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how come no one's talking about this new 38mm Speedy?

  1. dinexus Dec 8, 2017

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    ...I don't recall seeing this variant in the general release at Basel this year – was it introduced in the interim? Love the styling – subtly updated with more depth and texture, the weird ovalized registers are gone, and the water resistance has been kicked up to 100 meters, which is awesome. Only nitpick would be the butterfly clasp and the 18mm lug width. Otherwise, it feels like a proper modern update in the spirit of the Moonwatch without going too overboard in either direction. I'd honestly choose this over the more ubiquitous sapphire sandwich if the sizing agreed with my wrist... Looks like I'm going to have to try one on next time I'm at Tourbillon in SF.

    • ref. 324.30.38.50.01.001 w/ Calibre 3330

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  2. tyrantlizardrex Dec 8, 2017

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    It replaces the old reduced line from the look of it... so... yeah... meh?
     
  3. rohnin Dec 8, 2017

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    I actually like this one, but just doesn’t have the history behind it I guess
     
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  4. oddboy Zero to Grail+2998 In Six Months Dec 8, 2017

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    It's like a ________, only smaller.

    (I'd post a video clip, but it's not in great taste. :)).
     
  5. nonuffinkbloke #1 Nigel Mansell Fan Dec 8, 2017

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    Your right! Moonwatch fanatics would say that!... and they would be right!... It aint a Moonwatch! And what makes it even more 'removed' is that, to some real Moonwatch fanatics, the 'Moonwatch' ain't a real 'Moonwatch'!

    Some of the 'die hard' fanatics on this forum might say that the 'Moonwatch' is really only a tribute to the 'Pre-Moon' Omega Speedmaster Professional references starting from the 105.012. (Which, let's face it, is the real, original, 'Moonwatch' simply because it is the only confirmed reference to actually land on the 'fakkin' Moon.):D
     
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  6. nonuffinkbloke #1 Nigel Mansell Fan Dec 8, 2017

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    "Bad taste" is an undervalued human right @oddboy!
    My Granny hid under the kitchen table with my Dad, during the blitz, as Hitler's bombs rained down on London so that you could enjoy the freedom to make jokes in "bad taste" and take the piss!... Go on!... go for it!:D
     
  7. watch3s Dec 8, 2017

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    so the reduced is back eh?
     
  8. kkt Dec 8, 2017

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    Why, what could be in poor taste about the tiny parking spaces in parking garages? ;)
     
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  9. dinexus Dec 9, 2017

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    I could never get over the wonky spacing on the Reduced, and was never one for all the moon hysteria, and just love this as a Speedmaster.
     
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  10. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. Dec 9, 2017

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    There was a post yesterday about it...
     
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  11. henrikaa Dec 9, 2017

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    For the Mrs., it would certainly be a good choice for a watch. :)
     
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  12. nonuffinkbloke #1 Nigel Mansell Fan Dec 9, 2017

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    Let's go with your bad taste theme @oddboy :D
    That's exactly what I thought when I tried one on my wrist in a watch shop. I liked it until I put it next to my 105.012-65.
    20170507_165913-1.jpg Then the 38mm watch did not look so impressive.

    To illustrate it works like this really:
    My friend Debbie (5 feet 6 inches or 1.68m tall) has lovely, big, natural boobs. 36DD
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    But as much as I love them, they can never compete with my (4 feet 10 inch or 1.48m tall) friend Toni's natural boobs. 34J....... like the original, old, Omega Speedmasters, they are in a class of their own.
    exTM21.PNG

    See what I mean here:
    https://www.fratellowatches.com/spe...ed-versus-speedmaster-professional-moonwatch/

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  13. watch3s Dec 9, 2017

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    i let mine go because of the tales of the service costs. the whole piggy backed module did make for a slightly odd case, even though it wasnt very tall in hand.
     
  14. tyrantlizardrex Dec 9, 2017

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    I just think it looks cheap, and dislike a date window on a Chronograph.

    That’s not to say they won’t sell eleventybillion units and make more money than I could imagine.

    Horses for courses.
     
  15. ac106 Dec 9, 2017

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    No, not really. This is a continuation of the ladies speedmaster line of 38mm watches. I bought my wife a white one a few years ago. Based on the 7750 movement.

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  16. Archer Omega Qualified Watchmaker Dec 9, 2017

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    The difference here is that the 3330 is a fully integrated chronograph, based on the 7750.

    To me this is more like an updated Speedy date, than an updated Reduced.
     
  17. ras47 Dec 9, 2017

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    Yup. IIRC, this size Speedy was targeted at women, or men with smaller wrists.
     
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  18. henrikaa Dec 9, 2017

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    :D:D:D OMG I’m dying!!!
     
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  19. henrikaa Dec 9, 2017

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    I actually found this picture of the Mrs. trying on the reduced in the Miami Omega Store (btw., they provide world class service):

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  20. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. Dec 9, 2017

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    That’s a Racing not a reduced.
     
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