My love and appreciation for Speedmasters continues, regardless that I can't read the dial on most. That being said: This particular model appears to be not only a modern classic, but also very legible. Your opinions could be my decision maker. Thanx for your "time", Miki
Here is a wrist shot, dust and all, to help you out. My eyes are fine....as long as I keep these reading glassess on
Stunning! In your first scan the sweeps appear to have a brownish cast: yes? Additionally where did you get the beautiful "shoes"? Miki
Naw, it is just the light at different angles. Yes, the new shoes are a Hirsch Medici contoured strap. It is supposed to be 'Gold Brown', but from what I understand, they ran out of golden cows and now Golden brown is more medium. I actually prefer the color as it is now.
Miki, it would probably cost you used the same as new as it a newer model out less than a year. If you are looking for a new one I can point you in a cheaper direction (relatively)
Any info why Omega decided to use mismatched running seconds in this model? Do they copy specific vintage model?
Just the sapphire for me, I like the hands. Regardless it's still one of the most attractive "special" Speedies of the last few years.
The sapphire suits me just fine as this would be my "daily beater". All my "Safe-Queens" when "On the way to going Broke". However I would prefer that the unusual seconds hand was also on the other two sub-dials.
It's a pretty neat thought they had - it does two things [1] it separates the seconds dial from the chronograph, exactly as cicindela said. So that triangular hands tell time, while needle hands tell the time recorded on the chronograph. [2] Also, this pays tribute to the CK2998 that this watch is reissued after. CK2998-1, -2, -3 all had "dagger" subdial hands (on all three subdials), while the -4 was transitional: early -4s had dagger subdial hands, while later -4s began using the "stick" subdial hands that are with us through the present day. cheers, Mark