I only got on the list in late July, so it's fair I wait a bit longer.

I got a bit carried away and already ordered a leather strap from Bas and Lokes (Aussie made). Their just-launched vintage collection looks amazing too (sadly it was released just after I placed my order).

 

I really like Bas' work. Her leather goods are fabulous & extremely well made. I have about 6 of her straps (NATO and 2 piece) & a few other bits and pieces such as iPhone case etc..
Her British Racing Green NATO is next on my list & I agree with you that those Russet tan vintage straps look awesome too..

 

Gosh, it's such a beauty! Sorry to hear you're not in love with it! Which series number did you get?

 

Any pictures of the straps? I’ve been contemplating picking up either the Skyfall or Guinness Padded Strap for either my Speedmaster Trilogy or my Panda Automatic.

 

Introducing #1488 to the world.. Here's another picture, this time a 'lume' shot.

 

Take a look at her web site, just Google Bas and Lokes. Not to sure on what the rules are around here for links to other websites? There are some lovely photo's on her Instagram account too..

 

Congratulations on your first post and being the first RM owner in Oz! Welcome to our still rather exclusive club. Love that second photo by the way.

The '57 LEs have been so hyped and the wait so long that it should be no surprise that a bit of reality has sunk in post delivery. That feeling should wear off soon and you will (hopefully) recognize that you chose the greatest of the 3 LEs. The RM is an awesome watch without the extra help of twiddly bezel or chronograph pusher toys.

 

Thanks for your inspiration! Yeah, I really hope that I can give the to love the RM as it deserves as it is beautiful. As you have stated it is a no-frills genuinely great time piece, perhaps I built up such expectation that I was only going to be let down, we shall see? I'll swap the bracelet over to some straps and see how I go from there. I think that's what this piece needs - a nice vintage strap to set it off!

 

Congratulations jim26. In my opinion, the steel bracelet is too think and heavy for the watch, and I believe for any of the trilogy set. It would fit perfectly on a ck2998, which is as thick as the seamaster but larger (39.7mm vs. 39.0mm). But if you try to RM on a perlon strap (10-to-15 EUR) or on the leather strap that came with the watch, I think the "magic" can and will come back.

 

Speaking of straps....I would like to get one of those simple "flapless", 2-ring Nato straps for my RM, but I'm having a hard time finding many 19mm NATOs and especially the one-piece simple kind....can anyone help?

 

Bas and Lokes mentioned above does 19mm leather NATOs (with 20mm fittings - apparently odd-numbered buckles, etc are really hard to source). Not sure if "leather" and "quite pricey" fits into your "simple kind" spec.

 

Davidoff bothers sourced a speedmaster:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BY7d_gxBymJ/?taken-by=davidoffbrothers

 

Thanks, but I was hoping for ballistic nylon

 

Davidoff bothers sourced a speedmaster:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BY7d_gxBymJ/?taken-by=davidoffbrothers

Looks like it came with the Railmaster NATO & the SM300 strap??

 

NATO for the Speedy is grey. It's the light.

 

Looks Way lighter on both counts unless my monitor is completely off.

 

Wristshot!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BY8WQsNh8XF/?taken-by=davidoffbrothers

 

It's funny you mentioned the bracelet clasp. When Omega originally announced this Trilogy collection, there were no shots of the clasp side of these pieces. It was like Omega knew it was one of the "cons' or "crude" aspects of this otherwise great Trilogy collection.

I've had a deposit on the '57 Trilogy Speedmaster since March 30th. Yet, I don't believe I saw any shots of the clasp until May. And once I did, I thought it looked too bulky. I keep reminding myself that perhaps it will look better in person.

Oh well, I guess that why we have the option to add a great strap. Let the strap collection begin!

 

Trouble is that in the early days after the Baselworld announcement, most of the watch media was using Omega supplied imagery. That said, Fratello had these two pictures on 23 Mar 17.