Live with Omega #SpeedyTuesday

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Did they say how long the postponement of new releases will be?
 
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@MTROIS Omega acknowledged all new releases are postponed due to the worldwide Covid-19 situation... so we'll have to wait !
I heard no ST3 in 2020 (already mentioned multiple times) but did not hear the part with postponing launches of other releases?
 
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#SpeedyTuesday April 7, 2020 will be the 2nd of these Instagram live streams with Omega
This time with astronaut Terry Virts, veteran of space shuttle mission STS-130 and Soyuz TMA-15M to the ISS for a 199 days stay between November 2014 and June 2015...
https://www.instagram.com/omega/?hl=en
 
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#SpeedyTuesday April 7, 2020 will be the 2nd of these Instagram live streams with Omega
This time with astronaut Terry Virts, veteran of space shuttle mission STS-130 and Soyuz TMA-15M to the ISS for a 199 days stay between November 2014 and June 2015...
https://www.instagram.com/omega/?hl=en
Met Terry Virts at the SpeedyTuesday NYC GTG and he is a great speaker!! Looking forward to this event... 馃憤
 
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Looking forward to it... Note: a bit later TIMING starting at 3:30 PM CET - Central European Time
 
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I unfortunaly was stuck in a meeting...would anybody who tuned in care to summarize? Thanks!

Middle age men talking about Speedmasters 馃憤
 
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In summary: 30 minutes
Short introduction by Petros Protopapas stating there'll be more of these Instagram Live video stream events
Astronaut Terry Vits talked about using the alarms on the X-33, and Mission Elapsed Time, Houston Time etc...
CEO Raynald Aeschlimann confirmed the ease of daily use of the Speedmaster on Earth, wearing his ST2 ...
 
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Next week, April 14th is a #SpeedyTuesday in the midst of the 50 years Apollo 13 week ...
IMHO the excellent & only opportunity for Omega to present the look of the 50 years Apollo 13 tribute Speedmaster chronograph... of course in cooperation with some great photos at the Omega website and Fratellowatches.com
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Don't know if this might happen as Rolex & Patek have announced there'll be no new product announcements in 2020 !
An opportunity for Omega ?
 
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IMHO the excellent & only opportunity for Omega to present the look of the 50 years Apollo 13 tribute Speedmaster chronograph

You have been forecasting this release for each and every Omega announcement since the beginning of the year - and after last week's confirmation that new releases will be postponed, I think this will be another 0-for
 
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Indeed 馃 ... but some people are waiting for it and Omega could shine in a time of wristwatch quitness 馃憥
 
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Can these events be watched after they take place?
 
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Can these events be watched after they take place?

Yes - once the live event finishes, it becomes an IG "story" which is available for 24 hours.
 
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Yes - once the live event finishes, it becomes an IG "story" which is available for 24 hours.

Thank you. Didn鈥檛 realize it was for 24 hours only.
 
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@Robert-Jan, is there a way reach out to Mr. Protopappas and ask whether possible please to re-post this Speedy Tuesday story as a persistent story (similar to some of the other stories or commercials that are posted), or, perhaps add to YouTube? I lost my connection during the event itself, and didn't get the chance to get back on until yesterday at which point it was gone. The discussion was fascinating early on, and I would love to see the rest. I suspect others may also enjoy the opportunity to catch up. Thank you!
 
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@Robert-Jan, is there a way reach out to Mr. Protopappas and ask whether possible please to re-post this Speedy Tuesday story as a persistent story (similar to some of the other stories or commercials that are posted), or, perhaps add to YouTube? I lost my connection during the event itself, and didn't get the chance to get back on until yesterday at which point it was gone. The discussion was fascinating early on, and I would love to see the rest. I suspect others may also enjoy the opportunity to catch up. Thank you!

Seconded.
 
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I don't have a smart-phone and anticipated the event on my desktop & laptop... FireFox browser with add-on didn't work on either machines.
The Google Chrome browser with the IG-stories for Instagram Add-In worked great and I even managed a few screenshots of Mr Protopapas talking about the 207 days 12 hours spaceflown Omega Speedmaster of Russian cosmonaut Talget Musabayev
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I grabbed some pictures of the Talget Musabayev Speedy when I visited the old museum in 2016.
I am a bit OCD, so normally torn when leaving scratches / marks etc on any watch... but I know they tell the life story and I don't think anyone should put this one in for polishing :0)
 
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I grabbed some pictures of the Talget Musabayev Speedy when I visited the old museum in 2016.
I am a bit OCD, so normally torn when leaving scratches / marks etc on any watch... but I know they tell the life story and I don't think anyone should put this one in for polishing :0)

WTF is all over the watch? Did he have to use tape to hold it together or something? If so, not a ringing endorsement for Omega quality...