Speedy Tuesday – One Of Our Readers Talks About His Gold Speedmaster 3695.50.31

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Robert-Jan

·Aug 22, 2017·#SpeedyTuesday

Gold Speedmaster 3695.50.31 One of my first encounters with a gold Speedmaster was with the BA145.022-69, which translates into the famous yellow gold Apollo XI commemorative edition from 1969 with a burgundy bezel. It must have been late 1999 or early 2000 that someone showed it to me. It paved the way for my (later) […]

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Shailor

·Aug 22, 2017

Beautiful timepiece! I've never owned a gold watch. Hopefully that will change before dirt is shoveled over me. I keep telling my wife I've never seen a Brinks truck following a hearse.

 

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N1CK

·Aug 22, 2017

Does it have a sapphire crystal?

 

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José9

·Aug 22, 2017

N1CK

Does it have a sapphire crystal?

It seems so.i'm not a fan a gold but thank you for the review

 

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Tubber

·Aug 22, 2017

Gold Speedmasters are a thing of beauty. That is stunning. I only have one Gold Speedy, I need more!

 

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Wryfox

·Aug 22, 2017

Only thing better than a speedmaster is a gold speedmaster .

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Aug 22, 2017

@Wryfox
Especially for Magpies... Corvidae 😀

 

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cicindela

·Aug 22, 2017·Steve @ ΩF

SpeedyPhill

@Wryfox
Especially for Magpies... Corvidae 😀

 

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drhex

·Aug 23, 2017

Love gold Speedys! Still need a Stafford :-(...

 

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ras47

·Aug 23, 2017

Looks nearly identical to the Starmus Speedmaster. Gorgeous.

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Aug 24, 2017

Don't get me wrong... Corvidae are the most intelligent birds 😁

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Jan 3, 2018

RJ here's a Gold Speedmaster themed monthly contribution:
https://moonwatchuniverse.tumblr.com/archive
😎

 

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Robert-Jan

·Jan 3, 2018·#SpeedyTuesday

SpeedyPhill

RJ here's a Gold Speedmaster themed monthly contribution:
https://moonwatchuniverse.tumblr.com/archive
😎

Nice! I talked to Stafford on a couple of occasions in recent years, and he always wears the later gold version from 1980. The rumour is that he lost his original 1969 gold watch, but I never asked him about it.

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Jan 4, 2018

Indeed, checked my notes and found that Stafford's #13 Apollo Tribute Speedmaster, he received in November 1969, was stolen... 🙁

 

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DLT222

·Jan 5, 2018·Double D @ ΩF

Mine says hello!!

 

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eugeneandresson

·Jan 5, 2018

DLT222

Mine says hello!!

Aaaah...so u r keeping it then...👍👍👍

 

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DLT222

·Jan 5, 2018·Double D @ ΩF

eugeneandresson

Aaaah...so u r keeping it then...👍👍👍

For the moment... Who knows, I might wake up one morning and think, sod it... Sell it!

 

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rohnin

·Jan 6, 2018

Robert-Jan

Nice! I talked to Stafford on a couple of occasions in recent years, and he always wears the later gold version from 1980. The rumour is that he lost his original 1969 gold watch, but I never asked him about it.

Can Omega engrave like this?!!

 

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Moadib

·Jan 6, 2018

Wow. Just wow. I'm not at all a fan of gold watches, but that looks simply stunning!