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gbesq
·^I think you meant to say the 1863 movement. The hesalite version of the Speedy Pro uses the 1861 whereas the sapphire sandwich uses the 1863 which has a higher grade of finishing due to the display caseback.
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robinhook
·I am sorry - I do not agree. Here I like the display back very much - the 1861 is a beautiful movement compared to other ones. Every time I use this watch I have a llok at the movement...
Why not putting on a display back as an add on yourself?
It's definitely personal regarding how often to look at the display back... but I think it is safe to say that we look at the front a lot more. Also as an NASA fan, I think the engraving "Flight qualified by NASA for all manned space missions" is equally cool...
Not to say that sapphire is no good, it's just different from the hesalite, and each has its own characters.
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·Sapphire dome... Why can’t Omega do it???
The sapphire speedmaster has been out for quite some time now. I suspect that when omega originally released it, creating a domed sapphire like those mentioned was not possible at the time, or needlessly expensive. Now as technology has improved and made these crystals cheaper, others have begun to use them. As for why omega does not use them in the current sapphire speedmaster, I do not know.
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·Ok guys... I guess this is a rather rare opportunity so we don’t see much of this comparison on the internet. But I got a hold of a early production 2007 sapphire sandwich 3573.50, and compared it with my current production 2017 sapphire sandwich 311...006. The difference is shocking.
The shape of the crystal is significantly different, resulting the 2017 one having a evident “milking ring”, while the 2007 one looks almost like a hesalite crystal... I don’t think I need to tell you which one is which in the picture... stunning
I don’t know what to make out of that.. I can compare it later with my hesalite, to be continued...
The shape of the crystal is significantly different, resulting the 2017 one having a evident “milking ring”, while the 2007 one looks almost like a hesalite crystal... I don’t think I need to tell you which one is which in the picture... stunning
I don’t know what to make out of that.. I can compare it later with my hesalite, to be continued...
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·Ok guys... I guess this is a rather rare opportunity so we don’t see much of this comparison on the internet. But I got a hold of a early production 2007 sapphire sandwich 3573.50, and compared it with my current production 2017 sapphire sandwich 311...006. The difference is shocking.
The shape of the crystal is significantly different, resulting the 2017 one having a evident “milking ring”, while the 2007 one looks almost like a hesalite crystal... I don’t think I need to tell you which one is which in the picture... stunning
I don’t know what to make out of that.. I can compare it later with my hesalite, to be continued...
Although bizzare - thanks very much for the insights! 👍
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·Hesalite still the best of the three, but no idea why the sapphire would have got worse. Not so much milky-ring as mucus-ring 🤮
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axl911
·Ok guys... I guess this is a rather rare opportunity so we don’t see much of this comparison on the internet. But I got a hold of a early production 2007 sapphire sandwich 3573.50, and compared it with my current production 2017 sapphire sandwich 311...006. The difference is shocking.
The shape of the crystal is significantly different, resulting the 2017 one having a evident “milking ring”, while the 2007 one looks almost like a hesalite crystal... I don’t think I need to tell you which one is which in the picture... stunning
I don’t know what to make out of that.. I can compare it later with my hesalite, to be continued...
Oh wow. Seemed the shoulder of the 2007 crystal is more rounded and the 2017 is more squared.
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··Oooo subtitles!This last point is interesting. I have a sapphire crystal BroadArrow and can’t say I have ever found the look of the crystal distracting, indeed just can’t see the milky ring so perhaps some models show it more than others. I have other Hesalite Speedies too and can’t say there is much difference so perhaps mine is one of these early one too.
Can anyone show me where it is here?
Seems a pretty similar profile to the Hesalite too
Can anyone show me where it is here?
Seems a pretty similar profile to the Hesalite too
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··Oooo subtitles!Comparison with original 145.012 Hesalite, there is a difference, but it’s not IMO distracting in use:
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Yukatan
·The shape of the crystal is significantly different, resulting the 2017 one having a evident “milking ring”, while the 2007 one looks almost like a hesalite crystal... I don’t think I need to tell you which one is which in the picture... stunning
Oh wow, that's a cool side-by-side. You have a picture from the side? I want to see how different the dome shape is!
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MCG555
·Pretty clear wirh these comparison pics! 👍
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