Gentlemen.... Thoughts On

Out of those two I definitely favor the Gemini, (i like how the blue pops), although both are beautiful. I've definitely been considering one for a while, but have since burned through my watch budget on other purchases. Noted japanese sellers, Big and Sab, have them in straight auctions fairly often.

Robert, I guess like anything else its the price he was willing to part with it, that prohibited him from selling it. I see these sell for 3k+ recently in auctions, like this one w. box and papers: http://www.ebay.com/itm/400447766254?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

Here is my favorite modern iteration of the Speedmaster. Although it was only in production for 1 year, its certainly not an LE. Here is one ending soon for 2800 with no bidders from an omega forum recommended seller, in a complete set. For your consideration:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/151025797934?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

Otherwise, I'll be keeping my eyes open for either model, for you.

Regards,
Kendrick

I'd like to cite good taste as the commonality😉. I'm right there with you, the Gemini will definitely be my next Speedmaster... That said, I unfortunately have more pressing items that need to be saved up for and purchased coming up 🙁. So it will have to wait.

Having just bought both, the answer is easy.
Buy both!

If you're not squeamish about going down the "custom" path, I think that something like this could be a great option:

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f20/new-custom-sapphire-blue-speedmaster-professional-589115.html

I actually agree with this post in that the silver bezel looks a little bit better. The owner has also taken some amazing pics of his creation.

What is everyone thinking about the dials you can get for them. Like a standard 3570 like mine and switch the dials out? im a sucker for all original sutff but with the speedys im not sure it makes sense especially if im truly going to wear them. Thoughts?

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