I think the Omega mothership needs to stop smoking whatever they are inhaling these days, and get back to earth when it comes to their never-ending price increases!!
The entire industry is due for a reckoning IMO.
Personally I don't understand why people like the look of this one. But most really seem to find it attractive
I’m not sure I can quantify why, but I do just like this one. Kinda a gut feel sort of like. Might be the fully brushed tool watch vibe I guess.
won’t be buying it personally. Already spent way too much on other Speedies this year, but perhaps one to consider in a while on the cheaper secondary market
Another almost perfect Omega, almost…for always the same failure: THE THICKNES!
We will ever see a thin Omega? or we must way for another life?
Who cares about the thickness? This is a tool watch, not a dress watch. You want to see thick, try a Tudor Black Bay chrono. It's huge, but very wearable.
Err tool watches are supposed to have utility. This is a dull slow selling model in a pretty dress. It’s the 2025 version of that awful Ben Clymer homage to the Harlequin Mk 40 Speedy. Which itself was a homage to the Flightmaster.
Does this offer a pilot any more than any other 2 register chrono? No. But at least the squadron special version has some momento value for its owner. Should they engrave this one with Walter Mitty’s name and unit so the man in the street can pretend?
It looks like the included "Kevlar-reinforced" NATO will be available as a normal accessory soon. Unfortunately (for non Speedy owners) it says Speedmaster on the keeper. Shame, if Omega did a polyamide in the classic Admiralty grey, it'd be an instant buy for me. I don't like their polyester options.
