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Omega Speedmaster Professional: An Enthusiast’s Review The Omega Speedmaster Professional is one of the most written about wristwatches in horological history. I will not attempt to write another critical review as this has been done by many others who ar...  

The Speedmaster Professional is a clean example of a timeless design. I agree with you. Every watch aficionado should have one. Cheers and thank you for the review, Nilo

i love them and own 3 handwind and 1 auto. 2 speedy pro's both from 1964, a 105.003 and a 105.012 which means one with flat lugs and one with curved lugs which remains unchanged today other than the movement as both mine are the classic 321. in my opinion... 

Hello G, Thanks for the feedback. I agree that the 105.003 Speedmaster is the one to have. It represents the point were all the design elements I love came together. I also like the fact that the 105.003 does not have the word "Professional" on the dial. ... 

no worries dl, most of us make the same mistake. if you want to learn a huge amount about everything spend some time checking out the previous postings. there are some fabulous pieces and total addicts such as myself. best G On 1 Jan 2013 16:55, "www watc... 

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very much for the effort in creating this nice and enthusiastic review eagerly looking forward your future posts Best Damjan

I'm not so sure that hacking the movement by putting reverse pressure on the crown (aka reverse hacking) is the best thing for the movement.

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and the conclusion was that it depends, but do so with caution (which in the WIS world just means don't do it)

i dont think it does any damage Ed. i do it ocassionally if the watch is a few seconds out. i do notice that some brands like Rolex dont do it, but most Omegas do. if it does do damage i will stop immediately. G. On 2 Jan 2013 02:32, "www watchprosite" *A... 

On page 24 of the owners manual, Omega wrote: " Note: calibres 1861, 1863, 1866 and 3604 do not have a ’stop- second’ mechanism. To synchronise, the crown should be gently turned backwards and pressure maintained to stop the seconds hand. Release when the... 

i knew i had read that somewhere. thank you Don Nilo. On 2 Jan 2013 13:52, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* nilomis (registered) on January 2nd, 2013 - 05:52 > > *Title: Not a problem, based on Omega's manual ... > * > > *

looks like it should be acceptable for most ETA movements then.

Makes me appreciate mine even more now, though the version I have is the one with the display back...yes I do get enthralled watching the balance wheel doing its thing! ;-) Richard

it is a very iconic watch that many watch enthusiasts care about. Thanks for the summuary too. Cheers.