What a surprise ! What an event ! What an attention we've got from Omega... it was a Blast !
As a humble watch collector with a certain bias for Speedmasters, I've obviously filled the form on that #SpeedyTuesday
post, earlier on September 6th. To my biggest surprise, RJ contacted me same day and confirmed my name to be on the list among the others lucky winners - I can tell you, September and October were two longest months in my life !
I didn't know at all what to expect from such a day. I guess the only things I've been looking for were new contacts, good talks, infos about my favorite watches - Moonwatches - etc... Main goal : networking / all the rest : bonus and garnish.
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My expectations have been quickly exceeded and this happened already at the introduction speech of Raynald Aeschlimann, CEO of Omega. I quickly understood that this day was the first #SpeedyTuesday (and not the last !) event and HAD to be a blast (as per Mr. Aeschlimann), Omega hardly insisted on that and had the necessary means for that to happen.
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The visit of Omega archives was very interesting : incredible opportunity to literally touch the memory and history of a Brand like Omega was unreal. I've even got to find some binders related to my birth year and month - just so freaking cool !
📖 Also pleased to personally meet Sir Alain Monachon, Omega Archives manager - fun to see we're almost neighbors and hadn't met each other yet
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Petros Protopapas always have crazy stories to tell and I could spend hours on listening to him. I appreciated the Museum visit with comments on Omega history and no word on Speedmasters - there was enough Moonwatch-related infos to come ! Petros, we need to elaborate on your first wristwatch for ladies theory, I got some other counter-arguments to share !
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The venue or Jim Ragan was...
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👍 to everyone in the room I guess. I loved to listen the story of NASA RFP for the race for space. I really could feel this man to be proud of his choice for Omega and - fifty years later - he still believes he made the right choice by allowing Speedmaster to become THE Moonwatch. Huge thanks to Omega for that forum session. It was full of information, an incredible gift for any Speedmaster nerd.
I won't add much on the gifts we've all got. The engraved case back will stay with me forever - a gift of that kind was nothing anybody in the room would have expected to receive.
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Finally after all the official activities, the networking part I've expected from that day happened in a very pleasant location. A very nice dinner with other Moonwatch aficionados, obviously a lot of stories, experiences, watches, laughs etc. Thanks to all guys for sharing the passion, I've been very happy of that opportunity for putting faces onto nicknames and avatars - sharing a passion is even more exciting IRL !
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This day was by far beyond my expectations and my warmest thanks go to Omega for having made this happen and to Fratellowatches for having allowed me to be part of it.
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