Decided to do some brand new pics of the funky, cool AT 15000 Gauss today and tell a bit more about its "life story" in my collection.
The "Bumble Bee" was my first Omega purchase in October 2013 and my second Swiss "luxury watch" purchase,,,the first was a Breitling SuperOcean Heritage, June 2013. I bought the AT on the SS bracelet, unfortunately I only have an old pic with that configuration:
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At the time I used the Breitling on a mesh bracelet and the AT on the SS PCL bracelet. As my collection expanded, I made the decision to swap the bracelets on both watches to straps. I really felt that both bracelets were a bit too blingy for casual wear and I had purchased better options for more formal wear. The Breitling initially got new shoes with a blue Breitling OEM rubber with deployant (as a "diver" I felt rubber would be the best option) and the AT got a brand new barenia strap with deployant as well.
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After the swap to the new barenia leather strap I fell in love again with the Bumble Bee. It became a "sunny / I feel happy" watch for casual wear and I think that the barenia tone works beautifully with the bumble bee hand
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The AT 15000 Gauss has now became part of my rotation of casual "summer mood" watches (Exp II, BumbleBee, SuperOcean Heritage), the Breitling having finally "settled in" with a blue OEM Breitling leather strap
My SS SM300MC on the JB Nato does not have the same "summer mood" for me as this trio, but I do use it for casual wear and it is now my official "diver". Cheers.
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