Thank you for your thoughts. As I have said I could be completely wrong but I see this 1861 legendary moon watch edition a great buy. The new Speedmaster is a bit of a hike in price for a watch again in my humble opinion is more of step away from the original than the 1861. Better in many ways technically but the 1861 is I think closer to the watches worn by the NASA astronauts? This could be a good thing in 18-20 yrs but it is a total guess. Peter.