Omega Broad Arrow Advice..

The blue indices pop which gives important legibility on a white dial, especially in your office at the pointy end. I really like it but I am no reference as I go home with a watch and after a one night stand I am bored, its all about the hunt apparently.

Both watches you show use an F Piguet derived auto movement rather than the Lemania derived 321/861 etc manual wind heart so many Speedy fans wont be interested here, but as an owner of the 1957 model you show, I thought I'd comment. Firstly be aware that the dials on these 2 are not as similar as your photos show. The first version, using the 3303 movement is fully white with blue indices, the second is actually made up of 4 different shades of white and silver so has much more variation. I say this since if you are looking for an all white Albino Speedy look, the first is much more like that. The other difference is that the second watch, the 1957, uses the later Co-Ax 3313 movement. These had initial problems but any watch that has experienced an official Omega service will now be problem free as service centres fit a triple layer upgrade to C spec gratis.

My own watch, in fact model 321.10.42.50.02.001, which was made circa 2010-2012 was actually fully reliable at original B spec and has remained so at upgraded C spec. The first A spec 3313s were not universally reliable (Chuck Maddox and others lambasted the Broad Arrows unfairly for this) so you might want to check you aren't buying a watch that has been serviced outside the network for 10-15 years or not serviced at all ie it may be best to check the version of any 3313 to see if it is already at its ultimate C spec. Those are excellent.

Here is mine. It came on a bracelet but I like to mess about with straps, as you can see. To be clear, I love this watch, it has a movement that is truly haute horologie and makes the likes of the crappy plastic thing in the so called grail that Chuck loved look like junk. To be honest, it also makes the 321 spec sheet look like junk too (and I speak as an owners of an Ed White as well as the similar looking FOIS shown below). If I sound like an evangelist then I make no apology for this. I can't quite understand why these models aren't held up in higher regard when they offer so much.

Speedy collectors who value the space backstory over everything else ignore these watches. Their mistake.

ps that first watch you show has something very weird going on with the indices at 1 and 2! It might be some kind of artefact after some Photoshop trickery but I wouldn't buy that watch if that is how it looks in hand.

The crystal is distorting the view...I don’t think there’s anything wrong there.

Could be but it looks at first glance like there is a bridge of blue index over the lume. That can't be so that is why I posited that that it may be an artefact, but your idea works too!

I always value your insight, is there anything I posted above you think is incorrect or at least shows the natural bias of the owner you would care to correct? When one owns something rarely discussed, it's easy to think one's opinion is the most valid. Sometimes wrongly.

All good! Personally I would get the version that isn’t co-axial, but I like the movement overall.

I suppose more pearlescent would be a better description than silver but the point I was making is that the later dial isn’t as uniform. Both look cream coloured from 3 feet but rather different up close. It’s hard to capture on a photo, the third shot above on the dark blue croc maybe shows it best. The early dial is pretty flat, the 1957 has slight step where the finish changes. Some will prefer the flat dial.