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Bimmerman77
·I tried to love the speedy 4x lol. Kept buying bad selling them. Then I realized that I’m not a chrono guy
I want to love my Speedmaster, but I don't even like it...
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AAAKK
·Little known fact: Mick Jones wrote this song after failing to bond with his Speedmaster
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Screwbacks
·now i know what you want....
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drhombus24
·Yes - feeling shame. Yes, impulse. But purchased it grey so in for $4600 on the Sapphire Sandwich model with all the trimmings.
Don't really need a Chrono - do you? Besides, worried about its water tightness - those pushers feel not so hardy.
3 months
Bracelet and three leather straps / w deployants and then of course the NASA velcro and the Omega NATO that came with it.
Yes - see above. With 5 year warrantee from the dealer (no Omega warranty with grey market purchase).
I think I may have found the problem....
No disrespect for sapphire, but I do think your first speedy should be Hesalite. It’s a lot easier to love that way
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efauser
·I tried to love the speedy 4x lol. Kept buying bad selling them. Then I realized that I’m not a chrono guy
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BlackTalon
··This Space for Rentx2. And hesalite model + purchasing from a 'trusted reseller (not a true grey) = $3,900 and full Omega factory warranty.
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Undefeatable
·I've gone through 3 of them, all the hesalite versions. I drank the kool-aid that everyone was serving in the form of "Every collector needs a Speedmaster!". Found out that I don't, I don't really like them. I feel like in pictures, they look great and the history is even better. But for me, in the flesh, they are not my cup of tea.
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Fatcat
·Same story with the Speedmaster , I got first à Shapiro sandwitch during years sold without remorse, after get the BA from 69 sold without remose, after got a ST68 sold without remorse , now the 50Th not even remove from the box , I have really strange feeling with the speedmaster that I don’t have with all the others Omega I have , maybe not for me.
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Pun
·Darjeeling tea is for connoisseurs who either already have taste for it or have acquired taste to appreciate it.
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Bizcut1
·I tried to love the speedy 4x lol. Kept buying bad selling them. Then I realized that I’m not a chrono guy
This may be my fate...we will see.
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septentrio
·Trade it in for a nice vintage Constellation PiePan 👍
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PhilF
·x2. And hesalite model + purchasing from a 'trusted reseller (not a true grey) = $3,900 and full Omega factory warranty.
Agree. The only variation that would have distracted me would be the one with the Hesalite & display back. The classic "look" really goes away with a sapphire crystal. I still enjoy looking at my wrist and seeing exactly what Armstrong and all the other astronauts saw. Not only do I find the dial pleasing, balanced and ledgable, but it's just kinda neat to wear a piece of history. Shame that you have to buy the sandwich to get the display back. A bit expensive to add one, can't really justify doing it, haven't seen any of that variation on the used market, and really, one Speedmaster is enough for me.
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Spruce
··Sunburst dial fanI sympathise.
Your Speedy photos look great and I can easily understand that those of you who wear them are very much attached to them, and not just because they’re strapped to your wrists.
But I’m afraid I’m on the side of the heretics.
First, I find the sub-dials an irritant. Despite having owned a chronometer I found the multiplicity of dials obscured the clarity of the time. I never worked out what all the little dials were for, nor how the tachymetre dial worked or what it was for. I’m afraid I just couldn’t be a**ed.
Second, I do like an automatic watch, particularly if it’s one I can also wind when necessary. Much as I like Seiko automatic movements, I find the fact that they don’t wind a nuisance.
I have pretty good long and near eyesight for a 70 year old but the reason I wear a watch is to check the time and, on occasion, the date. If ever I feel the need to wear a watch to remind me of the day of the week I’ll happily sign a power of attorney and let the kids put me in a home.
Your Speedy photos look great and I can easily understand that those of you who wear them are very much attached to them, and not just because they’re strapped to your wrists.
But I’m afraid I’m on the side of the heretics.
First, I find the sub-dials an irritant. Despite having owned a chronometer I found the multiplicity of dials obscured the clarity of the time. I never worked out what all the little dials were for, nor how the tachymetre dial worked or what it was for. I’m afraid I just couldn’t be a**ed.
Second, I do like an automatic watch, particularly if it’s one I can also wind when necessary. Much as I like Seiko automatic movements, I find the fact that they don’t wind a nuisance.
I have pretty good long and near eyesight for a 70 year old but the reason I wear a watch is to check the time and, on occasion, the date. If ever I feel the need to wear a watch to remind me of the day of the week I’ll happily sign a power of attorney and let the kids put me in a home.
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Evitzee
·Same story with the Speedmaster , I got first à Shapiro sandwitch during years sold without remorse, after get the BA from 69 sold without remose, after got a ST68 sold without remorse , now the 50Th not even remove from the box , I have really strange feeling with the speedmaster that I don’t have with all the others Omega I have , maybe not for me.
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BlackTalon
··This Space for RentBut I’m afraid I’m on the side of the heretics.
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Evitzee
·First, I find the sub-dials an irritant. Despite having owned a chronometer I found the multiplicity of dials obscured the clarity of the time. I never worked out what all the little dials were for, nor how the tachymetre dial worked or what it was for. I’m afraid I just couldn’t be a**ed.
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PhilF
·If an owner of a chronograph doesn't know what the subdials are for and how to read them, or even bother to learn, it is obvious he is not a customer for a chronograph. It's like buying a car with a manual transmission and then complaining that it is too complicated to drive when all he wanted was a car with an automatic transmission to go from point A to point B as simply as possible. It is up to a buyer to know what his needs are and act accordingly, a Speedmaster in this case was inappropriate from the get go. It was the wrong product.
I'm 72, been wearing chronographs for years. Recently retired as a Biomedical Technician, found multiple uses for a chronograph in that field, including verifying timer accuracy on centrifuges, it sure beat carrying around a stopwatch, not for everyone, but in some fields, very useful. The tachymetre scale is very useful for checking automotive speedometers. It's a tool watch, sure came in handy on Apollo 13. I also use it for timing actual travel time on trips. An attractive, functional & accurate tool that for me has the additional cachet of historical significance.
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Evitzee
·I'm 72, been wearing chronographs for years. Recently retired as a Biomedical Technician, found multiple uses for a chronograph in that field, including verifying timer accuracy on centrifuges, it sure beat carrying around a stopwatch, not for everyone, but in some fields, very useful. The tachymetre scale is very useful for checking automotive speedometers. It's a tool watch, sure came in handy on Apollo 13. I also use it for timing actual travel time on trips. An attractive, functional & accurate tool that for me has the additional cachet of historical significance.
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PhilF
·Absolutely agree, for most, an automatic with a date is more than adequate and money better spent. There's no logic in having a tool that goes unused, unless, of course, you just enjoy having it.
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Evitzee
·Absolutely agree, for most, an automatic with a date is more than adequate and money better spent. There's no logic in having a tool that goes unused, unless, of course, you just enjoy having it.
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