Oh .... I fortunately did it three months ago!
I am not a fan of the Moonwatch, but even harder not a fan of the gold watches.
Except a few dress watches, the gold can ruin pretty much each and every decently looking watch.
I believe @BenBagbag is referring to some of the ludicrous prices that people have been asking for original Ultramans - not the ST2.
P pongsterWow. Original ultramans fetching almost 100K? Wow. Really? Triple wow?
Beautiful and a faithful reissue.. but at £25,600 out of my league unless I sell a child or kidney...
Absolutely love it. Would absolutely love to own it. However, gold on my wrist...😕😕😕...stainless steel already feels too *bling*... still can’t imagine wearing it (but would love to own it) ... even though I have been fortunate enough to have had the BA from the 60's on my wrist, and could not keep my eyes off it, I still can't see myself pulling it off ... so would thus have to mount it on my ceiling above my bed (naturally just below the ceiling mirror 😗). A little birdie tells me that a nice 2998 would do me better ...
But damn, well done Omega...did I mention that I absolutely love it?
So, my order is in (need to offload some other watches soon I guess 😀). I love it and wearing the prototype right now. The new caliber 3861 looks stunning (beautiful finish) and 50% of the parts are new (and not interchangeable with the caliber 1861/1863). What amazed me perhaps most is the bracelet... if they only would do this one in steel for the regular Moonwatch, that would be so good. The clasp is only 14mm wide, but wears absolutely great.
The ceramic is also very nicely done, the color is beautiful and no strange white particles (which you get with some other ceramic bezels from other brands). The onyx hour markers are thick and have nice facets. Also interesting, the BA145.022-69 had a little flaw concerning the second markers. Since that gold watch had caliber 861 and was faster ticking than the caliber 321, the seconds markers were a bit off.They corrected it with this new gold Apollo XI model. I have both the BA145.022-69 and this new one at home, and I have to say that the new one to me is nicer than the first one. A bit like Godfather II, that one was also better than the first movie ;-) People can disagree of course, for nostalgic reasons or whatever, but I feel that the thought put into this new watch is absolutely showing. Wow!
There goes my need for a Rolex Day-Date, this is the one in gold to have for me.
Nope but we can guess ... probably #SpeedyTuesday3 ... or 50 years Alaska Project Speedmaster ?
Fascinating times...
Anyone else really hoping that bracelet makes it's way onto the regular Speedmaster in steel? It looks like a 1479 but with modern construction and probably better sizing/fit.
