Everything You Need To Know About The New Speedmaster Moonwatch

Alfista88

Well said, queriver!

My first job out of college was a 2-year posting as a middle school teacher, as part of a teacher-placement program to staff public schools in low-income communities across the US. I remember showing up to my work first day, and finding there wasn't even a single text book available to use. All lesson plans & materials had to be created, then produced either from scratch, or tapping into professional networks.

I pursued a different career after my 2 years were finished, but several of my colleagues from that cohort chose to stay in education. Whether working as classroom teachers, or going into school administration or policy. I commend their continued passion for expanding access to educational equity across our country.

Our forum postings either for, or against the use of "human space missions", doesn't make any difference in effecting widespread public recognition of all the contributions that women have made toward science & space exploration.

Those who are truly impassioned to raise more public awareness and commemoration on the tremendous accomplishments of women crew members, will find their time is better invested on actions like launching or supporting blogs, special interest groups, or foundations. Posting on a luxury watch forum one's strong opinions of 'Human' vs 'Manned', doesn't yield any outcomes.

Personally, I've always preferred as minimal writing as possible on both dial & caseback. Decorations like a hippocampus on the caseback (I know, it's totally a different thing than the text) actually detract from the wrist-comfort of a watch for me. So my personal preference is for plain casebacks, like those on Rolex models, or see-through casebacks.

Haha, and for the tongue-in-cheek flair: time will tell when witty forum members begin to campaign for a "(S)He" helium escape valve text on Planet Oceans.

TLIGuy

What if someone on the Omega design team simply thought adding "IN 1965" was a nice update to the case back to compliment the aesthetic changes to the rest of the new watch? Maybe they are saying "Hey, it's a new watch and we have brought it up to modern specifications but its roots go all the way back to 1965 with its use by NASA"

While speculation is fun, I think sometimes we dig too deep into the weeds for answers there might not really be a good answer for.

Alfista88

Haha, and for the tongue-in-cheek flair: time will tell when witty forum members begin to campaign for a "(S)He" helium escape valve text on Planet Oceans.

queriver

those most affected by inequality, won't in any way be improved by a mere word change.

queriver

With the fun police in charge, Omega face many demands for cancellation:
LADYmatic -- gone, sexist
Limited editions -- gone, elitist
HERITAGE models -- gone, ageist
de Ville -- gone, elitist (excludes rural folk)
Bullhead -- not neutered, so off to the slaughterhouse it goes.
... and we'll all be wearing Mao suits.

pdxleaf

Bringing some small attention to the historical contributions of women in space shouldn't be upsetting. Wonder what it was like in the 1960's...

D Duckie

If you can remember the 60's, you weren't there.

Me personally, I can remember them only because I was born in that era.
As with all generations, each was different and governed by different social norms. Always evolving sometimes for the better sometimes for the worse.

SkunkPrince

And the rest of the country was not like California. All of those retrospective shows focus on California, and not everyone was like that.

During the "Summer of Love", for example, black people were being lynched in the South just because they wanted to vote and not be segregated.

So, I, personally, am angry with people who think the California experience was nationwide... because it wasn't.

pdxleaf

The Mercury 13 existed, were a group of immensely talented and experienced women who trained for flight and space travel when they faced active opposition.

The living women from the original Mercury 13 were thrilled in the accomplishments of the men and did not begrudge them. They just wanted to join them.