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rob#1
路The thing about the Speedmaster that bugs me is that I always find myself looking for new straps to stick on it 馃榿
How Many Here Do Not Like the Speedmaster? Why?
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omegamike
路This is quite the interesting read! Thanks for posting this question!
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eternalover
路I thought It just isn鈥檛 for me. I thought the dial too busy. It reminded me of a Rolex, and I don鈥檛 really like it in smaller sizes - it needs to fairly be big for the proportions to work. I would not find the complications of any value and they don鈥檛 add to the aesthetic for me.
However ,then I finally saw a black yellow combination on a tidy dial and I like it. I think there is one for everybody if you look.
However ,then I finally saw a black yellow combination on a tidy dial and I like it. I think there is one for everybody if you look.
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Perrier
路I used to dislike them but they've grown on me, and I may buy one next week.
Archie Luxury is usually too annoying to listen to, but his analysis of the typical speedy owner has some truth to it:
Archie Luxury is usually too annoying to listen to, but his analysis of the typical speedy owner has some truth to it:
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felsby
路路I don't see any option in settings or profileIt is far too big for my 6 陆" stick wrists. Make me a 36 mm version, I'm game.
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pkaye6
路When deployed overseas in the late 60s I decided to purchase my first nice watch. I narrowed my choices to a Speedy or a Sub. I purchased the Speedy. Lost it in a robbery in the mid 80s and found this almost identical replacement earlier this year. A 145.022-69. I guess I not one of the people here who don't like the Speedy! 馃榾
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sheepdoll
路I hate the price they sell for nowadays.
Even 30 years ago such was the most I ever paid for a watch at the time.
Nowadays I hate that I can no longer wear it everyday as the crystal is prone to scratching. There are chips on the bezel. The lume is falling out of the hands. I hate that I lost the correct back (which was engraved.) Now it has the wrong number on the inside case. The watch also needs a proper service. I hate that the service on it is now more than I can currently afford and the wait times are months long. That there are so few that I would now trust to work on such a watch. None local, that I can drop it off in person. If I were to have is serviced I would have to mail it somewhere.
I hate it so much, that I have several hundred watches, which I am not afraid to service myself.
Still I have it. I can look at it and admire it. My plush Snoopy toy seems to make for a good way to display it.
Even 30 years ago such was the most I ever paid for a watch at the time.
Nowadays I hate that I can no longer wear it everyday as the crystal is prone to scratching. There are chips on the bezel. The lume is falling out of the hands. I hate that I lost the correct back (which was engraved.) Now it has the wrong number on the inside case. The watch also needs a proper service. I hate that the service on it is now more than I can currently afford and the wait times are months long. That there are so few that I would now trust to work on such a watch. None local, that I can drop it off in person. If I were to have is serviced I would have to mail it somewhere.
I hate it so much, that I have several hundred watches, which I am not afraid to service myself.
Still I have it. I can look at it and admire it. My plush Snoopy toy seems to make for a good way to display it.
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pdxleaf
路路"I cut it TWICE and it's still short!"There are a lot of good reasons to not like, be annoyed with, tired of the Speedmaster. The Omega company itself is at times the most annoying to me.
But it's not just a watch to Speedmaster fans. It doesn't just tell time.
But it's not just a watch to Speedmaster fans. It doesn't just tell time.
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billythekid
路hi all. when i was around 5 years old, way back 60 years now. my abusiv e, alcoholic father , use to play, kaluki,. in the local pub. with a school of foreigners, ie, poles , ukis, russians as we are foreigners too. most times, he would lose he wages. but sometimes he would win............... now and then he would come home with a strange watch, geneves, connies, various makes of watches, etc, and one of these was, i distintly remember as an omega speedmaster. that i adored, due to its larger size. stunning black dial these were classed as , layons. ie, money in the pot. he kept it a couple of weeks. then for some reason it was never seen again. no doubt, it went back on the kaluki table. never to be seen again...................... the good old days;. AH. this is why i love the omega speedie. true story. sorry about the spelling
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Bukem
路I am much more in the Seamaster's and generally like the Speedmaster look. I think it is timeless and there are some beautiful examples. Having said that, A million different models, thousands of limited editions, this Swatch look-a-likes together editions etc.. It is like a VW Golf. There are millions, they do what they are supposed to do, some look cool, some not but in general you saw so many of them, that you never had the feeling that you miss something not having one.
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machamp6650
路I hate the price they sell for nowadays.
Definitely agree with this. I got into speedmasters relatively late, but still back when you could pick one up for around 3k AUD (less than 2k USD). It's hard to reconcile that with the value proposition of new models at RRP these days. Also, any time I've considered splashing out on an exotic or rare version (ST1 would be the grail) it's hard to entertain the idea of paying up to 10x as much for effectively the same watch. Might just be a perspective thing, like I've been conditioned to believe a speedy should cost only a few grand?
