What I really like about this hobby is that everyone has different taste. There are a lot of watch companies with thousands of thousands watches. From cheap to crazy prices. Some people might have time pieces that they might think they are the most beautiful thing in the world and to someone else it might look like crap. So buy if you like it and don’t if you don’t.

 

I think regardless of the gut reaction from if people like it or not this will go down as a special piece simply due to the 50th tie in and the fact it has something no moonwatch has had being the famous quote on the back - that alone makes it special. Seeing how the Spectre 7007 pieces sold out within a few months, I see this being unavailable in a much shorter time frame

 

Ok, this one has grown on me for the past few hours and Now I think I love it.
Several things on the watch still ramain in my mind that it would've been better with or without though.

 

I am glad I made the purchase I did on Thursday before the embargo was lifted today. I took a gamble on my personal grail watch and bought it earlier than I planned on and surprisingly at a reasonable price. After seeing the pictures of the new LE, I am even happier I made the choice I did. How that’s possible, I do not know cause I feel as giddy as a child on Christmas waiting for Monday’s delivery .

I think the prices might go up a bit on the piece I bought based on the looks of this one and the high LE number of production.

I excitedly opened this thread up first thing this morning to see what had transpired while I slept and the pictures posted so far have not captured my interest or made me move towards my wallet (possibly because it is empty from Thursday *shrug* ha ha). I like it because of what it represents and the newer technology in it, but I cannot see myself wearing it. I agree with the others that suggested they should have the sub dial and case back illustrations swapped. That 9 o’clock sub dial has a lot going on in such a small place.

Nice piece overall, but not my personal taste. Hope others that are excited for it stay that way and enjoy it even more once they get delivery of them .

 

sorry do u mean somewhere on earth omega boutique still has snoopy?

 

Yuck. I like the bracelet but that's about it. Hopefully next year's Apollo 13 50th anniversary will be more appealing

 

I know that like two years ago my OB started calling people about an Snoopy that was never picked up. They got a lot of people excited but at the end someone from California got it.

 

I’m not sure that’s a bad thing.... that’s the only part of the watch I don’t ‘love.’ I have a deposit already down and I can’t imagine asking for the money back. The bracelet is bad ass.

 

I assume the stz011629 bracelet can be used on any modern Speedmaster.
Finally back to classic end links.

 

Personally, I think it’s kind of BUTT-ugly

I’ll be here all day, folks.

 

Where its ends?

 

It's nice, rather elegant but I don't think it quite makes the impact I'd expect for $10k. I'll have to think it over and see how I feel when the time comes to either complete my purchase or get my deposit back.

I definitely would have preferred a display back and a simpler subdial (maybe the bootprint as others have suggested) too

 

<juvenile-ace-ventura-humor>

Excuse me Sir...I'd like to ASS you a question : what exactly do you mean a-BUTT that?

</juvenile-ace-ventura-humor>

 

Sorry for being an ass-hole about this watch butt I can’t help myself.

Butt in all honesty though, I liked it ass soon as I saw it!

 

Interesting fact I learned from a friend who has already received a hands-on: If you try to engage the reset pusher while the chrono is still running, the sub-dial squirts you with a proprietary, mocha-tinted, liquid version of Ceragold.

My friend says it works a charm... in his words: “you only make that mistake once.”

 

Hmmmm... Kinda torn on this one... It is growing on me though...it just looks similar to the Meteorite and after I overpaid on it, it's hard to justify two timepieces so similar in look (gold trimming, grey dial)....Anyone know of a good reputable place on the interwebz for me to offload the Meteorite??

 

Bracelet is 020STZ011626.

Cheers, Al

 

You know when you have a real Moonwatch when even the astronaut is mooning you.

 

I will say it looks a lot nicer in the live photos from Hodinkee and Fratello et al. Would prefer to be able to see this one in the flesh before making a decision, but even if I could do so at the last minute it’s still a 2-hour drive to the closest Boutique :/

 

I agree in person I think this would be breathtaking