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·Question for you folks...
Currently own:
Three Omegas (Speedmaster Reduced 2nd version with sapphire crystal & dual pusher clasp - occasionally worn but it feels a little inauthentic (for lack of a better term) than the Professional and the subdials strike me as oddly placed even though I understand why, Seamaster 57 Trilogy - barely wear it & truthfully because I dislike the non-tapering bracelet & gigantic (to my eyes at least) clasp, Seamaster 300 "Lollipop" with the black sandwich dial - wear it often as the honeymoon phase is still heavy & I pretty much adore it even though I feel a touch burned out on divers)
a Rolex (the discontinued OP, 36mm, 3/6/9 Blue Dial - dislike wearing it because I feel like an idiot with a Rolex on my wrist & my wife teases me mercilessly for wearing it and even owning it + I find the hands to not be that legible out of doors)
and a Hamilton (Khaki auto - bought it, wore it, liked it but boxed it up because I like my Omegas much more)
Got very close to purchasing an Aqua Terra in the last two months but decided to step back and go into Think Mode about adding more vs. reducing down.
So, I am thinking seriously about selling all of them and consolidating down to a single new watch and calling it Done... the latest sapphire sandwich Speedmaster Professional on a bracelet.
Why?
Love the history of the watch (huge space/NASA nerd), love the latest movement upgrade (and ability to geek on it visually), love the new bracelet (taper, clasp, screws on the removable links), love the more economical presentation display case, love the idea of a manual wind (old enough that my childhood was all manual wind watches - even my first, a Mickey Mouse Timex).
Regardless of what watch I wear - I wear them for everything I do with the sole exception being, showering.
Never had an issues with any of my watches doing my usual daily activities: writer (that's easy on the watches), running, mountain/desert bicycling + camping (lots of wrist vibrations with occasional jolts), house repairs (including welding, metal shaping, sawzall usage, painting, etc - definite wrist vibrations & impacts up through my hands), drummer/percussionist (less so these days since the pandemic and relocating to an area that has very little of the music I play but in any event many repetitive vibrations/impacts to the wrist up through my hands, and no not Rock music, Jazz - specifically Be-Bop)...
In any event, I don't take them off for any of this - and the reason I am including all of that in this post is to ask:
Even though I would think not, any thoughts/opinions on the Speedmaster Professional being particularly delicate or prone to issues with the daily wear I've outlined above?
Thank you for suffering through the rather long tome.
Currently own:
Three Omegas (Speedmaster Reduced 2nd version with sapphire crystal & dual pusher clasp - occasionally worn but it feels a little inauthentic (for lack of a better term) than the Professional and the subdials strike me as oddly placed even though I understand why, Seamaster 57 Trilogy - barely wear it & truthfully because I dislike the non-tapering bracelet & gigantic (to my eyes at least) clasp, Seamaster 300 "Lollipop" with the black sandwich dial - wear it often as the honeymoon phase is still heavy & I pretty much adore it even though I feel a touch burned out on divers)
a Rolex (the discontinued OP, 36mm, 3/6/9 Blue Dial - dislike wearing it because I feel like an idiot with a Rolex on my wrist & my wife teases me mercilessly for wearing it and even owning it + I find the hands to not be that legible out of doors)
and a Hamilton (Khaki auto - bought it, wore it, liked it but boxed it up because I like my Omegas much more)
Got very close to purchasing an Aqua Terra in the last two months but decided to step back and go into Think Mode about adding more vs. reducing down.
So, I am thinking seriously about selling all of them and consolidating down to a single new watch and calling it Done... the latest sapphire sandwich Speedmaster Professional on a bracelet.
Why?
Love the history of the watch (huge space/NASA nerd), love the latest movement upgrade (and ability to geek on it visually), love the new bracelet (taper, clasp, screws on the removable links), love the more economical presentation display case, love the idea of a manual wind (old enough that my childhood was all manual wind watches - even my first, a Mickey Mouse Timex).
Regardless of what watch I wear - I wear them for everything I do with the sole exception being, showering.
Never had an issues with any of my watches doing my usual daily activities: writer (that's easy on the watches), running, mountain/desert bicycling + camping (lots of wrist vibrations with occasional jolts), house repairs (including welding, metal shaping, sawzall usage, painting, etc - definite wrist vibrations & impacts up through my hands), drummer/percussionist (less so these days since the pandemic and relocating to an area that has very little of the music I play but in any event many repetitive vibrations/impacts to the wrist up through my hands, and no not Rock music, Jazz - specifically Be-Bop)...
In any event, I don't take them off for any of this - and the reason I am including all of that in this post is to ask:
Even though I would think not, any thoughts/opinions on the Speedmaster Professional being particularly delicate or prone to issues with the daily wear I've outlined above?
Thank you for suffering through the rather long tome.

