expected to strongly dislike:-
Buzz at 9 o’clock. I hardly noticed it at arms length and under a loupe it is very nicely executed. So a non-issue.
The blue-grey dial. The first computer renderings seemed to be (darkish) grey and I was sure I wasn’t going to like anything remotely blue as seen in some early photos. My impression was of one of grey rather than blue, so again not a problem.
Anything two-tone. Thankfully the bracelet, pushers and crown are all steel and Moonshine Gold is quite pale so the combined effect is rather harmonious.

What I wasn’t expecting:-
The dial, hour markers and especially their lume treatment and trans-dial step precision (I want to look at this under a x200 microscope), case finishing, and flat link bracelet are all excellent.
The “11” markers are practically invisible to my naked (old git) eyes. Which is actually a pity because it has been done very nicely.

Sum up:-
Really great watch, keep the packaging.

I won’t be canceling my order. If you have one on order already and are a fan you won’t be disappointed. If you are a “waiverer” wait until you have at least had it in your hands before jumping to any hasty decisions. If you hated it before, you might hate it a little less in the metal but are unlikely to change your mind.

Cheers

Nick

Now just to throw a spanner in the works, there were some very tasty (privately owned) Speedies at today’s Speedy Tuesday event. Two impressed me greatly; the 45th Anniversary Ti/Sedna gold one and the impossibly nice Tokyo white panda dial Speedy. Hopefully I will never have to choose just one from these three.

 

@Longbow. Thanks for the pics and the neutral review and impressions.

 

You’re welcome!

 

Great brutal review