The relevant ones for me are: - the slim chrono counter - the movement - the bracelet What I do not care about: - dot over 90: pfff I could not care less about this - caseback: yuck
Nevertheless i think Omega did quite a job going this thin line between keeping the heritage and making this watch ready for the future. Keen to see the bracelet and the clasp, from the pictures it does not look as good as the watch itself. Also from a te...
Slim bezel, optically larger dial (maybe it measures larger too, but all that matters is that it looks bigger), cleaner overall dial and more legible. Have these new models jumped significantly in terms of retail price?
My “collection” is 100% Omega...Seamasters and Speedmasters (which are both ceramic). The speedys are only depth rated to 167 ft. When I asked at the Omega boutique the technician told me “don’t even swim with these”. I have noticed that a few of the 9300...
. . . that renders this third-generation Speedmaster movement compelling - it's also resistant to magnetism and, in a nod to vintage sensibilities, the resonant frequency has been lowered to 3 Hz, same as cal 1861/1863. Hash marks indicating a third of a ...
Why does it matter one way or another on a new mass produced watch? Would this new watch sell more with a dot over 90 bezel? Seems to me that they should have left that "feature" to live on the 321 because this new model is just as nice with a dot near 90...
. . . watchmakers usually replaced bezels (and dials, hands, and pushers) with parts in current inventory. When 'dot over ninety' bezels were replaced by 'dot near ninety' ~ '69, a watchmaker who needed to order a replacement accepted whatever Omega sent....