Jay (Eire)
9035
Tokyo 2020 Speedmaster - “Red”
Sep 22, 2019,14:12 PM
While the Panda appears to be the favourite and perhaps rightly so given the classic colour combination this one, representing the red Olympic ring, caught my eye from the beginning.
Putting it on the wrist over the weekend confirmed that. It’s a looker. The bezel is not exactly red, maybe closer to a light shade of burgundy even. And the dial, which I’m not sure can be seen from the picture, has a really appealing texture to it. A little bit of a sparkle.
Both this “red” version, and the “blue”, seem to be still freely available at ADs. I haven’t seen the “black” (Panda) but then I wasn’t really looking. 2020 pieces of each of the 5 versions, that’s a lot of watches for a single (Japanese) market, despite the Japanese love for the Speedmaster.
I was very tempted. Still am. Although I think I’ve reached an interesting point as I found a Tudor BB 58 on a bracelet at an AD earlier in the week and despite wanting it since it’s launch after an hour of thinking about it I passed on it. Hmm.