Retirement of the 1861 Caliber

STANDY

Speedmaster 1861 with hesalite is Omega,s bread and butter Speedmaster.

They will bring out all the 321s, 3861s, LEs, FOISs, Ceramic DSOTMs, Racing’s that people will buy and they have.
They may bring out a 3861 to replace the sapphire sandwich and that’s all.

But until it’s released by Omega that the 1861 is getting phased out it’s all just hearsay and forum talk.

You don’t stop making the number 1 selling Speedmaster.

padders

300 million people can't spell colour or Aluminium but we try our best to tolerate it.

S SlCKB0Y

Ok, well the actual English discoverer of the metal named it “aluminum”.
https://diecasting.com/blog/2014/02/26/aluminum-vs-aluminium-the-etymology-of-the-um-and-ium-debate/

Then some other English scientific snobs thought that aluminum did not sound sufficiently Latin and proposed aluminium. After this, both spellings were pretty even split in both the UK and US until finally diverging formally in the early 20th Century.

“Since 1812, the spelling has been an even mix of using the “um” and “ium” endings throughout the 19th century in both the U.S. and in Britain.”

of course I’m happy to go find some more academic source if you care enough 😝

Perre

The original word was actually “alumium”😗

jacgul

According to my father who works with nuclear containments, it is pronounced just "loomy" or "loomium" and I'm not sure of the spelling.

nobbylon

I’m so happy I took the plunge on a new hesalite Speedmaster last year. The thing for me with this watch is that you basically get a brand new vintage watch! Adding sapphire front and back and ceramic moves it away from that. Adding a movement not certified by NASA ie the 3861 also makes it a NON moonwatch for me. It’s going to be very interesting how they market any replacement for the hesalite watch.

nobbylon

Was it all a hoax then? damn.

schoolboy

I can’t believe omega put Faux Patina on the Speedmaster 321 re release.

very disappointed

schoolboy

I can’t believe omega put Faux Patina on the Speedmaster 321 re release.

very disappointed

nobbylon

Isn’t the fact that the 1861 is a plated 861 the reason NASA still use the later watch? As long as mine has a solid back and a plastic crystal it’s fine by me. The 1861 has been on space walks so We’re good 😉

M'Bob

I defer to the Brits on almost everything regarding language, so @padders is correct, and a visual representation for those still struggling with this:

NOT: