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Snooz
路As a new collector I find a Speedmaster as boring as a Daytona or other bland Rolex watches, why bother..
How Many Here Do Not Like the Speedmaster? Why?
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Rudi99
路Interesting topic. Was talking to a few friends and OF members about it recently.
For me, apart from the fact that most of them, with the exception of the FOIS (which I will admit it looks really cool) and the reduced (which I don't like much), are just too big for my wrist.
When it comes to general knowledge about them, there were so many similar references throughout the years, and I am not talking about limited editions or such, that I just get lost. Like some have already stated, I find the super technical tiny intricacies about the bezels, dials, hands, logos, stepped dials etc just a bit boring. Speedy lovers, please don't get offended, but to me they look almost all like the same watch! 馃
The fact that Omega produced so many different dial combinations for other watches in the 40s, 50s and early 60s really does it for me.
For me, apart from the fact that most of them, with the exception of the FOIS (which I will admit it looks really cool) and the reduced (which I don't like much), are just too big for my wrist.
When it comes to general knowledge about them, there were so many similar references throughout the years, and I am not talking about limited editions or such, that I just get lost. Like some have already stated, I find the super technical tiny intricacies about the bezels, dials, hands, logos, stepped dials etc just a bit boring. Speedy lovers, please don't get offended, but to me they look almost all like the same watch! 馃
The fact that Omega produced so many different dial combinations for other watches in the 40s, 50s and early 60s really does it for me.
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Braindrain
路Is it me, or does the movement look too small for the case? 馃榾
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Syrte
路They鈥檙e too big for me and I find them well designed but mostly I鈥檓 tired to see them everywhere so I find them a bit boring, except those that have unusual colors.
Whether it be those greyish patinas, bezels that have turned blueish or greenish, or funky rallye dials.
Whether it be those greyish patinas, bezels that have turned blueish or greenish, or funky rallye dials.
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DanT
路I like them ,however a friend of mine named the Speedmasters Pro like the VW Golf of watches. LOL.
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DanT
路The Golf analogy is interesting - the MK1 Golf Gti created a new class of sports car, and was famously over engineered. Innovative, well designed and high quality engineering in a mass produced item - not a bad description of the Speedmaster, and Omega at its height. It was so well engineered, it inadvertently became a tool for an activity far more demanding than the one it was designed for. The 561 callber series was another example of commitment to mass produced yet precise, high functioning engineering. Adopting the Co-axial shows Omega still has this in their make-up - although endless marketing variations of the Speedmaster less so.
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mydeafcat
路Oh yes...the incessant hype, the yammering on about this this Limited Edition or that Numbered Edition, Dark Side, Snoopy, the busy dial, the endless discussion over dot over under sideways down (great song, btw), the yes-to/no-to NATO straps, the end link musings, the hesalite sapphire sandwich cage match. Ed White, pre-moon, and good 'ole Mr. Schirra. And that price point!
Yes... all of that. I hated them. Until I didn't.
Tastes and knowledge are a process. They're unique, too, and that's what's so great about this community. If not for OF, I would perhaps never have appreciated the fascinating world of Speedmasters.
So, no, I don't like my Speedmaster at all. I love it.
Yes... all of that. I hated them. Until I didn't.
Tastes and knowledge are a process. They're unique, too, and that's what's so great about this community. If not for OF, I would perhaps never have appreciated the fascinating world of Speedmasters.
So, no, I don't like my Speedmaster at all. I love it.
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Dgercp
路It鈥檚 my pizza of watches. Can eat pizza every day and never get tired of it. And every time it puts a smile on my face.
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Risto
路I have had 5 different models of Speedmaster. When I fell in love with the design I didn't know anything about the moon story. It just clicked. Yes, it's a bit large when you prefer vintage sub 40mm watches. And long indices models are more attractive. But, there's something about them. Didn't like the reduced model because of subdials were too apart and the watch looked a bit out of balance. Don't like MKII style cases.
I know some watch enthusiasts who don't like chronographs generally. Even don't care about beautiful Heuer Carreras from the 1960s. They collect dress watches or divers. I am a chronograph guy. That's it. I wouldn't say the Speedmaster is the king, far from it, but I will always have one. Just in case. One is coming in the mail right now. And one will leave my home soon.
I know some watch enthusiasts who don't like chronographs generally. Even don't care about beautiful Heuer Carreras from the 1960s. They collect dress watches or divers. I am a chronograph guy. That's it. I wouldn't say the Speedmaster is the king, far from it, but I will always have one. Just in case. One is coming in the mail right now. And one will leave my home soon.
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M'Bob
路I don鈥檛 like them only because they鈥檙e so popular, and liking something that everyone else likes seems so...pedestrian.
Other than that, let鈥檚 see: the flat-lug cases are wearable for even smaller wrists; the legibility is unmatched; it鈥檚 got a great history; the flat-link stretch links conform to temperature changes; the dial design is practically Bauhaus; its robust as hell; and the movement is great. Other than that, I can鈥檛 stand them...
Other than that, let鈥檚 see: the flat-lug cases are wearable for even smaller wrists; the legibility is unmatched; it鈥檚 got a great history; the flat-link stretch links conform to temperature changes; the dial design is practically Bauhaus; its robust as hell; and the movement is great. Other than that, I can鈥檛 stand them...
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SmithSJ
路I have had 5 different models of Speedmaster. When I fell in love with the design I didn't know anything about the moon story. It just clicked. Yes, it's a bit large when you prefer vintage sub 40mm watches. And long indices models are more attractive. But, there's something about them. Didn't like the reduced model because of subdials were too apart and the watch looked a bit out of balance. Don't like MKII style cases.
I know some watch enthusiasts who don't like chronographs generally. Even don't care about beautiful Heuer Carreras from the 1960s. They collect dress watches or divers. I am a chronograph guy. That's it. I wouldn't say the Speedmaster is the king, far from it, but I will always have one. Just in case. One is coming in the mail right now. And one will leave my home soon.
I鈥檓 one of the guys who prefers the sub 40mm vintage and the simplicity of the original Heuer Carrera is fabulous. So no I don鈥檛 have a Speedmaster. And the Moon Watch doesn鈥檛 really excite me. But I have to admire it as an iconic watch and a stunning dial and stepped registers with some great movements over the years. The scale and dedication of the community that has built up around it demonstrates it鈥檚 endearing qualities.
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Wryfox
路I'll be honest, my speedmasters are just bling...chronojewelry. At my age I can't see a dang thing on it with all them skinny little hands and small dials. And if I'm reaching into my pocket for reading glasses to see better, I'm gonna pull out my smartphone instead with big fat numbers on it.
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mr_smith
路I don't have a dislike for the Speedmaster; the line has just never done anything for me like the Seamaster line has. My wife, however, has taken a real liking to them (especially the Mitsukoshi) and that gets me excited for the line in a tangential way... "...yes! Let's talk watches, please!"
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pdxleaf
路路"I cut it TWICE and it's still short!"I must say, this thread has been an absolute joy to read. Differing opinions all expressed in an amicable way. The best of OF.
Thanks for the thread, @Marsimaxam.
Thanks for the thread, @Marsimaxam.
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nonuffinkbloke
路Well I'm a life long guitar geek. I've had watches, but I've never bought a watch in my life. Somehow along the way, I got lumbered with this old Speedmaster by my Dad.
It was made back in the 1960's. It still tells me the right time and helps malfunctioning space craft get back home to Earth! What's not to love?
It was made back in the 1960's. It still tells me the right time and helps malfunctioning space craft get back home to Earth! What's not to love?
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Wombat123
路Well I'm a life long guitar geek. I've had watches, but I've never bought a watch in my life. Somehow along the way, I got lumbered with this old Speedmaster by my Dad.
It was made back in the 1960's. It still tells me the right time and helps malfunctioning space craft get back home to Earth! What's not to love?
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stevec14
路For me, I鈥檝e always had an odd relationship with the speedmaster. It started off as the watch you MUST own. So I鈥檝e had a few in trying to find that.
speedy pro
Ck2998 blue
Speedy trilogy
Apollo 17 45th (one regret I sold)
Ck2998 black
FOIS * 2
Apollo 8 dark side
none ever lasted, until I got the Apollo 11 at the end of 2019. Now it鈥檚 my favourite watch of all I鈥檝e owned and equally one which many more traditional speedy fans dislike.
Ive a feeling it鈥檚 the applied indicies, the lack of stark white hands and the much better (pivoting) bracelet that have won me over along with sapphire and ceramic. I also generally prefer the pro case over the straight lugs for some reason as I think the straight lugs wear wider across the wrist.
So, I don鈥檛 like them all, but I like the fact there are lots to choose from which means that I can find one I do like.
I suspect the next one may be an Ed white as I am obsessing over that currently.. A nice one/two punch with the Apollo.
speedy pro
Ck2998 blue
Speedy trilogy
Apollo 17 45th (one regret I sold)
Ck2998 black
FOIS * 2
Apollo 8 dark side
none ever lasted, until I got the Apollo 11 at the end of 2019. Now it鈥檚 my favourite watch of all I鈥檝e owned and equally one which many more traditional speedy fans dislike.
Ive a feeling it鈥檚 the applied indicies, the lack of stark white hands and the much better (pivoting) bracelet that have won me over along with sapphire and ceramic. I also generally prefer the pro case over the straight lugs for some reason as I think the straight lugs wear wider across the wrist.
So, I don鈥檛 like them all, but I like the fact there are lots to choose from which means that I can find one I do like.
I suspect the next one may be an Ed white as I am obsessing over that currently.. A nice one/two punch with the Apollo.
