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Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary in Steel - Expectations

  1. Bp1000 May 13, 2019

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    Hallelujah

    Some people will finally get to see what is steel and what is gold

    The others get to see the new LE 50th moonwatch!
     
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  2. Matty1 May 13, 2019

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    instagram/twitter is a little slow for Omega today - if anything I thought Omega would be really going for it today!
     
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  3. AntonisCy May 13, 2019

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    The event is 14-16. Tomorrow is the big day!
     
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  4. Matty1 May 13, 2019

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    I know. I mean hyping it up
     
  5. AntonisCy May 13, 2019

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    I think they hyped it up enough :p
     
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  6. bama2141 May 13, 2019

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    While we wait for the big reveal, I'd like to offer a mod to the excellent render provided by Longbow:

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    My sense is that when we mention the Lunar Explorer in the subdial we're not talking about the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), a machine, but the actual lunar explorerer, a man.

    I'd also hope that for $9K+ the medallion on the back would be gold too...
     
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  7. snake.doctor May 13, 2019

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    If they put that logo on the watch, it's one more reason for me to pass...
     
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  8. MCG555 May 13, 2019

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    Nice rendering! Thanks!
    (The movement is maybe rodium plated?)
    We'll see soon...
     
  9. queriver May 13, 2019

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    Hope they don't do the big announcement at 20:17:40 UTC. I'll probably still be asleep which would be a bit of a downer after 51 pages of this thread. :(
     
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  10. MTROIS May 13, 2019

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    That medallion doesn't look right in this format... and how/where would it be applied?
    Etched in the back crystal or directly on the movement (bridges!?).
    Hmmmmm.... only a few more hours of excruciating wait. ;)
     
  11. Riviera Paradise May 13, 2019

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    Lovely rendering, but I would be very surprised if they put that Omega logo on the seconds sub dial. I think it would be a huge fail and so far Raynald and his team have hit the mark pretty well in terms of delivering good commercial designs.

    I still bet on the LEM in the seconds subdial and the footprint on the back as the medallion. I am very curious as to how the blue will be worked on the dial.

    Well only a few days now to go...to be honest I have actually reached a stage where I am more interested in the under the radar / stealth releases Omega might be rolling out beyond the hyperspace-hyped Speedy 50th.
     
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  12. Longbow May 13, 2019

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    It doesn’t need to be etched it can be done like on the Globemaster.
     
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  13. abrod520 May 13, 2019

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    All the available information points to the crown and pushers being steel and a lunar module will be in the seconds subdial, other than that these renders look nice
     
  14. jankymutt May 13, 2019

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    Glad to see were getting past all the bickering and back to really cool hypothetical renderings!
     
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  15. Texasjohn May 13, 2019

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    One can hope
     
  16. Screwbacks May 13, 2019

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    unless a 321/3321 movement is fitted, the 50th anniversary watch to be released appears to be very ordinary and colloquial to me, in the category of all past anniversary speedmasters.
     
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  17. Stufflers Mom May 13, 2019

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    I've not decided if I will keep the watch or not, if I like it I'll keep it, if not and if the market indicates there will be a profit it will be straight off to Watchfinder.
     
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  18. Longbow May 13, 2019

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    There’s a slight problem with putting that logo at 9 o’clock. You forgot to include the running seconds hand. He’s going to look pretty well hung for half the time and jolly excited for the rest.
     
  19. richamby May 13, 2019

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    Nice, hopefully they either saw that and made a change or know this isn’t going to be good.
     
  20. bama2141 May 13, 2019

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    Ha! Made me laugh out loud!