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What’s happening on March 26th then?

  1. Butik Mar 22, 2022

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    Speedmaster MoonSwatch. I can also see Omega logo on dial and Swatch logo on strap, but don't know if it's same or two different watches. Anyway some captures from this short YT video.

    Also on the caseback I can see "four (4) jewels" so definietly quartz.
     
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    Edited Mar 22, 2022
  2. eugeneandresson 'I used a hammer, a chisel, and my fingers' Mar 22, 2022

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    Anyone care to guess a price? I’m speculating ‘tree fiddy zero’…
     
  3. YY77 Mar 22, 2022

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    €250
     
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  4. Bugbait Mar 22, 2022

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    Hopeful then! The Speedmaster is a beautiful base design.
     
  5. PandaSPUR Mar 22, 2022

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    I really hate the bottom subdial on that watch... The planet with rings just looks cheap/tacky on the dial.
     
  6. Bugbait Mar 22, 2022

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    The whole point of a Swatch watch is knowingly cheap and tacky though?
     
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  7. Unfamiliar_Moon Mar 22, 2022

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    tacky is subjective, cheap is if you feel the asking price is not in alignment with the value.
     
  8. TLIGuy Mar 22, 2022

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    I’ll add that Saturday (26th) is typically a down day on the ISS allowing for time for a reveal.

    Also, the all Russian crew alleviates a conflict of interest with a NASA astronaut appearing to be participating in an advertising campaign. The Russians are a bit more accommodating and always looking for ways to monetize their program.
     
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  9. 140dave Mar 22, 2022

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    I think they prefer the terms "budget friendly" and "eye catching" ;)
     
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  10. Rewiz Mar 22, 2022

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    Seems slightly odd/ill-timed to have Russians promoting anything right now.
     
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  11. Archer Omega Qualified Watchmaker Mar 22, 2022

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    Definitely not a 3861 - the minute counter sub-dial is where the hour counter would be on a 321/861/1861/3861...
     
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  12. cvalue13 Mar 22, 2022

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    And has a few more jewels than 4
     
  13. Caliber561 Mar 22, 2022

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    1 watch for every planet + moon + sun?
     
  14. Linzer Mar 22, 2022

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    Than €2500 on fleebay after the 27th.
    My guess is that the big box will contain one real Speedmaster and the rest will be Moonwatch wannabe Swatches. And the Swatches will also be available separately.
     
  15. TLIGuy Mar 22, 2022

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    Any collaboration with a reveal by cosmonauts would have been planned long before the current situation. Many are inclined to believe that cooperation on the ISS is above the fray of current world events.

    If nothing else, I’ll stand by my prediction they are wearing the new collaborative watch.
     
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  16. Archer Omega Qualified Watchmaker Mar 22, 2022

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    They tell you right on the case back who the movement maker is...people probably don't recognize the logo as easily as a watchmaker would I guess...I see it on tech guides all the time...

    ETA.jpg
     
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  17. cvalue13 Mar 22, 2022

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    The ETA symbol definitely a giveaway that it’s not a 3861 etc. - thanks for the clarification.

    I didn’t know whether “Swatch’s” 4-jewel quartz chrono was an ETA movement but ok second glance:

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  18. Cod Holliday Mar 22, 2022

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    Nice catch, that's an eta logo ?! :)

    I am not a watchmaker and am a dummy...lol
     
  19. cvalue13 Mar 22, 2022

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    well, depends where you sit with Pluto :D
     
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  20. YY77 Mar 22, 2022

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    The suggestion of a possible 3861 movement was almost in the same league as the smartwatch thread:whistling:, still miles away though.:D
     
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