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Who/what got you into Speedmasters?
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gearjockey
·Remember that girl in high school? You know the one. She was in several of your classes. She wasn’t the most stunning girl in school, but she was beautiful. She wasn’t the valedictorian, but she was smart. She wasn’t trendy and didn’t follow fashion, but she always looked great. She wasn’t slutty, but she was sexy. She was straightforward, honest, to the point. Her smile was genuine and when she smiled at you, you felt a rush of adrenaline. You dreamed about her. Wondered if you were good enough for her. And if you were ever lucky enough to be with her, you somehow knew that she would rock your world and that she was the girl who you would someday marry. She was the female equivalent of the Speedmaster.
Alrite then, I’ll just browse through my HS yearbook and look for those same girls. Coming up on my 40th reunion, I don’t think they’re the same “Speedmaster” girls from way back. I know I’m not.
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Seaborg
·As a kind (~10 years old in late 90's, or maybe as a teenager in the 2000's), I remember seeing my grandfather reading Le Figaro Magazine (french newspaper) in the brown-leather sofa of the living-room of my grand-parents' place.
The magazine contained adds for luxury watches and I distinctively remember the navy-blue page showing craters of the Lunar surface and, right in the middle, the Omega Speedmaster.
My grand-father was a fighter pilot in the French Air Force (Colonel), veteran of WW2, Indochine, and Algeria wars. He was the person I loved the most, my Hero (the man with the colonial hat on the armored vehicle).
I was then naturally fascinated by flying things, and what is more extrem than going to space?! Astronauts/spationauts/cosmonauts/taikonauts were (and still are) the quintessence of pilot's bravery, and they wear Speedmasters!
I wanted one.
As a PhD student, I bought myself with my first salary the "poor-man" Speedmaster: the Poljot Strela 3133 chronograph. At the time, I introduced me and friend (also PhD student and sharing the same office in our lab) used to talk watches and I didn't stop telling him how much I love the Speedmaster. A year later (in 2012-2013), he ended up bying a 145.022 from the 80's on a rallye strap out of eBay for 1800€, crazy money for me at the time. I was so jealous...
From this moment, I started digging deeper in the different references through @Spacefruit's Speedmaster101... I wanted one so hard, a pre-Moon, with long yellow indexes. In August 2016, I bought my first Speedmaster (145.012-67 SP) for the outrageous sum of 8500€ (head only). I remember when the postman came to me with the parcel, I was saking. I opened the cardboard box and.......... Wow..... WOOOW... WOOOOOOOOW :
From this moment, Speedmasters have drove me crazy and I have been pilling them since then (I don't even know how many of them I have owned... I guess around 20).
Speedmasters are great.
Cheers.
Dr. R.
The magazine contained adds for luxury watches and I distinctively remember the navy-blue page showing craters of the Lunar surface and, right in the middle, the Omega Speedmaster.
My grand-father was a fighter pilot in the French Air Force (Colonel), veteran of WW2, Indochine, and Algeria wars. He was the person I loved the most, my Hero (the man with the colonial hat on the armored vehicle).
I was then naturally fascinated by flying things, and what is more extrem than going to space?! Astronauts/spationauts/cosmonauts/taikonauts were (and still are) the quintessence of pilot's bravery, and they wear Speedmasters!
I wanted one.
As a PhD student, I bought myself with my first salary the "poor-man" Speedmaster: the Poljot Strela 3133 chronograph. At the time, I introduced me and friend (also PhD student and sharing the same office in our lab) used to talk watches and I didn't stop telling him how much I love the Speedmaster. A year later (in 2012-2013), he ended up bying a 145.022 from the 80's on a rallye strap out of eBay for 1800€, crazy money for me at the time. I was so jealous...
From this moment, I started digging deeper in the different references through @Spacefruit's Speedmaster101... I wanted one so hard, a pre-Moon, with long yellow indexes. In August 2016, I bought my first Speedmaster (145.012-67 SP) for the outrageous sum of 8500€ (head only). I remember when the postman came to me with the parcel, I was saking. I opened the cardboard box and.......... Wow..... WOOOW... WOOOOOOOOW :
From this moment, Speedmasters have drove me crazy and I have been pilling them since then (I don't even know how many of them I have owned... I guess around 20).
Speedmasters are great.
Cheers.
Dr. R.
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DoctorEvil
·As a kind (~10 years old in late 90's, or maybe as a teenager in the 2000's), I remember seeing my grandfather reading Le Figaro Magazine (french newspaper) in the brown-leather sofa of the living-room of my grand-parents' place.
The magazine contained adds for luxury watches and I distinctively remember the navy-blue page showing craters of the Lunar surface and, right in the middle, the Omega Speedmaster.
My grand-father was a fighter pilot in the French Air Force (Colonel), veteran of WW2, Indochine, and Algeria wars. He was the person I loved the most, my Hero (the man with the colonial hat on the armored vehicle).
I was then naturally fascinated by flying things, and what is more extrem than going to space?! Astronauts/spationauts/cosmonauts/taikonauts were (and still are) the quintessence of pilot's bravery, and they wear Speedmasters!
I wanted one.
As a PhD student, I bought myself with my first salary the "poor-man" Speedmaster: the Poljot Strela 3133 chronograph. At the time, I introduced me and friend (also PhD student and sharing the same office in our lab) used to talk watches and I didn't stop telling him how much I love the Speedmaster. A year later (in 2012-2013), he ended up bying a 145.022 from the 80's on a rallye strap out of eBay for 1800€, crazy money for me at the time. I was so jealous...
