GADA (Exit watch?) Planet Ocean Summer Blue (Pic heavy)

Update:

Same GADA, different watch.



Sold the Summer blue and bought the third edition PO. Still 39mm, but different dial. Really love the black ceramic dial.

I didn't buy mine new and haven't actually seen the new PO, (although it's growing on me.)

At the time of the new PO release, I had started looking to buy another Summer Blue, after selling it in a fit of downsizing (it's my MO.)

So while I'm thinking about how great the Summer Blue was, up pops this new PO. Two things struck me: there was no 39mm, and the cost had gone up.

This gave my hunt a catalyst. While reviewing the 4th gen PO, I discovered that the 3rd gen had a black ceramic dial in 39mm, which I hadn't realized previously.

Your story about the LE liquid metal (https://stories.omegaforums.net/the-ultimate-planet-ocean-liquidmetal-1948-limited-edition/) had made me lust over this LE. I hadn't pulled the trigger mainly because of the cost, but it was rattling around in my brain. So when I saw the 39mm PO with a similar dial as the LE, that was a nice surprise.

As sometimes happens, at this exact moment my local watch shop got a 39mm black dial full set in for trade. I think it was $5200 and like new. So that was that.

Like I said, the new PO is growing on me. But I like the 39mm, even if it's a little thick. I don't feel the thickness, as it sits comfortably on my wrist. It's a screaming deal at pre-owned price and there are still like new ones available.

It's not my only watch, but I wear it almost exclusively, occasionally altering it with my new Speedmaster Apollo-soyuz 35th anniversary meterorite, which I also repurchased after previously owning and selling one (I sold it to partially pay for a retaining wall for my house.) I think the meterorite is the best speedy ever made, and I think the 39mm PO might be the best PO, black dial and Summer Blue.

A bit long- winded ☕, but you asked. 😉

Ps. I like the 8800 movement in the 39mm vs the 8900 in the 43. But this is already too long so I'll leave it there.

Here it is compared to a Speedmaster.



The PO sits tighter against my wrist due to the thinner caseback. The PO also had a flatter crystal.

Of course a Speedmaster may not be a dress shirt watch either, but the 39mm PO feels thinner than a Speedy and is much thinner than the 43mm PO.

Yep, and the same watch might not fit the same on different people. I've got a flat wrist with skinny bones, compared to @eugeneandresson who has arms like a gymnast.