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CanberraOmega
路Hey,
So up in Sydney this weekend and went into Kalmar Antiques and Hardy Brothers (an AD).
First, Hardy Brothers. As per the other thread on judging books, I was wearing my 20th anniversary Speedy, and the sales assistant commented on it. I tried on a couple of Seamaster Pro 300Ms, the special edition 50th anniversary, which is only ~31mm. It felt small, and especially given its thickness, definitely didn't suit me. The larger size didn't appeal either. Didn't bother with the POs, as they are even thicker than the 300M professionals.
Then, decided to try on the modern constellation. Unfortunately they didn't have the Sedna red gold, but the moment I put it on, took it straight off. I never thought I'd be a fan of the modern Connies and I was right.
Finally, on to what I actually loved - the 37mm AT, yellow gold, black face. Very nice! The way the dial, the omega text, the hour markers dance with the light was wonderful. Even better, my wife agreed it was gorgeous.... But we are not about to spend $8k on it. She did agree that for my next big promotion at work I could buy something like that though.
Yesterday I went to Kalmar Antiques in the QVB in Sydney. Good range, but outrageously expensive! They had a gold cap Connie for more than $3k!!! But I did get to try on a beautiful 18k Connie with arrow head markers!
Daniel
So up in Sydney this weekend and went into Kalmar Antiques and Hardy Brothers (an AD).
First, Hardy Brothers. As per the other thread on judging books, I was wearing my 20th anniversary Speedy, and the sales assistant commented on it. I tried on a couple of Seamaster Pro 300Ms, the special edition 50th anniversary, which is only ~31mm. It felt small, and especially given its thickness, definitely didn't suit me. The larger size didn't appeal either. Didn't bother with the POs, as they are even thicker than the 300M professionals.
Then, decided to try on the modern constellation. Unfortunately they didn't have the Sedna red gold, but the moment I put it on, took it straight off. I never thought I'd be a fan of the modern Connies and I was right.
Finally, on to what I actually loved - the 37mm AT, yellow gold, black face. Very nice! The way the dial, the omega text, the hour markers dance with the light was wonderful. Even better, my wife agreed it was gorgeous.... But we are not about to spend $8k on it. She did agree that for my next big promotion at work I could buy something like that though.
Yesterday I went to Kalmar Antiques in the QVB in Sydney. Good range, but outrageously expensive! They had a gold cap Connie for more than $3k!!! But I did get to try on a beautiful 18k Connie with arrow head markers!
Daniel