From this moment, I started digging deeper in the different references through @Spacefruit's Speedmaster101... I wanted one so hard, a pre-Moon, with long yellow indexes. In August 2016, I bought my first Speedmaster (145.012-67 SP) for the outrageous sum of 8500€ (head only). I remember when the postman came to me with the parcel, I was saking. I opened the cardboard box and.......... Wow..... WOOOW... WOOOOOOOOW :
From this moment, Speedmasters have drove me crazy and I have been pilling them since then (I don't even know how many of them I have owned... I guess around 20).
Speedmasters are great.
Cheers.
Dr. R.
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vbrad26
·The Apollo 13 movie.
I was around 7 years old and already had a plethora of Timex's and other random watches.
There is a specific scene where they are getting their suits on before launch and there is a great shot of one of them getting the Speedy strapped to their wrist with that big ol' Velcro strap.
And of course various other scenes where they pop up (of course the iconic "scene" that @gearjockey mentioned where the burn is timed).
I just thought it was the coolest watch. Astronauts wear them! I had no clue about it otherwise- not even about the moon landings and other EVA's, then fell off my radar for the next 20 years or so.
I started eyeing them again before a couple years before my 30th birthday as I started getting back into watches and ended up with one as a 30th birthday present to myself.
I was around 7 years old and already had a plethora of Timex's and other random watches.
There is a specific scene where they are getting their suits on before launch and there is a great shot of one of them getting the Speedy strapped to their wrist with that big ol' Velcro strap.
And of course various other scenes where they pop up (of course the iconic "scene" that @gearjockey mentioned where the burn is timed).
I just thought it was the coolest watch. Astronauts wear them! I had no clue about it otherwise- not even about the moon landings and other EVA's, then fell off my radar for the next 20 years or so.
I started eyeing them again before a couple years before my 30th birthday as I started getting back into watches and ended up with one as a 30th birthday present to myself.
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lps1994
·Was looking for a birthyear watch for my 30th birthday and not many brands had a model from 1985 that I wanted (that has since changed, now I find several of the 80s designs quite cool). And since I really wanted an Omega, a Speedy was the obvious choice. Got a really nice one from an OF seller.
question for you, does a 1985 speedmaster serial number start with 48 or 46? I've read omegas from 1985 start with 48 except for speedmasters? they seem to have their own system and should be 46?
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...
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pdxleaf
·Play around with this. Try putting in 47322402
https://www.ilovemyspeedmaster.com/productiondateprediction/
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RevZMan123
·I don't think I'm into Speedmasters yet -- not sure what's holding me back other than "they all look the same" other than the broad arrow reissue. So that's been on my radar on and off, but I keep buying other watches instead. lol
According to ILMS, if I wanted a March 1976 birth speedy, I'm limited to a very limited range of serial numbers (38592802 to 39160972) across 2 models (ST145.022-74 & ST145.022-76) ... any one holding?
According to ILMS, if I wanted a March 1976 birth speedy, I'm limited to a very limited range of serial numbers (38592802 to 39160972) across 2 models (ST145.022-74 & ST145.022-76) ... any one holding?
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macrodust
·I don't think I'm into Speedmasters yet -- not sure what's holding me back other than "they all look the same" other than the broad arrow reissue. So that's been on my radar on and off, but I keep buying other watches instead. lol
According to ILMS, if I wanted a March 1976 birth speedy, I'm limited to a very limited range of serial numbers (38592802 to 39160972) across 2 models (ST145.022-74 & ST145.022-76) ... any one holding?
“They all look the same”?!! Sacrilege! The differences between them are HUUUGE!
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gbesq
·I don't think I'm into Speedmasters yet -- not sure what's holding me back other than "they all look the same" other than the broad arrow reissue. So that's been on my radar on and off, but I keep buying other watches instead. lol
According to ILMS, if I wanted a March 1976 birth speedy, I'm limited to a very limited range of serial numbers (38592802 to 39160972) across 2 models (ST145.022-74 & ST145.022-76) ... any one holding?
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RevZMan123
·hr says they're the same picture
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gbesq
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gbesq
·By the way, behind the $120,000 Speedmaster, there is also a new Subaru WRX. Behind the other 3 Speedmasters? Goats. Choose wisely.
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SpeedyPhill
·Writing to NASA in the summer of 1971... and receiving their well-known brown enveloppes with lots of NASA lithos and official photographs 😗
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spacemission
·Hey Mad, I had not seen this thread before.
When my father was studying for his academia general del aire application he wanted a new tool watch. Gmt-master or speedmaster professional moonwatch.
I clearly remember a walk with him. We suddenly saw an omega authorized dealer and he told me the story. Years later I purchased an old moonwatch to a very good friend. I went home to close the circle.
By the way, a speedmaster automatic mk40 was the first speedmaster that I saw in a magazine.
When my father was studying for his academia general del aire application he wanted a new tool watch. Gmt-master or speedmaster professional moonwatch.
I clearly remember a walk with him. We suddenly saw an omega authorized dealer and he told me the story. Years later I purchased an old moonwatch to a very good friend. I went home to close the circle.
By the way, a speedmaster automatic mk40 was the first speedmaster that I saw in a magazine.
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gbesq
·10/10 for effort Maddog…1/10 for not having Archibald-Nutsack-The-Third’s Ozzie twang 😁
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impalla62ss
·It all began here. I found Omega Forums and I was into Seamasters. I read every post from day one and happily skipped every Speedmaster thread. But then on a whim my watchmaker showed me a Daytona that was amazing. No it was over polished, had a service dial and and had a shitty crown. I was in love. I did not have $40K at the time. I wanted a chronograph. My Speedmaster aversion was over. I read the posts. I learned. I decided a full boat 1861 was in my future. And it happened. I no longer skip posts based on the word Speedmaster. It is not vintage, but f*$k it, I got a warranty and a full set.
