Wouldn’t have been my pick but I guess that’s the beauty of it all, different things make us tick (pun intended).
Enjoy it!
By the way, from the product page of this watch on the omega site-
“Small seconds:
A hand on a sub-dial which tracks seconds typically it completes a full rotation in one minute.”
Typically if I was to buy a watch for $8,750 I would have expected it to always complete a full rotation in a minute, not just when it feels like doing so...
I finally put down an order. I thought about which was most important to me; the legacy or the looks/function. I decided it was the latter.
I decided to go for a new racing 44,25mm (329.30.44.51.01.001).
Will post pictures as soon as it arrives. 😀
From what I've seen here on OF the Hesalite is more popular.
Good choice! You've gotten the only true moonwatch and also probably the last one. The next generation that will carry the new movement probably won't be NASA certified anymore.
Omega will certainly not allow its affiliation with NASA to lapse. The NASA certification is too important for marketing purposes. But with the new caliber 3861 likely to eventually replace the current caliber 1861, the present version of the Speedmaster Professional will be the last true descendant of the versions worn on the moon since calibers 321, 861 and 1861 are similar whereas the 3861 is a new design.
