Can’t wait. Got a lot of catching up to do.

 

Need a bigger coffee table..

 

This may still happen: https://omegaforums.net/threads/new-mwo-book-coming-in-2019.92271/

 

She’s not that generous... plus. She thinks all my watches cost “a couple of hundred quid”

 

The book was available on BaselWorld 2019 fair but I wonder if it has new (confirmed) information as it's about time Omega publishes a full confirmed list of Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and ASTP space-flown Speedmaster chronographs...

 

Anyone already received his/hers copie of A Moon Watch Story - The extraordinary destiny of the Omega Speedmaster

 

Haha

 

Apparently, the release date is in 2+ weeks? I’m yet to receive mine

 

The book was already available at BaselWorld 2019 ( see instagram @WatchBooksOnly ) and can be ordered via WatchPrint.com
http://watchprint.com/detail_fr.php?catID=11080&papID=watchprint

 

IMHO not the ultimate book on the Moon watch story as page 7 only mentions Mercury astronauts Schirra and Cooper having bought a personal CK2998 and we all know that Donald Slayton also had a personal Speedmaster at that time...
https://omegaforums.net/threads/new-reveals-about-the-nasa-space-program-watch-choice.42644/page-5

Maybe a few OmegaForum members have to join forces and print our own ultimate book on Spacefarers' wristwatches ?

 

Got mine today

 

A Moon Watch Story ... as promised a quick review on this book, by the authors of Moonwatch Only
In summary 122 pages history & spaceflight missions, followed by 100 pages showing the evolving models of the Speedmaster with a large photo of the front & dial of each watch and for most a smaller picture of the caseback.
I also like the fact it's about the size of older Omega publications, such as the Omega Chronicle, 50 years Speedmaster, 40 years A11 Speedmaster,... See photo.
Amazingly the authors didn't use the best available spaceflight photos (e.g. Black & White photos of Alaska II project watches used by Soyuz 25 & 26 crews to Salyut 6, while high resolution clear color photos are available )
Overall, the nice well-illustrated little book gets an 8.5/10
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Hmmm...May need to grab a copy...

 

What do you think about this one compared to the "Omega Speedmaster The Moon Watch" book? Is the moonwatch only book only contain the moonwatch or could I see more details about the other ones such as the automatic speedmasters, speedmaster moonphase (valjoux), speedmaster perpetual calendar, speedmaster mark X/X.X, and Omega chronograph etc?

 

Just snagged a copy on Amazon for £26. I’m suspicious it won’t tell me anything that Moonwatch Only hasn’t already so will post a comparison once I’ve pored over it.

 

Cool! I'll be waiting for that!
So what does the "moonwatch only" covers? Like the title, just moon watch? Or they also explains things beside the moon watch i.e. Speedy moon phase, split second, reduced, reduced LE/Special market, mark 2,3,4,4.5,5 etc?

 

I have the 2nd edition MWO. It has a very insightful introduction which goes into the history of the watch. Then it gets very informative but very dry - a couple of hundred pages focusing on literally every aspect and facet of the watch from the movement to the presentation box over its history, followed by another couple of hundred pages which focus on the particulars of each model (standard and LE) from the CK2915 up to the 60th anniversary reference. Then there is a shorter section focusing on certain variants, eg Alaska project, Ultraman, Holy Grail etc. There’s very little about moonphase and nothing about the reduced. There’s a lot of photography, some of which is stunning, but don’t expect 500-odd pages of eloquently-written prose.

 

I see.... So what book would you recommend that contains those speedies even including the diver speedy, speedy classics, speedy QP, digital speedys etc beside AJTT? The one on AJTT isn't quite that much info, I guess...

 

I’m not sure such a book exists, to be honest.

 

That's sad... And I wish that someday mondodec blog would be turned into a book later on as you can't trust clouds these days and all of sudden the database that we had are just gone poof!
I mean, it's sad to think that there's little documentation about these beauties...
I mean, the dial variation, hands variation, crown, etc.. Not even mentioning the one produced for American Market.