Others have let the cat out of the bag long before I did...apparently OB staff were letting people see these details weeks ago...

 

is it possible that the 6969 will be a combination of two tone and all steel by then?

 

No.

 

Sooo my call, about 18 months ago about the moon foot print may be a reality

 

I get a notification every time someone posts to this thread and every time I hope it's a picture of the official product. I'm a glutton for punishment. (Also dying to see it!)

 

Hey guys, new here. I walked into the OB at Brookfield Place in lower Manhattan to inquire. I told the sales manager about how I had purchased my FOiS, which I was wearing, at the midtown OB. She told me I could put down the full amount for a deposit on the Apollo 11 50th anniversary Speedy, and that she had recently seen there were only 80 slots left.

I mulled it over a week and called again last Thursday to see if there were still slots. She looked it up and said 32. I put my deposit down yesterday (4/20).

Since the deposit is fully refundable I figure it's worth floating the money for a few weeks to see what we get. Excited to separate the rumors from the truth!

 

Those numbers sound about right. When i put my deposit down on March 28 there were about 110 left, now 32. So in about 10 days they will be gone. There will be some cancellations when it is unveiled, how many is unknown. I suspect few.

 

They will let you look at information on yet unreleased/unannounced models?

 

...
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of 50th anniversary A11 Speedmaster news ...

 

Totally! The watch will be special for you no matter what. The Speedie is special for going to the moon (among other reasons) not for having gone to the Moon exactly 50 ago--anniversaries are overrated. Watches in general are special and carry meaning (at least our core or unique pieces) because of the, hopefully, wonderful and sentimental emotions they invoke in us. They may remind us of youth, of specific success, of historical significance and so on. Most important though, watches are special because for many of us they serve as time capsules. They don't just tell time, but they store it. They capture the moments and memories of our lives and carry them for us in small metal packages. They're reminders, or symbols, of good times and bad and the crazy roller coaster of life. I don't need a 50th Anniversary badge to make any watch of mine any more special! Having said that, if it's reasonable, an anniversary watch can be great--another layer to special nature of watches.

 

A pen to go with the watch?

https://www.space.com/amp/fisher-space-pen-apollo-anniversary-edition.html

 

And $700. No thanks.

 

So does anyone know if Omega has managed to get the 3861 certified by NASA? My impression is that there will be no NASA certification for the 3861 Speedies, but then again Omega may have offered NASA something special to get it done.

 

I'm curious about this also. I seem to recall that when the ESA-certified X33 Skywalker was introduced, there was some talk of getting it NASA certified as well. That was 5 years ago now...

 

...now that NASA plans on going back to the moon, there may be a real life driver to do the X-33 certification. I somewhat doubt they will keep using mechanical watches, but again, in true American fashion, they may decide that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!" and so, they may keep using the Speedy Pro as we know it.
Would make little sense to qualify the 3861... but that's just me.

 

I have read somewhere that NASA will go with G-Shocks now.

 

Well it looks like the Speedy 50th will indeed have the moonshine bezel and a lunar module patch in gold in the seconds dial.

 

Is there a leak?

 

Do tell.... DO TELL!!!

 

Sorry. My lips are sealed, only the keyboard is leaky