Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary in Steel - Expectations

MCG555

You write „Better thean the real one for sure!!“
I ask „why“?

taz101

This thread is causing us to revolt WE MUST STAY STRONG

Archer

You are correct - I do try to post the right information, so in that sense I do always try to be right. If I'm posting technical information it's going to be information that I've researched, and I'm confident is correct. I will typically say if I'm not confident of it, or simply not post it at all.

As far as having the last word, from my end you kept questioning what I wrote, so I kept trying to clarify what the term "case" meant since you appear to have a different definition than Omega does. If answering your questions counts as trying to have the last word for you, then so be it. In the end if my posts upset you in some way, you don't have to read or respond to them.

Cheers, Al

Stufflers Mom

I'm not remotely "upset" by what you have said, but in my experience people will and do refer the case of the watch, and particularly in an instance such as this, a new watch the "case" will not be a kit of parts, simply the case.

robinhook

Well... one of the few things I learned quickly here on OF is that: Don’t argue with Archer, because if I disagree chances are I’m wrong.

I’m grateful to have someone as knowledgeable as Archer here and most importantly with his willingness and patience to share his knowledge in such great details.

Archer

I'm glad you aren't upset - I'm not here to upset anyone. In terms of what people think of when they think of a case, I'm not an expert in others understanding of these things. However several people in this thread have already stated that things like the bezel and case back are part of the case in their view, so others do seem to understand the case as being the assembly as Omega refers to it.

Taking a look at the parts for sale forum there are two listings on the front page that refer to the middle part (that you call the case) as a "caseband" in one listing and a "mid-case" in the other:

https://omegaforums.net/threads/red...-with-original-pushers-for-ref-105-003.94237/

https://omegaforums.net/threads/vin...on-and-dnn-bezel-69-case-back-mid-case.94801/

Those are both terms used to describe the middle part of the case. For the watch we are talking about here is what the Omega Extranet says about the case:

055FZZ011800 | CASE 310 ST AU750 MSG 42 3861 BLK LE

As you can see both ST for stainless steel and AU750 for gold are in the description, so to clarify this is what I was referring to a couple of pages back that you claim is wrong. They do list the case frame as a separate part of the case, and call it:

STEEL CASE MIDDLE PART

It is listed as stainless steel. So the case as a whole has a number of materials, but the case frame (middle part, caseband, mid-case) is steel.

I hope this helps clarify things.

Cheers, Al

Stufflers Mom

It does indeed explain how Omega refers to the kit of parts, but the discussion and description was for a complete watch, not what the various parts used to make the watch consists of.

MCG555

Sorry I repeat myself 🤨
It does not matter what YOU think it is. If somebody speaks of the case in the watch industry and the material is referred as steel/gold, and the bezel is not mentioned seperately, chances are extremly high, that the base part is steel and the bezel is gold. It is as simple as that.

Stufflers Mom

Sounds great, but I won't be drawing on that knowledge or blowing smoke up his bum any time soon.

robinhook

Not sure about the "blowing smoke up his bum" part

Stufflers Mom

I'm not remotely "upset" by what you have said, but in my experience people will and do refer the case of the watch, and particularly in an instance such as this, a new watch the "case" will not be a kit of parts, simply the case.

STANDY

case2
/keɪs/
noun
noun: case; plural noun: cases

1. 1.
   a container designed to hold or protect something.

😗 i think it’s a open and shut case.

A case is front and back, as how do you encase a movement if it is not in a case.


But feel free to change a meaning to suit yourself in this case.