I think I will visit it asap. Thank you for your impressions.

 

Well the Armstrong space suit looks corrected
While in the area make sure to visit at least 3 other watch exhibitions in a 10 kilometers radius around Bienne...

 

Thanks for the report! I think I'll drive out in a couple of weeks. Do you have pics of the Megaquartz exhibits?

 

As I said, I don’t want to spoil the exhibits.

 

Well that's on 'the things to do list'!

 

So it was the last day of having a rental car today. Utilizing this fact (a.k.a being lazy by normal standards) I popped on down the road for some fresh bread and milk, and ended up taking a detour via the new Omega museum (thanks @kov for the reminder via this great write up - I had heard that it was quietly open at Starmus about 2 weeks ago, but was too overwhelmed to remember ).

It’s ‘next level’ and a very nice overall experience. I was especially impressed by the ‘obscure’ (or uncommon) vintage pieces (ie 1945 and older all the way to the beginning). Some lovely pieces there! I have pics of the megaquartz exhibition, but I shan’t post them

I also visited the Swatch Museum 1 floor up, but with 6000+ pieces the saturation kicked in quickly, and the fresh bread and milk was starting to age, as it wasn’t entirely a short detour ...

 

no worries I'll post lots & lots & lots of photos
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Edit: on MoonwatchUniverse

 

Thanks, so will I if I can make it there in the next couple of weeks.

 

@kov did you happen to see a Tintin in all that space?

 

Do you mean the character or the watch?

The first couldn’t happen, because of copyright.
The second is just a modern watch, not (yet) any kind of milestone.

 

Nice report, Thanks!

I am actually a lot more curious about this Apollo 13 Speedmaster that I’ve never seen before. Does anyone know more about it? Was it ever released as a ‘normal’ LE?

 

@Aludic it’s a prototype Apollo XIII - the one and the only.

 

That’s clear potential for a future LE. (Omega; are you listening in?)

 

Had the pleasure to visit the new museum yesterday and was excited to also meet Charles-Adamir Bernard there. He gave me the honour to spend a long time walking through the exhibit and baring all the questions I had

Again, Charles, if you read that here, many thanks for your kind patience with me and my questions

Don’t know if it’s appropriate to publish the pictures I took of the both of us but can state, this time he wore a Moonie with a 321ish movement as a special built up that was never to buy at all. Very impressive timepiece.

But pictures rule and since the most have been (or will be) published here I would like to show something special which we had the very last opportunity to see in this constellation.
Third floor exhibition ground is reserved to changing themes and they were about to close the current one where graduates of a Swiss art school present their work on the flight to the moon theme. And Omega allows them to also create some special moonwatches.
Enjoy:

 

Hmm, you sure the 3rd floor isn't the incubator for future Speedy LEs ?

 

May be you’re right but for me they have to learn few more lessons in watchmaking before letting their timepieces unleashed to the community at all

 

It's like you read my mind word for word...

 

Those Swiss Art School pieces are amongst the most hideous watches I've ever seen

 

Thanks so much for starting this thread, people do some far flung things to commemorate there 50th birthdays but mine wish is to visit the museum for mine in 2021. Just haven’t decided who to ask to accompany me, or to drive from the UK or fly.

 

Wow.... what a cool place to visit. I am so jealous it is right around the corner for those who live in Europe and and somewhat close by . On the bucket list to to visit for sure