Before I knew anything about Speedmasters. I only knew they were known as the Moon watch. I had purchased a Speedmaster Reduced before that and wanted the "real thing" so to speak.

My own research has given me confidence this could be a fine example, but I thought I would throw it to the wolves so to speak and see if you guys have any comments. I got the Extract last year and found it went to an interesting destination....Ethiopia.

The band is a 1171/1 and 633 ends. I put on the clear back, which is nice to look at.

Crystal is lightly polished but has Omega symbol, though can't be seen in pics.

Got a Timegrapher for Christmas, so including a pic of what I think is a very nice regulation(0,-1,+1,0,0,-1,+2), though a bit of BE(1.5)....not too bad for 50years.

It all appears right to me, except for the replacement band.

Given the values of these are increasing rapidly, I hesitate to wear it (choosing the Reduced instead).

 

Love the Ethiopia connection!

 

Don't be afraid to wear it! I wear my '67 regularly (although a TinTin is my go-to). Yours appears to have been well used in the past, and another scuff here or there will not detract. Enjoy it!

 

Enjoy it. You probably have more fun from a well used 145.012 than from a pristine one.

 

For instance, I thoroughly enjoyed wearing this 145.012:



But am rather apprehensive wearing this one:

 

A fine and desirable reference and watch! And it's getting more desirabler every day, but don't let that stop you from wearing it!

 

Hi Bart, Don't worry about wearing this one - sell it to me
What a beauty. No matter how seldom, wear in good health.

But am rather apprehensive wearing this one:

 

I encourage both of you to wear your watches every day. There is serious risk to leaving your watch at home or in the safe:

METEORITE CRASHES INTO HOUSE IN CONNECTICUT
http://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/10/nyregion/meteorite-crashes-into-house-in-connecticut.html
A six-pound meteorite about the size of a grapefruit hurtled out of the sky over Wethersfield, Conn., Monday night and tore through the roof of a house and its second- and first-floor ceilings. It crashed into the living room, and ricocheted through a doorway and into the dining room, where it came to rest at the end of a trail of plaster and splinters.

4.5 billion year-old meteorite crashes into Paris family home
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/sci...meteorite-crashes-into-Paris-family-home.html
A French family returned from holiday to discover a 4.5 billion year old egg-sized meteorite had smashed its way through the roof of their house in suburban Paris.

SNOOZE BUTTON SAVES INDIANA MAN AS TREE CRASHES INTO BATHROOM
http://www.krmg.com/news/national/s...crashes-into-bathroom/dWYToepsiZQnw0yw8rwvlO/
Raymond Bowling of Austin decided to sleep for a few extra minutes Wednesday morning, and that prevented him from being in his bathroom when a tree limb shot through the ceiling as severe storms moved through the area

Wear your calibre 321 premoon Speedies!!

 

I too have installed an exhibition back on my speedy. The 321 is the most beautiful.

 

Good god man, that's a beauty!

 

So I was going to ask what a TinTin is, then I googled it, and still don't get it. What is the origin of the name?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destination_Moon_(comics)

 

Agreed! Since I don't really wear watches to tell time(smartphone is glued to my other hand)...quite frankly I would prefer to wear a 321 with movement side up! Now you've got me thinking how to do this.....

 

Go for it.

 

Wear it and enjoy it, sir. I personally think the 67's is the most everyday-wearable 321 Speedy.