I’m just a little over a year into having a real interest in watches (though I always had and relied on a watch growing up), but like the OP I really appreciate the vast amount of knowledge shared in OF and the willingness of many members to help with and entertain questions that must get very repetitive.
I must say I got into Omega quite haphazardly. I found myself in a position to get a quality watch and looked through the Omega catalog, found the silver opaline dial SS Globemaster and immediately decided on it. After reading a bit on it, everything sounding good, I pulled the trigger the next day. I really didn’t know much about the heritage of Omega or other brands (except for Rolex and Seiko), which everyone knows), I just saw what looked good to me and based my decision on that. Shortly after getting the watch I started to get really into reading about Omega watches in forums and articles, listening to podcasts, reading blogs etc. then I started to realize the vast world of watches and all these brands I wasn’t aware of, and suddenly had an “oh shit” moment, think I really didn’t do much research into just all the possibilities I could have weighed my impulsive decision against. I started looking at a ton of watches wondering if I had made the wrong decision (not because of loving the GM less, but just realizing so many models out there) and quite a few months later I arrived at the realization that even with all the offerings that were available to me I still would have chosen the Globemaster. I’ve also come to realize that I’m more drawn to Omega than probably any other brand due to the combination of quality, aesthetics, movement, lack of baggage compared to brands like Rolex (for better or worse).
A few pics under different light.
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