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Pistol Pete
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Thank you Graham

I feel the same way with your overall verdict. I'd rather not have the 'annual calendar' text on there but the watch is nigh on perfect. It's next to impossible to get a new watch without excessive writing on it. As an owner, you just accept it the way it is and live with it. As you can imagine, that's not too difficult to do. I tell ya, of the watches I own, the most egregious example to me is the Daytona, with the silly, 'superlative'. There is no rating called, 'superlative chronometer'. I've become disaffected with the Daytona as all my and my wife's Omega's spank it real good. I'll post pictures of my wife's stunning Omega soon. However I'll not sell the Daytona. It's unfortunate that the Daytona is seen as the premiere sports chronograph, so I kind of reluctantly keep it in the collection. In my opinion, Omega never should've replaced the 321 with the 861. My ultimate dream watch would have been a modern 321 Speedmaster with sapphire caseback.

You know, lots of people misunderstand the sapphire case of the Hour Vision. One guy said to me on watchuseek that it was, 'frivolous'. The purpose of the case is solely to service the beautiful movement. It illuminates and highlights the movement. It's all about the movement. In many ways, the Hour Vision is a homage to the 8500/8601 movement. In this respect, the Hour Vision is a purist's watch, one that a bona fide WIS enjoys to wear. It's similar to some Ferrari cars that have a clear perspex covering over the engine, so as to admire the masterpiece of engineering. It's no different with the Hour Vision.

_Here is a new picture not previously posted and you can see how unusually well illuminated to movement is. It's wonderful to see and under a magnifying glass you can also see the tiny coaxial escapement at work. Now that is very special indeed!

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Tell me, what Speedmaster should I get? I own a 3303 broadarrow, which I gave to my useless twin brother. I'm not a fan of the classic 861 and the rattrapante broadarrow would've been my choice except I absolutely hate with a passion the pulse scale around the dial. This would leave the broadarrow GMT, but it's virtually the same watch as my aqua terra GMT. But boy, oh boy, it sure is one hell of a pretty watch.