A 321 caliber reintroduction this year with the upcoming 50years moon landing anniversay and you don't use that movement for the 50y LE....mmmmmh that would be a stupid move.
Interesting that the 50th Anniversary Apollo 11 Speedmaster commemorates the 145.022-69 which was the initial use (1968 actually) of the 861 movement. I would have thought that a 321 would have been reintroduced earlier but better late, or illogical, than never. My other question is:
ARE THEY REINTRODUCING THE PAPER CLIP?
This is the day that I have been waiting for, for a long time. And I know that many of your Speedmaster fans out there have been waiting for this as well. That day that Omega announces that they will bring their famous column-wheel caliber 321 chronograph movement back in production. Today is the day […]
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... so to me the biggest take from this whole resurrection is this : Omega actually reads this forum and gives folks what they want. They give a damn about our community.
I can't see how anybody can say anything negative about that.
Well said!
Now if only they'd introduce:
- a gorgeous Soleil dial LE, with AML, baton hands and creamy fauxtina markers, and a
- a modern solid flat-link or 1171-looking bracelet
Would love to see the above introduced in a FOIS case... I'd likely pull a muscle ripping my wallet open to get my credit card...
Put it in an asymmetric case, and game over. That’s it. Only Omega watches for me. I’ll sell everything, and have Omega as my one and only.
Cost of manufacturing and reliability ( looks at column wheel, and beat rate).
FIFY
Remember... Omega seems to be listening to us, let's not discourage them by threatening to stop buying new watches! (even if true) 😉
As Omega have said this won't be in this years moon landing LE I can't help but think that Omega want a slice of the waitlist pie, enjoyed by Rolex, Tudor BB GMT/BB58 and some of the Speedmaster LEs (ST1/2, Snoopy etc). I can see two possibilities here:
1. Omega will trickle out modern, 'heritage', non LE Moonwatches with the 321, step dial and applied logo at twice the price, in addition to the standard 861 Speedmaster.
2. It's Omegas solution to the moonwatch problem. We know Omega have said they have to keep on using the 861 in the moonwatch as putting an automatic coaxial in there will alter it too much from the handwound original. This makes sense from a historical (and marketing) perspective, but the issue from Omegas point of view is that it's keeping their flagship model at an entry level price point - you can't exactly increase the price in a short timeframe without altering something significantly.
So, is the new 321 just the 2019 version of the big black box, with loupe, medallion and Velcro strap. I.e. A way of Omega altering the regular Moonwatch significantly enough to dramatically increase the price of the regular production model, yet not so dramatically that it moves further away from the actual moonwatch.
What makes you think the Speedy Promis the flagship model? It’s barely used at all in advertising.
