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·For grumpy old men like myself, there's only one " Ed White " Speedmaster ... the 105.003-63
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Speedmaster Caliber 321 "Ed White" - A Pictorial Review
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Travelller
·For grumpy old men like myself, there's only one " Ed White " Speedmaster ... the 105.003-63 ...
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cvalue13
·Mine watch is 887 00 191. Did they really started from 887 00 001 with the 321 Caliber?
My best guess is yes. Look at the Pt. 321 from @Robert-Jan 's article - the SN on that one's 88700017. The very first 321 presented to the press had a real odd SN but then again, it wasn't in a watch and with Omega the SN of the watch is also that of the movement.
I don’t think this is correct, for a few reasons.
There are two prefixes known across the new cal.321B: 888XX and 887XX. Nobody knows the relationship of these series in time, so it’s from there already impossible to know whether they are sequential in any way.
Further, these prefixes are shared and mixed across both the SS Ed White as well as the platinum 321. The platinum 321 began selling a year prior to the SS 321. So, the numbering of Robert Jan’s watch, for example, doesn’t really tell us much about sequence - and it definitely suggests Omega did not start at 887..001. There were surely far more than 16 platinum 321ms sold prior to Robert’s watch delivered in July of 2020.
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·...The platinum 321 began selling a year prior to the SS 321. So, the numbering of Robert Jan’s watch, for example, doesn’t really tell us much about sequence - and it definitely suggests Omega did not start at 887..001. There were surely far more than 16 platinum 321ms sold prior to Robert’s watch delivered in July of 2020.
Keeping in mind that the ["2.0"] 321 was introduced to the world in Jan 2019 and the Pt. six months later, nowadays, six months to market is not unreasonable, imho. Let's also keep in mind that the Pt. shown in Robert-Jan's article is a unit on loan from Omega for Fratello Watches who are among the first (if not the first) to receive the honor of reviewing an Omega. Hence I would not expect that many Pt. to have been produced within that six-month window... 🤔
EDIT p.s. I've been referring to the Pt. reviewed in July 2019 and you're referring to Robert-Jan's personal SS 321 with SN 88800036, received in Jul 2020. I'm not sure anymore what's what, LOL.
While I'm at it, the SS 321 FW* introduced in Jan 2020 has the SN 88700057... . These two watches and respective time periods very much back up the ambiguity of the chronological assignment of 887 & 888 series of SNs you clearly noted above.
FWIW, mine has a suffix of 8XX (delivered Apr 2021)...
*All "Introducing" articles appear to be with photos provided directly from Omega as part of a "press kit". The photos shown on FW are the same as those on Hodinkee, etc.
cheers 👍
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Geme81
·beautiful review and beautiful pictures
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Travelller
·beautiful review and beautiful pictures
#SpeedyTuesday!
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Travelller
·My still-number-one alongside the new kid on the block...
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frazierspa
·Coincidentally I was just reading the Fratello article on the win. Congratulations Calibre 321!
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Cayohuesovespa
·wow, great write up.
a pleasure to read. thanks!
a pleasure to read. thanks!
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Travelller
·wow, great write up.
a pleasure to read. thanks!
FWIW, this is my IG annual 2021 "grid" which is chock-full of the 321 goodness
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Travelller
·A case study.
A 38-39.7-41-42mm stack ...of awesomeness!
Of course it takes more than the diameter to really appreciate the "perceived" size with dial, bezel and lug2lug all adding to the final impression.
A 38-39.7-41-42mm stack ...of awesomeness!
Of course it takes more than the diameter to really appreciate the "perceived" size with dial, bezel and lug2lug all adding to the final impression.
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·A case study.
A 38-39.7-41-42mm stack ...of awesomeness!
Of course it takes more than the diameter to really appreciate the "perceived" size with dial, bezel and lug2lug all adding to the final impression.
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·Might have to borrow this as my new lock screen on the phone...can you list the references from top to bottom for my curiosity??
At the top weighing in at 38mm is the Zenith A386 I've already posted above, followed by the Caliber 321 (39.7mm), then there's Breitling's 765 AVI (41mm) and finally Hanhart's 417 ES (42mm). 👍
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perenowell
·Very nice review and writting! Thanks for sharing!
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itsalex
·Love this review, love the great pictures - this just sent me on another trip of slowly savoring each aspect of my watch all over again 😀
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Travelller
·Very nice review and writting! Thanks for sharing!
Love this review, love the great pictures - this just sent me on another trip of slowly savoring each aspect of my watch all over again 😀
Please be sure to also check out @cvalue13 's take on the 321 (at the top of this sub-forum) as he touches upon great points that I neglected to cover as well as some great pics
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bombaywalla
·superb photos....👍👍
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MHBsheep
·Great review and pictures. It looks beautiful
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burnrbr
·Simply the best pictures of the EW321 that I’ve come across. So crisp. I keep coming back to this thread for the review and pics even though I can just look at the real thing on my wrist. It’s something about the composition of light and subject that @Travelller does just right. Bravo!
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Great review and pictures. It looks beautiful
Simply the best pictures of the EW321 that I’ve come across. So crisp. I keep coming back to this thread for the review and pics even though I can just look at the real thing on my wrist. It’s something about the composition of light and subject that @Travelller does just right. Bravo!
...along with wearing the 321, of course...
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"Omega Days" are here! 🍿
Yet... this is still *The One* for me... 🥰
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