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·I was hoping the new co-axial speedmaster would have a ceramic bezel. The precious metal moonwatches have the ceramic bezels. How many years will it take for the Stainless Steel ones to have the same?
Will Speedmaster Moonwatch co-axial come with ceramic bezel?
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Evitzee
·Since it's the basic Speedmaster I don't they will ever put a ceramic bezel on it, they'll leave that for their special watches.
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skipjack
·To be honest the ceramic bezel is the one thing on the new ed white I would change
The aluminium feels more age appropriate and looks more "correct"
The aluminium feels more age appropriate and looks more "correct"
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·S skipjackTo be honest the ceramic bezel is the one thing on the new ed white I would change
The aluminium feels more age appropriate and looks more "correct"
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haze
·But they have "upgraded" pretty much everything, the caliber, the sapphire and the clasp to make it modern. It is not 100% true to the original anyway. Adding a ceramic bezel seems logical as an upgraded version of the moonwatch along with the other changes.
Maybe they will do that after squeezing every possible dollar from this one, then they will have that ceramic bezel with another fancy price tag.
Maybe they will do that after squeezing every possible dollar from this one, then they will have that ceramic bezel with another fancy price tag.
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gbesq
·I’m no expert, but I would think that a ceramic bezel for the new Ed White costs a lot more to replace than an aluminum one for a Speedmaster.
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7enderbender
·I don’t see why they would even consider this. You can’t move too far from the original or it just becomes a blingy caricature. Kind of what happened to the Rolex dive watches. I prefer the basic and less shiny designs. Aluminum was good enough for Buzz Aldrin. It’s good enough for me.
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Evitzee
·No, we don't know why. If a ceramic bezel, sapphire crystal, slightly tan lume, clear back or no adjustment of the clasp on the fly is a deal breaker folks will just have to move on. Seldom do we get everything we want.
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gbesq
·Just curious whether anyone has any idea of what percentage of Omega’s sales are derived from the Speedmaster line and the plain Jane stainless steel hesalite Speedmaster Professional in particular? Anyone dare to hazard a guess?
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Alex_TA
·Racing has it.
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cvalue13
·Aluminum was good enough for Buzz Aldrin. It’s good enough for me.
Though, many of those watches came back beat to within an inch of their lives, and after every mission got full services/parts replacements by Omega.
Maybe what’s “good enough for Buzz” isn’t quite the standard for us mortals. 😗
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GoBlueJedi
·Though, many of those watches came back beat to within an inch of their lives, and after every mission got full services/parts replacements by Omega.
Maybe what’s “good enough for Buzz” isn’t quite the standard for us mortals. 😗
Would a ceramic bezel pose an issue for NASA flight qualification? I would assume that aluminum would essentially be at zero risk of shattering. Maybe it's more similar to sapphire than hesalite. I don't know enough about the ceramic to anticipate it's mode of failure.
Not that it would necessarily apply to the current hesalite (unless it's actually intended to maintain that standard now or in the future) or sapphire models, but maybe that's a factor?
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norb1967
·What’s the advantage of ceramic? Surely the paint on it will still scratch just like aluminium?
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