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Ever hallucinated a model of Omega watch and been convinced it was real?

dsio
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I was writing something and started going on about this titanium Speedmaster, with a traditional subdial layout, either a Cal 1861 or Cal 3313/3306 in titanium with a blue bezel and dial, and I was absolutely certain that it existed and that I had seen one of the damned things. But after hours of searching online I can only guess that it was a figment of my imagination the whole time, which is odd because I’ve even mentioned it to collectors in the past and had them go “Oh yea I like that one too”.

I legitimately thought it was something between the Solar Impulse 321.90.44.52.01.001 and the 311.90.44.51.03.001 Cal 9300… but apparently it was all just a hallucination and it never existed at all.

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Foo2rama
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If only I could manifest into my watch box.

What more often happens to me is I see a wierd 90's era piece that I think there is no way that can be real...
 
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It’s called wishful thinking

Yep.

In the past three years I've experienced regular hallucinations of a curious and persistent kind: that an Omega I've long had a deposit on has miraculously found its way onto my wrist.

Then I wake up, and check my email...
 
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Meme-Dweller Meme-Dweller
I was sure there was a 2nd gen Planet Ocean GMT with an orange alu bezel, but it was just a sample model that aBlogtoWatch reviewed that Omega later decided not to produce. I just happened to have read the article a while back and never looked into it again. Damn shame!

https://www.ablogtowatch.com/omega-seamaster-planet-ocean-gmt-watches-hands-on/
Yea there have definitely been a few Baselworld releases in years long ago that were demonstrated but never made it to production, there are also some prototypes that ended up being changed a lot before production like the Aventurine Speedmaster Moonphase which had a rather unique ridged bracelet design that never saw its way into customer hands
 
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I hallucinated that Daniel Craig was wearing a white dial speedy and I read about it on Fratello. Crazy
 
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So many watches looked at over the years.
Went down a rabbit hole looking for a watch a few months back….hours

Week later and looking at old IPad photos and I had a picture of it.

Two days later couldn’t find it anywhere on iPad

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pdxleaf
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Not a hallucination but instead a dream. Not a watch but cars.

I've had dreams where I find a car or truck that I sold long ago. But in my dream, I suddenly see it in a garage or storage and think, 'OMG, I still have it! I forgot I stored it here and it's been here the whole time!'

I start to wake up and begin questioning the logic of a forgotten storage, which is when I sadly realize it's not real and the car vanishes.

Not the same as your topic, but what's a little thread drift between friends?
 
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pdxleaf pdxleaf
Not a hallucination but instead a dream. Not a watch but cars.

I've had dreams where I find a car or truck that I sold long ago. But in my dream, I suddenly see it in a garage or storage and think, 'OMG, I still have it! I forgot I stored it here and it's been here the whole time!'

I start to wake up and begin questioning the logic of a forgotten storage, which is when I sadly realize it's not real and the car vanishes.

Not the same as your topic, but what's a little thread drift between friends?
This happens to me often as well.
 
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Foo2rama Foo2rama
This happens to me often as well.
I'm sorry.
 
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