October 5th 2020 - Snoopy Celebration

scapa

Fair enough, and I tend to agree. I'm not sure how often I'll actually "watch" the animation at this point, although I know my kids love it, but I can easily imagine being delighted when I do. And for all those other occasions, I'll rely on the movement, the 3-dimensional effects of the dial, applied indices, striking colour, enamelled inlay, etc. And if all else fails, I won't pony up the balance for the watch or will move it along.

I guess I'm saying that the combo of elements in this Snoopy that appeal to you should ideally outweigh those that don't or that actively turn you off. I feel like I made that mistake with the Speedy Pro, and remedied it with the FOIS, which has a balance of virtues I prefer, although I can certainly imagine (and read about a thousand pages worth of opinions from) others being happier going the other way.

I also feel like the line between "charming" and "kitsch" can seem alarmingly thin. Having discounted the recent Speedy LE after absorbing the endless "Buzz Butt" commentary I got to handle one a few weeks ago at an event. It's really beautiful in the metal, and I honestly barely noticed the floating Buzz until I looked for it, and when I did it was the quality of the workmanship rather than the fact I was staring at an arse in space through a loupe that struck me. So, charmed when I expected to be kitsched.

So am I counting on gazing at the back of a Snoopy 3 every morning as I wind the watch? No, but I fully expect to be charmed when I do, and that plus everything else I like about the watch make it worth it for me at this point, despite the extravagance of the outlay.

Evitzee

Whether it's cute, charming or something else I don't think anyone should get too fussed over how many seconds Snoopy is doing this or doing that, when he appears or disappears, or it's relationship to earth, etc. It's just a fun complication, don't overthink it. For instance, the only view of earth that a human would see that particular rotation of the planet is looking straight down on the north pole, and the actual rotational speed would be 1/1,440 of that shown on the back (60 minutes x 24 hours). That view has no importance to space travel, the disc is there only to show a moving earth in the sky, albeit at a greatly increased speed.

STANDY

Ummm...well Snoopy would be going the other way to earth wouldn’t he, for people to really value the critical 14 seconds. 😉

omegabruh

Anyone have any ideas on when they will start delivering these watches? Would love to take this on my vacay end of Nov

omegabruh

Anyone have any ideas on when they will start delivering these watches? Would love to take this on my vacay end of Nov

omegabruh

Anyone have any ideas on when they will start delivering these watches? Would love to take this on my vacay end of Nov

Evitzee

Whether it's cute, charming or something else I don't think anyone should get too fussed over how many seconds Snoopy is doing this or doing that, when he appears or disappears, or it's relationship to earth, etc. It's just a fun complication, don't overthink it. For instance, the only view of earth that a human would see that particular rotation of the planet is looking straight down on the north pole, and the actual rotational speed would be 1/1,440 of that shown on the back (60 minutes x 24 hours). That view has no importance to space travel, the disc is there only to show a moving earth in the sky, albeit at a greatly increased speed.

H hb8745

I think it does matter for some people at this price point. If you are buying this as a peanuts fan, then sure it probably won't matter to you. However, if you're buying this as a space/NASA/Apollo 13 fan, then it might start to get annoying after a while. They are marketing this watch entirely around the flight path of the spacecraft's safe return, so I would expect that there's some accuracy there... (the flight path on the strap, snoopy award, caseback, etc). Wasn't the whole campaign centered around the accuracy of time, and the importance that had on the successful flightpath? At $10k USD, its not exactly a cheap watch and when you decide to price it there along with the NASA positioning, you lose the option of just ignoring specifics and creating only a "fun complication." with historical accuracy only as an afterthought.

I'm by no means a space enthusiast, nor do I work in the industry. In fact, I initially didn't care much about the significance but the more I thought about it the more I became interested. It's not a make or break for me, but I think a more accurate representation would help those who think the back is gimmicky.

Regarding the movement of the earth, I don't expect to be realistic because this watch isn't marketed or focused around the rotation of the earth. The rotation of the earth was not the critical variable here in terms of mission success. As you also pointed out, the reason to speed it up is understandable in order to showcase a noticeable movement. 14 seconds is much easier to represent in visual real time movement vs ~86k sec (24hours), that there is no reason to not make an accurate representation here.

H hb8745

I think it does matter for some people at this price point. If you are buying this as a peanuts fan, then sure it probably won't matter to you. However, if you're buying this as a space/NASA/Apollo 13 fan, then it might start to get annoying after a while. They are marketing this watch entirely around the flight path of the spacecraft's safe return, so I would expect that there's some accuracy there... (the flight path on the strap, snoopy award, caseback, etc). Wasn't the whole campaign centered around the accuracy of time, and the importance that had on the successful flightpath? At $10k USD, its not exactly a cheap watch and when you decide to price it there along with the NASA positioning, you lose the option of just ignoring specifics and creating only a "fun complication." with historical accuracy only as an afterthought.

I'm by no means a space enthusiast, nor do I work in the industry. In fact, I initially didn't care much about the significance but the more I thought about it the more I became interested. It's not a make or break for me, but I think a more accurate representation would help those who think the back is gimmicky.

Regarding the movement of the earth, I don't expect to be realistic because this watch isn't marketed or focused around the rotation of the earth. The rotation of the earth was not the critical variable here in terms of mission success. As you also pointed out, the reason to speed it up is understandable in order to showcase a noticeable movement. 14 seconds is much easier to represent in visual real time movement vs ~86k sec (24hours), that there is no reason to not make an accurate representation here.

savio.79

Excuse me but... are you serious? It’s not an astronomical demonstration, it’s just a watch remembering how Snoopy once saved the day, so they display it in a Snoopy way.

Martin_J_N

The more I see of this watch the less I like it. Maybe it's time to pull the deposit and find another watch to love.

Martin_J_N

The more I see of this watch the less I like it. Maybe it's time to pull the deposit and find another watch to love.

EricCsN

I love it, I love it not, l love it, l love it not, I love it, I love it not, repeat for the next 12 months

scapa

Omega is now saying December-January for the first lot, according to my AD; with "inside of 6 months" as the probability. My guess is that OBs see them first, with the ADs after until the first production is sold through, and then we do it all over again in 2022.