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New Speedmaster. "Pilot Flight Qualified".
I don't yet know what my feelings are of this one. In one way cool, but not like the old Flightmaster.
Photo credit Fratello Watches.
Photo credit Fratello Watches.
€10,500 (including VAT) / CHF 8,300 (excluding VAT) / US$9,500 USD (excluding local taxes)
My feelings are SOLD 😁
Gonna pay a visit to the Beverly Hills boutique later today....
Meh.
I liked the qualified pilots version much more, because it was much more abstract. This one just yells at you, wanting you to believe that it is a pilots watch, but doesn't make sense on closer inspection.
Horizon line for running seconds? Really? What purpose does it serve apart from looking like an attitude indicator?
In the old version, at least it was justifiable being a day/night indicator. That one also filled up the dial much better with the Arabic numerals. This one is far too much cosplay.
Horizon line for running seconds? Really? What purpose does it serve apart from looking like an attitude indicator?
In the old version, at least it was justifiable being a day/night indicator. That one also filled up the dial much better with the Arabic numerals. This one is far too much cosplay.
If they had stacked a 24 hour indicator on that sub-dial, as was done for the Mark-40 like you've mentioned, then it would make practical sense
otherwise agree with you 100%
Compared to the 'real thing' it's just not impressive...
This one is much more muted and flight-qualified looking. All the colours make sense and not much is out of place. No random flash of blue. The grey dial works better than black, but at least it's the same texture here. I think the cool thing is that the 'issued' watch looks better and remains unobtainable for the general public—it keeps it special for the service members who actually get them. But the publically available variant is just not as cool.
My understanding....
is that the dial itself is identical in finish. The only difference, besides the customized engravings on the backside, is that the nine o'clock subdial has the attitude horizon in grey versus blue. Personally, it's a negligible difference, and I might even prefer the blue horizon due to the color mix, as well as the age old pilot adage 'keep the blue side up' 😉....
Yeah, they're both black, it turns out.
Pity, I thought grey would look better. Oh well. The military one is still objectively better—better caseback, better dial (because no blue), and better price.
Now, THAT we agree on 100% 🤑🙃
I'm still a 'sucka' and bought the civilian version 🤘😎🚀....
Very good! I sure hope it makes you happy.
Please post pictures of it as soon as you get it!
I'm totally confident it will, having had the OG Speedy ages ago....
and having had to sell it around 2010 due to the recession. To this day, it's the greatest tool watch I have ever owned, I miss it more than any other watch in terms of practical wearability. I'll see if I can take some high quality, seriously cropped shots with my medium format Hasselblad since it has that 'Natural Color' sensor that renders colors as true-to-life as possible.... Thanks again, cheers, Filip