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I want to love my Speedmaster, but I don't even like it...

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Nothing wrong with your perspective. Different strokes, as they say.

For years I had a number of tool watches and chronos, then went to diver watches for the dial simplicity. A Speedy has always been on my 'want' list (and I'm itching to post a WTB for a specific one), though it might not be my daily wear. I'll never know until I start the day with it.

Agree with the OP, though. Manual wind can be forgotten during a rushed morning - and I'm no morning person! If I'm wearing a manual, it's usually wound once I'm at work and have a quiet moment.
 
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Nothing wrong with your perspective. Different strokes, as they say.

For years I had a number of tool watches and chronos, then went to diver watches for the dial simplicity. A Speedy has always been on my 'want' list (and I'm itching to post a WTB for a specific one), though it might not be my daily wear. I'll never know until I start the day with it.

Agree with the OP, though. Manual wind can be forgotten during a rushed morning - and I'm no morning person! If I'm wearing a manual, it's usually wound once I'm at work and have a quiet moment.
Speedmaster Moonwatch is a great daily watch. It’s sturdy and looks good on bracelet and also on different straps. I normally wound at night when I take it off. You may set any time that suits you to wound them. It takes less than a minute to wind your daily manual wound watch.
 
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Yep, sell it move on life is too short.
Seamasters have a good history too. Bond, Royal Navy etc. Try that, they are very legible and have date.

Yes - have the new Seamaster 300m and absolutely loving it.
 
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What the hell are you talking about???? this is the most ridiculous set of gripes I have ever heard from a card carrying Omega forum member.
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NOW! drop and give me twenty and put that watch back on your wrist PLEBE!

Is that better?

Sir, yes Sir!

(feel MUCH better! Thanks!)
 
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NGO1 ngo516
Fact is:
if you DON’T love your SpeedMaster, you don’t love your country. If you don’t like a manual movement, you certainly don’t love God!

Can I get an Amen!

AMEN!

Signed,

The Heretic.
 
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Dan S Dan S
Any PMs yet?

I was gonna say something on those lines....


STANDY STANDY
Those hands with the bits missing in the middle annoy me even more.

To each their own but I can't get past that feature myself.
 
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It is interesting you purchased a watch that was hard to read, etc. Did you buy it just because of the history or the constant exposure? My entry into Omegas started with a PO, even though I thought Speedmasters were the proper way of doing it. But when I had a modern speedmaster side-by-side with the PO (and a couple of other models), I just did not get the attraction. After a little bit of time I came to appreciate the vintage speedmasters, as they seemed to have 'soul' compared to the new ones. And then some LEs caught my eye. Today I have a half-dozen or so speedmasters, including a 'regular' modern pro. And that modern pro stays in it's box, in case my son would like to have it in another dozen years. But I have no desire to wear it myself, as the '67 and LEs easily beat it out for wrist time.

One thing most people learn for themselves, no matter how often strangers on a forum tell them, is to buy what you like. And the best way to do that is to handle watches that catch your interest, so you can check how easy they are to see, wind and adjust, how they feel on the wrist, etc.
 
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And the best way to do that is to handle watches that catch your interest

This is good advice right here. I personally have sold every watch I have ever purchased without seeing first.
 
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W watchfisher
Nothing wrong with your perspective. Different strokes, as they say.

For years I had a number of tool watches and chronos, then went to diver watches for the dial simplicity. A Speedy has always been on my 'want' list (and I'm itching to post a WTB for a specific one), though it might not be my daily wear. I'll never know until I start the day with it.

Agree with the OP, though. Manual wind can be forgotten during a rushed morning - and I'm no morning person! If I'm wearing a manual, it's usually wound once I'm at work and have a quiet moment.

I wind mine every evening at happy hour. It is a ritual. Scotch and soda, wind my Speedy, all is good with the world!
 
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I've had it for three months...never had one before. Here are my gripes:

1. The manual winding. Cannot bond with it. I know I should learn to enjoy the ritual of winding it each morning - blah, blah, blah - it's a PITA.

2. The face is too busy for me and there is no date. When I look down I have to search a bit for the time - a lot of hands. Too many notes, Mozart.

3. Did I mention the hand winding is a non-starter for me? I had no idea how much I would dislike it.

Possibly things to take under consideration before buying? 😗
 
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Just curious: if winding a watch is a pain in the ass, how do you feel about flossing your teeth?
 
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M'Bob M'Bob
Just curious: if winding a watch is a pain in the ass, how do you feel about flossing your teeth?

I'm not a dentist, but I believe that if flossing your teeth causes a pain in the ass, you're probably doing it wrong.
 
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M'Bob M'Bob
Just curious: if winding a watch is a pain in the ass, how do you feel about flossing your teeth?

