Dear all,

I'd love to buy a Speedmaster Moonwatch: I tried the new models in an Omega Boutique and I fell in love.

The one with double sapphire seems more "sturdy" ( https://www.omegawatches.com/watche...rofessional-chronograph-42-mm/31130423001006/ ), the one with hesalite crystal is more "correct" ( https://www.omegawatches.com/watche...rofessional-chronograph-42-mm/31130423001005/ ).

Which one would you buy? I'd like to buy a watch that lasts for years, maybe the sapphire one is more resistant?

In this moment I have not the budget to buy it new, which do you think is a good price to buy it used?
Is it a delicate movement that is better to buy new? (also: I'm not expert enough to see if a dial has been repainted or if the watch was polished).

Do you think an used Speedmaster Automatic (reduced, 39 or 40 mm) like this one ( http://www.chrono24.it/omega/speedmaster-automatico-reduced-art-om122--id5051810.htm ) would also be nice or is it better to wait - maybe some years - in order to buy the new Professional with its amazing special box?

I'm really thinking to a Speedmaster but I have no experience and I don't know which one to look...

Thank you very much for your precious advices

 

Moonwatch with hesalite. No question.
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f29/om...on-big-box-full-set-omega-straps-4360362.html

 

Thank you
Is it as sturdy as the sapphire one?

 

You can't tap dance on either one. Are you referring to the crystal?

 

Hesalite.

 

This one: https://www.omegawatches.com/watche...rofessional-chronograph-42-mm/31130423001006/

The man in the Omega Boutique said sapphire is more resistant then hesalite

 

Is it better to avoid an used Automatic reduced 39 or 40mm?

 

If you scratch hesalite, you can polish it out. Sapphire, not so much.

 

3rd thread on this in 2 weeks! Most people prefer the look of the hesalite. The sapphire tends to have a white ring on the dial from most angles and the proportions are not as nice due to the hesalite having a more pleasing profile on the crystal.

Unless your beating on the watch hesalite is fine. Most people here own and prefer the hesalite.

 

Here's one in the sales section. https://omegaforums.net/threads/fso...moonwatch-hesalite-311-30-42-30-01-005.57809/

 

And at a great price.

 

Years ago I asked myself the same question and soon after buying a Speedy DayDate I ended at an 145.022

Why? The Mk40 is too small for me and once you have a Moonwatch on your wrist you feel the history of the watch

I prefer Hesalite due to the soft look of it and the possibility to polish it on my own.

Max

 

I pondered the same. Hesalite vs sapphire vs sandwich vs moonphase. I did the right thing in the end and got the classic Hesalite. I wear it loads.
Buy a tube of polywatch too and everything is groovy.

 

Thank you!

So, at the end it is better to look only at the 42mm Professional and to leave the cheaper Automatic?
I don't buy to resell, but if I have, I understand that 42mm hesalite is better then sapphire and then reduced, right?

 

It all depends on your taste...but yes and yes in my opinion

 

Beautiful watch!!

 

Thank you...its my personal grail Watch

 

You won't get this look with sapphire.

 

I think you will change your mind if you don't go for the hesalite one. So hesalite get's my vote!