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Team Alinghi Moonwatch (New Model)

  1. kelsey Aug 2, 2020

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    I don’t think it hurts the Apollo 8 this by contrast shows how right they got the Apollo 8, and shows how that wasn’t such an easy feat.
     
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  2. man winding Aug 3, 2020

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    I have an Apollo 8, which I love, so I should probably like this. And there are some elements of it I do really like - Omega's black ceramic is stunning, particularly on the brushed sections of the case, and the red looks good (at least some of it, especially on the pusher). I quite like the 3 sub-dial as well. But then I don't understand why they ruined it with the 6 sub-dial and the carbon fibre. Maybe it's better in person. Or maybe not.
     
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  3. Stripey Aug 3, 2020

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    This is purely subjective of course, but I really liked the photos; yet when I saw it in person last week, what really turned me off it most was the six dial. It looks like a red paper sticker.

    Edit - I have an Apollo 8 too, and likewise on the love for it.
     
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  4. 《007》 Aug 14, 2020

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    i see the apollo 8 is way better looking than the Alinghi. Personally, i feel the black-yellow combo is nicer than black-red combo.
     
  5. Caliber561 Aug 14, 2020

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    Well, since it is an 1861-based movement, it *could* be swapped out for a standard baton.
     
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  6. slwoodster Aug 18, 2020

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    This thread made me go down a rabbit hole of Alinghi limited editions I had no idea existed.
     
  7. f18sailor Aug 18, 2020

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    Guess I'm in the minority, but as an avid multihull racer and Americas Cup fan (since they went to foiling), I am seriously considering one of these. Only "upgrade" I would have liked to see is a deployent buckle.
     
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  8. Stripey Aug 20, 2020

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    Upgrade it yourself? I have just done with my Apollo 8, thanks to a kind member here who went to the bother of getting me the catalogue numbers so I could convince the Omega boutique at the third time of asking that the deployant version of the Apollo 8 strap existed. Admittedly it has cost me an extra £530.
     
  9. AntonisCy Dec 8, 2020

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