Dr No[Moderator Omega - Wristscan]
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After picking up the Ultra Deep last night in LA, I had dinner with my pal Jim . . .
Dec 27, 2022,19:31 PM
. . . in Huntington Beach. When I showed him the reason for my trip, he said, "About forty years ago I was looking at this massive Omega dive watch in a jewelry store. It had a black dial, and they were asking $3400 for it. That was about $3000 more than I had."
It took all of two seconds to realize he was describing the SM 1000, known to Omega-philes as The Grand. It was a surreal moment: me with the successor of The Grand on my wrist, and Jim sharing a moment in time when he could've been the proud owner of the original Omega ultra-deep diver.
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