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All great advice, guys.

I’m surprised no one’s sticking up for the sapphire. I called my AD today and told him I was inclined towards the hesalite. He said, “excellent choice, sir, that’s the right choice.” I said, great, so do you have one in stock I can try on?” He said, “sorry, sir, this week I have only the hesalite.” I said, “but the hesalite is what I want.” He said, “oh, I thought you said you wanted the sapphire.” Then we had an awkward conversation about why he said I was making the “right choice” when he thought I said I was inclined towards the sapphire. Something about the magic scratch-free properties of synthetic sapphire...

Hesalite vs sapphire redux

By: Chromatic Fugue : May 11th, 2021-00:10

So I paid a visit to the local Omega boutique yesterday and checked out the new Speedmaster — both versions. Loved them both, loved the front of the hesalite slightly more. A few thoughts: 1. If I go hesalite, will I regret losing the view of the movement...

#3 is reason enough to go haselite.

By: India Whiskey Charlie : May 11th, 2021-00:15

Just my opinion and experience…

By: kkochheiser : May 11th, 2021-00:33

And I’m sure others will have good reasons to disagree. I chose the Hesalite version, actually 3 times. One vintage 145.022, the prior version and the new one. I also have had several other plexi crystal watches for many years with no problems that a litt...

Hesalite all the way.

By: LS : May 11th, 2021-02:03

Hesalite is easy to polish with polywatch. But it doesn’t look bad with a few battle scars either. Knowing they can easily be polished out any time makes them less of a big deal. Its a very liberating feeling. Also, received my 3570.50 back from Omega ser...

Hesalite

By: fernando : May 11th, 2021-03:45

For the bracelet (all brushed), solid case back ( which I prefer for these types of watches) and of course the authentic nature and look of hesalite. ...

. . . novelty in a watch carefully crafted to represent a balance between new and old. Hesalite, conversely, tips the balance back towards vintage. So it all basically comes down to whether you see the third generation Speedy as a nod towards an updated p...

Thanks Art ...

By: Chromatic Fugue : May 14th, 2021-18:34

Mixing hesalite with a coaxial escapement does seem anachronistic, but I learned long ago not to be too logical about these things. I like the look of the hesalite model better; I just wish they made a scratch-resistant form of the same crystal, with the ...

Anachronistic or . . .

By: Dr No : May 14th, 2021-19:06

. . . parachronistic - Omega's got all the bases covered!

I just bought the sapphire. It’s in transit.

By: Wristenthusiast : May 13th, 2021-00:43

I have plenty of sapphire watches that have never shattered and destroyed anything. That’s a lie. One of my watches did that, but that was because I was in a motorcycle accident and smashed into an SUV. The acrylic probably would not have survived that ei...