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qbquixote
·Longtime lurker with a small collection of mostly vintage 1960s and 70s Omegas, but no chrono except my 90s Seiko.
Looking at a little less vintage Speedy auto with date and preferably a blue dial. I like the idea of a reliable 7750 based movement. I have a hand wind Ulysse Nardin with date and am always needing to reset the date when I wear it- an auto with date just makes sense to me. At work I sign/date a lot of forms and I really do look down at my watch to check it, call me absent minded. I have non-date dress watches and while they look great they don't work well for me in my workday rotation.
Non-friction bracelet clasp would be nice. My wife's Seamaster 120 has a clasp like the 3513 which I prefer to the friction clasps.
I think this narrows it down to two choices a 3513.80 and 3212.80, the 3511.80 looks like it has a friction clasp. I have looked through the threads on these and I am still not clear what all the differences are and whether any of the experts here would recommend one vs the other. The 3513.80 seems to be a little cheaper on average. I understand the 3212.80 is a little newer and has an 1164 instead of 1152 movement as well as a newer style clasp. I am not sure how much of an upgrade an 1164 is over the 1152 other than the chronometer rating. In practice I haven't seen much performance difference between my non COSC 565 Seamaster and my 564 Connie chronometer - of course they are nearly 50 years old.
I had a Blue Bond Seamaster and the bezel scratched a little too easily, though I prefer the blue bezel to the silver one.
I also looked and did not see a replacement 3212.80 blue bezel at Ofrei which worries me a little.
Though it looks like they have the silver one.
Any input would be appreciated.
Travis
Looking at a little less vintage Speedy auto with date and preferably a blue dial. I like the idea of a reliable 7750 based movement. I have a hand wind Ulysse Nardin with date and am always needing to reset the date when I wear it- an auto with date just makes sense to me. At work I sign/date a lot of forms and I really do look down at my watch to check it, call me absent minded. I have non-date dress watches and while they look great they don't work well for me in my workday rotation.
Non-friction bracelet clasp would be nice. My wife's Seamaster 120 has a clasp like the 3513 which I prefer to the friction clasps.
I think this narrows it down to two choices a 3513.80 and 3212.80, the 3511.80 looks like it has a friction clasp. I have looked through the threads on these and I am still not clear what all the differences are and whether any of the experts here would recommend one vs the other. The 3513.80 seems to be a little cheaper on average. I understand the 3212.80 is a little newer and has an 1164 instead of 1152 movement as well as a newer style clasp. I am not sure how much of an upgrade an 1164 is over the 1152 other than the chronometer rating. In practice I haven't seen much performance difference between my non COSC 565 Seamaster and my 564 Connie chronometer - of course they are nearly 50 years old.
I had a Blue Bond Seamaster and the bezel scratched a little too easily, though I prefer the blue bezel to the silver one.
I also looked and did not see a replacement 3212.80 blue bezel at Ofrei which worries me a little.
Though it looks like they have the silver one.
Any input would be appreciated.
Travis
