WatchProSite|Market|Digest
WatchProSite|Market|Digest

Omega

Wow. The lume of the 60th is even close to the patina of the older one..

 

Thanks for the side by side. Really appreciate it.

Echi

  login to reply
 
22 Comments view entire thread 

I guess I did not have these pics on here before: 2915-1 vs. 2017 tribute/heritage 60 years Speedy.

 
By: HSTE : January 25th, 2018-12:47
I like ´em both: one takes it more easily, the other can bear a bit more at its young age. Cheers, HSTE ...  

The dial and the hands on the right one are insanely good looking.....

 
By: Clueless_Collector : January 25th, 2018-13:43
oh wait, they are from the new 60th anniversary release Omega did a great job for people like me who prefers modern/new. Rgds Raymond

Thanks for the superb pics

 
By: Prodyutb : January 25th, 2018-16:35
These are great pictures to hold on to, for those of us who have only the anniversary model to look at!

Thanks for sharing

 
By: arcadelt : January 25th, 2018-17:54
Just goes to show how amazingly well Omega did with the 60th Anniversary Speedmaster. Now, if only they had installed a Cal 321 as the engine...

A few observations/ questions

 
By: TS1987 : January 25th, 2018-19:44
So the new one has a naiad crown, but the original didn't? Is it just me or are the engravings on the new one's bezel a bit exaggerated compared to the original? I would trade my '83 Speedy for either of those, if the opportunity arose elsewhere, that's a... 

I try to answer these questions: ....

 
By: HSTE : January 26th, 2018-00:20
Some of the 2915 (and also later series) had Naiad crowns, and some did not. It is, to my knowledge, not entirely established which ones / on what criteria they would be fitted with Naiad or not, one theory is as simple as the possibility that Omega used ...