Just kept forgetting. I'd look down and the darn thing had stopped. Now, I realize that it's operator error and no mystery who the operator is, so I will own that. It's not you, it's me.
 
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It is puzzling to me how a fair number of watch aficionados/collectors have come to feel that spending 30 seconds a day to wind a watch is a PITA and an unacceptable intrusion into their lives that spoils the enjoyment of the piece. And it leaves out a whole swath of interesting, beautiful and functional pieces (vintage and new). To each their own, of course, but it just seems weird and a real constriction to the chosen hobby.
 
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2. The face is too busy for me

Well you obviously have no appreciation for it's "busy" face mate! 😡

What the 'fakk' are you gonna do when your capsule electrics are playing up... and you've gotta time a booster rocket burn to the second..... just to get back on course to Earth? ....Eh?😡
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There is a reason there is lots of watches out there to buy. Not everybody likes the same watch

I like the manual wind Speedmaster because I can wind it up every morning before i get ready for work and know it is wound up (I love hand winders so I am used to winding the watch up each morning.

It is automatic watches I am not a fan of. Me being a fat as$ and working a desk job means most of my automatics seem to stop in the middle of the day.

If you like the Speedy look, then look into one of the automatic Speedy watches. The Speedy Racing watch is very easy to read at a glance.

Oh since we are mentioning watches we dislike, I hate the Seamaster Ploprof. It is an ugly looking watch that looks like a 3rd grader with no artistic talent whatsoever drew it. The thing looks like it should be worn instead of a shield during a Renaissance Festival sword fighting tournament and what is with those hands? Blah
 
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There is a reason there is lots of watches out there to buy. Not everybody likes the same watch

I like the manual wind Speedmaster because I can wind it up every morning before i get ready for work and know it is wound up (I love hand winders so I am used to winding the watch up each morning.

It is automatic watches I am not a fan of. Me being a fat as$ and working a desk job means most of my automatics seem to stop in the middle of the day.

If you like the Speedy look, then look into one of the automatic Speedy watches. The Speedy Racing watch is very easy to read at a glance.

Oh since we are mentioning watches we dislike, I hate the Seamaster Ploprof. It is an ugly looking watch that looks like a 3rd grader with no artistic talent whatsoever drew it. The thing looks like it should be worn instead of a shield during a Renaissance Festival sword fighting tournament and what is with those hands? Blah

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Thank God, I am not the only one. Just didn’t want to say it first
 
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nonuffinkbloke nonuffinkbloke
Well you obviously have no appreciation for it's "busy" face mate! 😡

What the 'fakk' are you gonna do when your capsule electrics are playing up... and you've gotta time a booster rocket burn to the second..... just to get back on course to Earth? ....Eh?😡


I guess I will be fakked.
 
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M'Bob M'Bob
Just curious: if winding a watch is a pain in the ass, how do you feel about flossing your teeth?


Did you thay thomething?
 
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I had a Speedy in the 70's, kept it until 1994, it was looking somewhat worn & yes, shabby, I was just starting a new job/career and money was tight. It also was in desperate need of (expensive!) service, a jeweler made me, what I thought at the time, was a ridiculous offer (high!) Of $1000, so it sold it. Been kicking myself ever since as it was the best-looking, most accurate watch I'd ever owned (other than my Accutron Spaceview, which I've also recently replaced) So after retiring and with the 50th anniversary of the moon landing coming up, I really felt the need for another Moonwatch, in July, as close to the 20th as I could manage, I got a new Speedmaster, full kit, from my AD. Very pleasant experience, good discount and service, been wearing it pretty much constantly since then. It been, for me, a renewal of a friendship, wind it every morning, a ritual, it's been accurate to about +1 sec a day (ever since I demagnitized it, you need to check this periodically with a Speedmaster) I never found it hard to read, NASA has found it readily readable for 50+ years. All that being said, I do occasionally miss having the date function, and would like it to hack. So, if you haven't been able to bond with a Speedmaster in a similar way, accepting it's few deficiencies and loving it's history, appearance and unique qualities, then sell it or trade it on something you can. It's a distinctly different watch from most offered today, don't beat yourself up, just move on.
Fully realizing my Speedmaster is not a real "daily driver" due primarily to the aluminum bezel and softer crystal, it will become my dress watch on a leather/deployant band. I'm going Thursday to look at a SMP300 (most likely the blue one) with sapphire crystal, date and ceramic bezel to become my everyday watch, but I'll still enjoy winding & wearing my Speedmaster as well. I wish you luck in finding a watch you will enjoy every time you wear it, my Accutron guy has a saying: "The most expensive watch you'll ever own is the one you bought instead of the one you really wanted "
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