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ninman
·I mean, not including any special editions, gold editions, racing editions etc. Just how many generations of speedmaster have their been in its direct lineage?
Cheers.
Cheers.
How many total generations of speedmaster have their been?
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M'Bob
·Speedmaster101
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Davidt
·Between 1 and 30ish depending on your definition.
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eugeneandresson
·Here is a good read. It only covers 321s and 861s. After those there are about 5 more (depending on your definition!).
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SpeedyPhill
·321, 861, 1861... and the rest 3861, etc... Depending on personal taste, the straight lugs Speedies look the best !
de gustibus non est disputandum
de gustibus non est disputandum
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spacemission
·What kind of speedmaster are you speaking about?
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GrouchoM
·∞
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ninman
·By my count there's been 7 generations. The original broad arrow, alpha hands, Ed white, first moonwatch, 861 movement, 1861 movement and now 3861 movement.
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BarbVl
·I think this is a trick question..😀
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STANDY
··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorThere is another manual movement your missing….
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Davidt
·To expand on my answer, it depends what you’re using to distinguish between generations.
Your example of 7 doesn’t take into account more minute changes and where you draw that line between a minor change and a ‘generation’ will inform the answer.
At the extreme end of the scale you could say each reference or sub reference is a generation but the changes can be fairly subtle to non existent.
Then again, it could also be said that there are generational changes within reference as the 2915 starts off with broad arrow hands and a steel bezel and finishes with alpha hands and a black bezel.
Your example of 7 doesn’t take into account more minute changes and where you draw that line between a minor change and a ‘generation’ will inform the answer.
At the extreme end of the scale you could say each reference or sub reference is a generation but the changes can be fairly subtle to non existent.
Then again, it could also be said that there are generational changes within reference as the 2915 starts off with broad arrow hands and a steel bezel and finishes with alpha hands and a black bezel.
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JimInOz
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ninman
·To expand on my answer, it depends what you’re using to distinguish between generations.
Your example of 7 doesn’t take into account more minute changes and where you draw that line between a minor change and a ‘generation’ will inform the answer.
At the extreme end of the scale you could say each reference or sub reference is a generation but the changes can be fairly subtle to non existent.
Then again, it could also be said that there are generational changes within reference as the 2915 starts off with broad arrow hands and a steel bezel and finishes with alpha hands and a black bezel.
Yeah I understand, which is why I class a generation as being the more major or significant changes.
The reason I asked is because omega themselves said that the 3861 is based on the 4th generation of speedmaster, which made me wonder which generation were currently on.
Which one?
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Omarrye
·Yeah I understand, which is why I class a generation as being the more major or significant changes.
The reason I asked is because omega themselves said that the 3861 is based on the 4th generation of speedmaster, which made me wonder which generation were currently on.
that’s what I’ll rely on then
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ninman
·Yeah but if the 4th gender was the 105012, which generation is the 3861?
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YYTIN
·You will get many different answers as it depends of the definition of what is a 'generation'. The production of speedmasters is running continuously for 65years so it has known many variations, evolutions.
You can check as mentioned Speedmaster 101 website to start with or buy the Moonwatch Only book for a larger/deeper review (594 pages !)
If you look at main models (not the special series, nor the Mark variations) here is a recap tab in the Moonwatch Only book :
When you come up with a conclusion, feel free to share it back with us here 😉.
Edit : just saw your post related to Omega own calculation. Fair point but I guess this is still debatable, their 'Marketing/Com' team does not surely want to send a too complexe message to the market 😀 The OF population can be a little bit more sensitive to what others would consider 'details'😗
You can check as mentioned Speedmaster 101 website to start with or buy the Moonwatch Only book for a larger/deeper review (594 pages !)
If you look at main models (not the special series, nor the Mark variations) here is a recap tab in the Moonwatch Only book :
When you come up with a conclusion, feel free to share it back with us here 😉.
Edit : just saw your post related to Omega own calculation. Fair point but I guess this is still debatable, their 'Marketing/Com' team does not surely want to send a too complexe message to the market 😀 The OF population can be a little bit more sensitive to what others would consider 'details'😗
