Hands-On With The ‘Blue Side Of The Moon’ Omega Speedmaster Co-Axial Master Chronometer...

Happy New Year! Let’s kick off this first Speedy Tuesday feature with some awesome photos done by our very own Bert Buijsrogge. We received the Speedmaster Co-Axial Master Chronometer Moonphase “Blue Side of the Moon” recently, and we thought it would be fun to show you some details. Blue Side of the Moon It started […]

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Well, I could only see them on these pictures, not with the naked eye when wearing this watch, or even examining it up close. I am not looking for this kind of detail in a watch to be honest, and I also believe that at some point the technique would get too expensive to get this level of detail 100% correct to keep it 'sane'. The sub dial grooves probably make it very difficult to get the printing on the dial without these small overflows. I've seen worse, I should add as well. Also on watches that cost a multiple factor of this Speedmaster Blue Side of the Moon.

I see many watch dials, and many in macro shots by our photographer Bert Buijsrogge. Some brands leave glue remains around the hour markers (on production models, not even prototypes), bad printing, un-even engravings etc. If things are done by hand, I have a high tolerance, as I believe it is part of the charms. When a lot of things are automated, I am more critical. However, all in good 'common sense'. I don't expect flawless printing on grooved or granular sub dials when they are under a macro lens or microscope. A little anecdote: a tech company of which I shall not reveal its name has a couple of employees who ordered a NOMOS. They put it under a super expensive microscope that magnified to a crazy extent. One of the guys noticed a 'hair' or at least a dust pickle (or whatever it was) on the dial of his NOMOS. So he sends it back to NOMOS. NOMOS examines the watch, using their own microscopes and see nothing. So they report back they see nothing strange on the dial. The thing was just only visible using this high-end expensive microscope and the owner of the watch was actually upset. Where's the sense in that? If you like flawless stuff, don't get a product like a (partly hand-made) mechanical watch. Just buy an Apple Watch or check the time on your iPhone.

To answer your question, to me it is part of the charm that a watch isn't flawless or that no two watches are the same. I know many people think or feel otherwise, but especially those with OCD will have a hard time enjoying this passion for watches.