I enjoy browsing watch forums because it's usually men having a logical discussion about watches. If I wanted to see women fight and and argue about who's harassing who, or whose fault it is that they're held captive in a dungeon, I'd put my laptop down and go to my basement.
Back on topic. RAILMASTER OR SEAMASTER?
"I happen to be a woman.
Nice try. It is already scientifically proven that there are no women on teh internetz.
The Railmaster is just a generic three-hander and is the most boring of the three. Unless it has a bezel or pushers to play with, it's not a sports watch in my book. It's like a sports body kit on a FWD family sedan.
Which makes me wonder why they call the Rolex Explorer I a sports watch. It's just a DateJust with way more brushed surfaces.
My thoughts (ok . . . hopes) are that Omega will eventually offer a permanent downsized Seamaster 300 MC in their future collection (say 38 - 39mm).
I'm seriously considering adding the new Rolex Explorer to my collection, which is very similar to the Railmaster.
I enjoy browsing watch forums because it's usually men having a logical discussion about watches. If I wanted to see women fight and and argue about who's harassing who, or whose fault it is that they're held captive in a dungeon, I'd put my laptop down and go to my basement.
Back on topic. RAILMASTER OR SEAMASTER?
@ Macnorth above...interesting enough I recently picked up a 1016 and am in the hunt for a 114270/14270 set......maybe my tastes lately could explain the Railmaster fancy.
Seamaster - Initially, I was undecided between the Speedmaster and the Seamaster. I decided to go with the Speedmaster and put a deposit down with my local AD.
My thoughts (ok . . . hopes) are that Omega will eventually offer a permanent downsized Seamaster 300 MC in their future collection (say 38 - 39mm). Perhaps, they will offer it with a count-up bezel to distinguish it from the Trilogy Tribute. Maybe, the center link will be polished or perhaps it will be entirely brushed. In addition, I'm seriously considering adding the new Rolex Explorer to my collection, which is very similar to the Railmaster.
I went with the Speedmaster because I really liked that entire configuration (SS, dial color, bracelet, etc.), which I'm sure Omega will change if they decide to "re-release" it as a regular production model. Just my 2 cents . . .
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Nice try. It is already scientifically proven that there are no women on teh internetz.
@Meme-Dweller It was indeed the first time that my wife felt compelled to express herself on these forums, given your previous sexist but more-or-less harmless metaphor.
But as a husband and a father of a beautiful girl, the above piece of alternative fact offended me. And for the first time in my short tenure here on watch forums, I feel compelled to call someone out, albeit against my wife's better judgement.
It's not so much the severity of the comment, but the ease in which you dish them out. We are about watches, not gender. Tone your male superiority down.
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@STANDY @MSNWatch @gatorcpa @adam78
@Meme-Dweller It was indeed the first time that my wife felt compelled to express herself on these forums, given your previous sexist but more-or-less harmless metaphor.
But as a husband and a father of a beautiful girl, the above piece of alternative fact offended me. And for the first time in my short tenure here on watch forums, I feel compelled to call someone out, albeit against my wife's better judgement.
It's not so much the severity of the comment, but the ease in which you dish them out. We are about watches, not gender. Tone your male superiority down.
cc'ing mods
@STANDY @MSNWatch @gatorcpa @adam78
@Meme-Dweller It was indeed the first time that my wife felt compelled to express herself on these forums, given your previous sexist but more-or-less harmless metaphor.
But as a husband and a father of a beautiful girl, the above piece of alternative fact offended me. And for the first time in my short tenure here on watch forums, I feel compelled to call someone out, albeit against my wife's better judgement.
It's not so much the severity of the comment, but the ease in which you dish them out. We are about watches, not gender. Tone your male superiority down.
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@STANDY @MSNWatch @gatorcpa @adam78
No one gets memes anymore, even the non-spicy ones.
Sorry for triggering you but you took me seriously when I claimed there's scientific evidence that there are no women on the Internet? Why are people offended by everything and anything these days, even things that can't get past basic logic?
Isn't it more a case of you leaving us alone, by which I mean reigning in your basest trolling instincts. Is it a surprise to you that you have come into conflict with numerous regulars who have happily coexisted here for years and expressed conflicting opinions with respect and empathy, something you seem to lack in spades? No one minds a minority or contrary view but to present it and then put your fingers in your ears and go 'la la la' when people offer a counter argument is just rude and ignorant.
I actually share your view that the ST may perform in the market more like the CK2998 than the Snoopy (or worse) but you put your points across so destructively and with such pig headedness I am disappointed to share anything with you.
How the hell am I stalking you, go back through all the pages and see I had commented or liked posts in this thread before you Even joined here.
The fact you are accusing me of stalking and causing trouble is the most childish behaviour I have encountered in the time I have been here.
You guys got that true beautiful recreation with the trilogy (sans dial rubbish). Would any of u guys have preferred a "modern twist"with the trilogy? Mr Biver tried to sell that line to heuer lovers but I don't see it.
I mean he has to try to sell that line, given what Heuer did with the Autavia. I don't buy his logic that direct re-issues destroys the vintage collectors market though, nor do I really buy the idea that a brand like Tag or Omega would really care about that anyway, since they never see any of that money.
1. The 60th speedy doesn't compete with a 2915. One is 7k. One is +150k. It's an entirely different scope of collecting. No one is out there trying to decide if they want to drop 150k on an original, or spend 7 to get the re-issue. They're probably just buying both if they're in that position anyway. With the other two the difference in price isn't quite as drastic, but I think the point stands. If anything, I'd say that these re-issues would get a new generation of enthusiasts excited about the 1957 models, and maybe push the prices for the original railmasters and sm300s up a bit.
2. When you spend 150k on a 2915, omega doesn't get any of that. Even if selling these dropped the values of originals (again, not convinced), why would omega care? Assuming this LE sells out, they're making ~23 million on each individual LE (3557 x 6.5k (ish)), and another ~11 million on the boxed sets (20k x 557). So that's around 80 million dollars for omega, vs your 2915 depreciating slightly. Easy decision to make from their perspective.
