Hi All
Thank you all for the contribution. Compiling all the abbreviations to make this a comprehensive thread, changing the title as well.
Connie - constellation
Speedy – SPEEDMASTER
FOIS = First Omega in Space.
Speedy Tuesday = Fratellowatches.com founder ROBERT-JAN BROER started this movement by posting Speedmaster images every Tuesday in 2012.
NOS: New Old Stock (old inventory that is unused and in new condition)
DON (dot over ninety) bezel
FIFY - Fixed it for you.
WTB means Want To Buy
DNN for "Dot Next to Ninety" bezel.
OHPF for "On Hold Pending Funds"
POS for "Piece of Shit"
OB for "Omega Boutique"
OBO for "Or Best Offer"
AD for "Authorized Dealer"
DSOTM for "Dark Side Of The Moon"
ROMDS = Red Omega Mars Dust Syndrome
OFC means Of course.
IMO = in my opinion
ATM = at the moment
AFAIK = as far as I know
OP = original poster
BNIB -Brand New in Box
ALS: A Lange & Sohne - high-end german watchmaker
AT: Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra
AP: Audemars Piguet - high-end Swiss watchmaker
Batman or BLNR: Rolex GMT-Master II with two-tone, blue and black, bezel (BLNR is french for 'bleu et noire' - blue and black)
BB: Tudor Black Bay
Bienne: City in which Omega has its headquarters; Members often suggest they're sending their watch "to Bienne" for service
BPH: Beats per hour - measure of a movement's frequency; arguably the higher the number, the higher the precision
CONUS: Continental United States (i.e. no Hawaii or Alaska). Used in sales form, as in "Shipping included within CONUS".
COSC - Controle Officiel Suisse des Chornometres (organization that certifies watches as "chronometres")
DJ: Rolex DateJust
DRSD: Double Red Sea-Dweller (Rolex)
Ed White: Omega Speedmaster 105.003, produced from 1963 to 1965. Last "pre-professional" Speedmaster without crown guards. Worn by Astronaut Ed White on NASA's first spacewalk.
EXPII or GMTII: Rolex Explorer II or Rolex GMT-Master II
Flip: A watch that's purchased and then sold for the express purpose of making a profit on the sale
GP: Girard-Perregaux - swiss watchmaker
GS: Grand Seiko
Hulk: Rolex Submariner with green bezel and green dial
JDM: Japanese domestic market - watch produced for Japanese market only
JLC: Jaeger-LeCoultre - well respected Swiss watchmaker
Kermit: Rolex Submariner with green bezel and black dial
MUT: JLC Master Ultra Thin
OF: OmegaForums
OP: Original poster (first member to post in a specific thread)
PAM: Officine Panerai
PO: Planet Ocean (as in Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean)
Pre-moon: Speedmaster made either 1) Prior to the moon landing being acknowledged on the caseback; or, 2) prior to the moon landing itself (pre-July 1969), depending on one's interpretation. I tend to favour the former.
Pre-Professional: Omega Speedmaster with straight lugs, without crown guards or "professional" on the dial, produced in the 1950's and early-mid 1960's.
RO: AP Royal Oak
RSC: Rolex Service Center
SD: Rolex Sea-Dweller
SEL: "Sold end links" - as opposed to "hollow end links".
SMP: Omega Seamaster Professional
Spa: OF for "watchmaker". As in, "Here's my Speedy, freshly back from the spa"
SubC: Rolex Submariner with ceramic bezel
SW: Straight Writing. An Omega Speedmaster 145.022-69 with "The First Watch Worn on the Moon" written straight across the caseback - the first example of a Speedmaster acknowledging the moon landing on the caseback
UG: Universal Geneve - much beloved, semi-defunct Swiss watch brand
105.012-65 CB - Speedmaster with a case produced by 'Le Centrale Boites' (rare example with slightly different case shape). Used due to unavailability of cases by Omega's regular case manufacturer Huguenin Freres
105.012-65 HF - Speedmaster with a case produced by 'Huguenin Freres'
OBRO = or best real offer?
SDC = Speedmaster Decades Collection
GM = Globemaster
RO: AP Royal Oak
ROO: AP Royal Oak Offshore
AJTT - A Journey Through Time
Speedymoon" = 1st Speedmaster moon-phase, 345.0809, 1985-88
"Albino" = Speedmaster 40th anniv, white dial for Italian market, 3593.20, 1997
JR = Speedmaster Japan Racing, 3570.40, 2004
M2M = Speedmaster Moon-to-Mars, 3577.50, 2004-12
"Speedyorite" = Speedmaster Apollo-Soyuz 35th anniv, meteorite dial, 2010
"Silver Snoopy" = Speedmaster 45th anniv Apollo 13, white dial, 2015
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