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Comprehensive Abbreviations used in Omega forum

  1. sjg22 Mar 20, 2019

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    A few more, including some more Rolex-centric ones:

    ALS: A Lange & Sohne - high-end german watchmaker
    AT: Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra
    AP: Audemars Piguet - high-end Swiss watchmaker
    Batman or BLNR: Rolex GMT-Master II with two-tone, blue and black, bezel (BLNR is french for 'bleu et noire' - blue and black)
    BB: Tudor Black Bay
    Bienne: City in which Omega has its headquarters; Members often suggest they're sending their watch "to Bienne" for service
    BPH: Beats per hour - measure of a movement's frequency; arguably the higher the number, the higher the precision
    CONUS: Continental United States (i.e. no Hawaii or Alaska). Used in sales form, as in "Shipping included within CONUS".
    COSC - Controle Officiel Suisse des Chornometres (organization that certifies watches as "chronometres")
    DJ: Rolex DateJust
    DRSD: Double Red Sea-Dweller (Rolex)
    Ed White: Omega Speedmaster 105.003, produced from 1963 to 1965. Last "pre-professional" Speedmaster without crown guards. Worn by Astronaut Ed White on NASA's first spacewalk.
    EXPII or GMTII: Rolex Explorer II or Rolex GMT-Master II
    Flip: A watch that's purchased and then sold for the express purpose of making a profit on the sale
    GP: Girard-Perregaux - swiss watchmaker
    GS: Grand Seiko
    Hulk: Rolex Submariner with green bezel and green dial
    JDM: Japanese domestic market - watch produced for Japanese market only
    JLC: Jaeger-LeCoultre - well respected Swiss watchmaker
    Kermit: Rolex Submariner with green bezel and black dial
    MUT: JLC Master Ultra Thin
    OF: OmegaForums
    OP: Original poster (first member to post in a specific thread)
    PAM: Officine Panerai
    PO: Planet Ocean (as in Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean)
    Pre-moon: Speedmaster made either 1) Prior to the moon landing being acknowledged on the caseback; or, 2) prior to the moon landing itself (pre-July 1969), depending on one's interpretation. I tend to favour the former.
    Pre-Professional: Omega Speedmaster with straight lugs, without crown guards or "professional" on the dial, produced in the 1950's and early-mid 1960's.
    RO: AP Royal Oak
    RSC: Rolex Service Center
    SD: Rolex Sea-Dweller
    SEL: "Sold end links" - as opposed to "hollow end links".
    SMP: Omega Seamaster Professional
    Spa: OF for "watchmaker". As in, "Here's my Speedy, freshly back from the spa"
    SubC: Rolex Submariner with ceramic bezel
    SW: Straight Writing. An Omega Speedmaster 145.022-69 with "The First Watch Worn on the Moon" written straight across the caseback - the first example of a Speedmaster acknowledging the moon landing on the caseback
    UG: Universal Geneve - much beloved, semi-defunct Swiss watch brand
    105.012-65 CB - Speedmaster with a case produced by 'Le Centrale Boites' (rare example with slightly different case shape). Used due to unavailability of cases by Omega's regular case manufacturer Huguenin Freres
    105.012-65 HF - Speedmaster with a case produced by 'Huguenin Freres'
     
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  2. gbesq Mar 20, 2019

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    OCOFM = Obsessive Compulsive Omega Forums Member

    Ok, I just made this one up but it accurately describes just about everyone on here, myself included. ::bleh::
     
  3. AJwala Mar 20, 2019

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    Wow. This is very much detailed. Thanks a tonne!
     
  4. AJwala Mar 20, 2019

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    Haha good one. We have to use this more often.
     
  5. Katana Mar 20, 2019

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    Recently saw this on the for sale forums for the first time. My guess is:

    OBRO = or best real offer?

    Please correct if I’m wrong. I’m guessing the seller has received low ball offers and is telling people to make more realistic offers.
     
  6. Taddyangle Convicted Invicta Wearer Mar 20, 2019

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    SDC = Speedmaster Decades Collection
     
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  7. Ree Mar 20, 2019

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    One more that's been happening a lot:
    FOMO - Fear of Missing Out
    When one buys BLNR at USD 16k (seriously I saw local dealers asking 16k) out of fear of it being discontinued.

    FYI BLNR's still here.
     
  8. Katana Mar 21, 2019

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    GM = Globemaster
     
  9. Apa Mar 21, 2019

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    RO: AP Royal Oak
    ROO: AP Royal Oak Offshore
     
  10. gatorcpa ΩF InvestiGator Staff Member Mar 21, 2019

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  11. eugeneandresson 'I used a hammer, a chisel, and my fingers' Mar 21, 2019

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    AND

    Biel: City in which Omega has its headquarters, which is the German version of the French name 'Bienne'. Said city is on the divide of French/German speaking Switzerland, and thus has two names, for the two languages that are present there.

    https://www.biel-bienne.ch/en/pub/biel_home.cfm
     
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  12. SpeedyPhill Founder Of Aussie Cricket Blog Mark Waugh Universe Mar 21, 2019

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    Related to anxiousness about LE - Limited Edition chronographs...
    FOMO versus JOMO ( fear versus joy of missing out )
     
  13. BenBagbag Mar 21, 2019

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    LE - Omega's term for a watch that has been mass produced (or Limited Edition for other brands) :D
     
  14. timjohn Mar 21, 2019

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    IMD = I miss dennis. He would have owned this thread
     
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  15. queriver Mar 21, 2019

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    Abbreviations and nicknames for Speedmasters incl some limited editions:

    "Speedymoon" = 1st Speedmaster moon-phase, 345.0809, 1985-88
    "Albino" = Speedmaster 40th anniv, white dial for Italian market, 3593.20, 1997
    JR = Speedmaster Japan Racing, 3570.40, 2004
    M2M = Speedmaster Moon-to-Mars, 3577.50, 2004-12
    "Speedyorite" = Speedmaster Apollo-Soyuz 35th anniv, meteorite dial, 2010
    "Silver Snoopy" = Speedmaster 45th anniv Apollo 13, white dial, 2015
     
  16. BenBagbag Mar 21, 2019

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    IDMD...

    There would be no air left in the room for anyone else to own this thread...
     
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  17. AJwala Mar 21, 2019

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    Wow, thats interested, 2 names for 2 types of language! thank you
     
  18. AJwala Mar 21, 2019

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    :( I didnt quite understand?
     
  19. AJwala Mar 21, 2019

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    Wow, this is really in depth, Only veteran like you in this field would know about this :)
     
  20. AJwala Mar 21, 2019

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    I just came to know about this short (FOMO) form 3 months ago, felt so old!
     
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