My son got a Speedy Pro

Been reading the forum for several months, first real post so I'll introduce myself.

My name is Eric, I'm a 31 year old design engineer living in Indiana. I've been a massive fan of Speedmaster Professionals since college. I went to Purdue University, alma mater of 23 astronauts, and always enjoyed watch spotting when they'd come back to campus.

We had our first child towards the end of 2015. Shortly after he was born my dad sat down with me and said "I'd like to buy Isaiah an Omega, would you mind taking care of it for a couple of years?". I was over the moon...get it? I'm planning on taking a picture of him and the watch at least every year until he's ready for it (high school graduation, college graduation, wedding, etc).



We picked it up at the boutique in Oak Brook, IL. Great experience, the service was wonderful and the employees were passionate about Omegas. I would absolutely buy from them again.



I've worn it nearly every day to work since bringing it home. If I'm honest, I was nervous about wearing it into such a conservative engineering department but I'm happy to say that no one notices it. Others may disagree, but for me, this is one of the best compliments of a nice watch. It seems to class up any outfit and yet not show off.



I know you gents like pictures so I'll continue with some that you've probably all seen a hundred times.



I also jumped on the NATO bandwagon. If I'm going to wear the watch everyday, I'd prefer not to ding up the bracelet. I purchased 5 straps off of www.cheapestnatostaps.com.



First impressions of the straps mirror what others have said. The nylon straps are certainly rougher than the Omega strap. The manager at the boutique mentioned that he has a couple of these and that they've scratched the back of his Speedmaster so I plan to put tape on the watch before wearing them. The surprise was the length, as you can see they are considerably shorter (~1 3/8"). I have skinny wrists so it's not an issue but I could see others possibly having issues. The leather straps are also very nice and look great. I've worn each of them 3-4 times and they are starting to stretch a bit and show some wear, which looks terrific.

If you're interested, here are the exact straps shown above:
http://www.cheapestnatostraps.com/products/brushed-premium-nato-strap-gray?variant=812838105
http://www.cheapestnatostraps.com/products/premium-nato-strap-olive-green-18-mm-20-mm-22-mm?variant=787284785
http://www.cheapestnatostraps.com/products/leather-zulu-strap-chocolate-brown20-mm-22-mm-24-mm?variant=275772680
http://www.cheapestnatostraps.com/products/leather-nato-strap-ny4?variant=6132670405
http://www.cheapestnatostraps.com/products/nato-strap-red-18-20-mm?variant=211477541

Cool! Enjoy taking care of your son's Speedy

Great story! And your son is already wearing it like the astronauts did!

You may want to consider getting another though. How will you ever part with this in 15-20 years time? 😉

Awesome story!

Cool story. I also bought a Speedy for my son in 2004. so time is ticking. But I forgot to shoot pics with him and the watch...

Btw: you can refresh the steel bracelet for little money. I paid 75€/$ last year. So just wear the watch as you like! May be your son will aprreciate your signs of wear!

Cute kid!

That speedy goes very well outside his rocket kick-suit 😁

Congrats to the both of you, very enjoyable write-up 👍

He's got two wrists you know - so don't be stingy: get him a Tintin Speedy for his second birthday as that would go well with that nice rocket suit. Wishing you and the little chap all the best and happy Speedy ownership.

Great introduction and story.
I did the same with a nos 70's ladies seamaster that I inherited and I'm taking care for my daughter. Fortunately for her, it looks tiny on my wrist, so see will be the first one to wear it! Here's her first wristshot three years ago:

Enjoy the speedmaster and welcome to the forum!

Totally agree.........a moonwatch is a watch of choice to pass for next generation (forget Patek........I wouldn't be proud wearing 70's style patek except Nautilus).

Very cool, but he'll probably want one for every birthday!! And kids love Snoopy

Part of the reason I'm getting a Speedster pro is for reasons you mentioned above... You can tell by looking at that is a really nice piece but it is understated enough in its design that it's not flashy but anybody that has a clue will have some respect for it. The other thing I love about it is how versatile it is. A simple strap change an make sporty or dressy and it easily fits the part in either setting.

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