Incoming! The moon is blue...

[samson66]

Finally got my hands on this beauty after months of contemplation and waiting for the right deal. I've have found myself drawn to the moon phase complication for some unexplained reason. I know I don't really NEED to know the phase of the moon but man I just love having that beautiful function on a watch and I think Omega has done it better than any other watch in the world with this chrono. Add the date function, automatic 60 hour movement, ceramic bezel, co-axial escapement, sapphire front and back, and this gorgeous and comfortable blue leather strap and I could no longer resist. So far I'm "over the moon" with it.

Quick shout out and thank you to fellow member jburson250 for helping me out with a bunch of questions and for steering me towards a very good deal on this watch second hand.














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[AEC]

Wow, nice watch! Congratulations

[Rrpdc]

Congratulations. My favorite part is the date crescent and moon complication.

[JayHantz]

Love that blue....so so stunning. Congratulations on your latest Speedy!

[samson66]

Thanks for the comments. One thing I didn't mention is in a video review they mentioned something I had never thought of before. You can used the 3 o'clock chrono subdial as a GMT feature to capture a second time zone. Basically if I'm flying to the west coast tomorrow, I can start the chrono up at noon or midnight eastern time and just leave it running. When I reset my time to 3 hours earlier, the subdial continues to read my home time. The watch-geek side of me thought that was freaking cool :) I'm going to try that. Always found the 24 hour hand nice to have, but not the quickest to read on a typical GMT watch. This watch basically has a small watch within a watch. Neat! Thought maybe someone else out there with a minutes/hours subdial might find this useful

[FinWatch]

Congrats! A very special watch!


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[RTG]

Beautiful. Congratulations.

[Stevec14]

Very nice watch indeed and suits you well. How do you find the size?

[schoolboy]

Hell yeah that’s awesome

I feel like the moonphase complication is overlooked and under appreciated

[schoolboy]

Originally Posted by samson66

Thanks for the comments. One thing I didn't mention is in a video review they mentioned something I had never thought of before. You can used the 3 o'clock chrono subdial as a GMT feature to capture a second time zone. Basically if I'm flying to the west coast tomorrow, I can start the chrono up at noon or midnight eastern time and just leave it running. When I reset my time to 3 hours earlier, the subdial continues to read my home time. The watch-geek side of me thought that was freaking cool :) I'm going to try that. Always found the 24 hour hand nice to have, but not the quickest to read on a typical GMT watch. This watch basically has a small watch within a watch. Neat! Thought maybe someone else out there with a minutes/hours subdial might find this useful

I’ve read about that before. You’re right! That’s awesome.

It’s like you get a gmt complication for free!

[samson66]

Originally Posted by Stevec14

Very nice watch indeed and suits you well. How do you find the size?

I would say overall size is just slightly smaller than my SD43, however the appearance in terms of size fits closer to my Tudor GMT. For my ~7.25 mm wrist it fits great. I always found the moonwatch to wear a little smaller than I would like, so this is close to perfect for me.

While the overall case diameter when measured from the back of the case is indeed just over 44 mm, the dial/bezel size, which is really the part your eyes see and think of for how large a watch looks measure out at right around 40-41 mm. So it definitely LOOKS smaller than my SD43 even though it measures a little bigger in case diameter. Typical of Omega their watches always wear smaller than the stated size.

As for with thickness of the watch, it is definitely not a small watch but does not feel or look like you are wearing a 16.8 mm watch either in my opinion. 2-3 mm of that thickness are the sapphire crystals, and the case back sinks nicely into the wrist. Your eyes notice the brushed sides of the case, not the case back. So all-in-all it wears more like a 14-15 mm watch in terms of thickness. Just my opinion, others may disagree.

[samson66]

Originally Posted by schoolboy

I’ve read about that before. You’re right! That’s awesome.

It’s like you get a gmt complication for free!

That's what I was thinking. I was like, dang that never even occurred to me. Was like a bonus offer! Probably not important to most folks but I can't wait to try it on my next trip across time zones!

[schoolboy]

Originally Posted by samson66

That's what I was thinking. I was like, dang that never even occurred to me. Was like a bonus offer! Probably not important to most folks but I can't wait to try it on my next trip across time zones!

Haha awesome

[scarlet knight]

Like the blue!

[jburson250]

Congratulations Mike on a gorgeous timepiece, well bought.

Thanks for your kind comment about me in Post #1. I'm very pleased to have helped you.

[BigAppleBill]

Very cool watch! Congrats!

[shalako]

I bought the same watch in the January sales, an incredible Omega Speedmaster and great value considering the quality and features, the Buzz Aldrin footprint is a nice touch. The Blue dial is magnificent and the one to get IMHO.



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[1William]

Congratulations.

[samson66]

Originally Posted by jburson250

Congratulations Mike on a gorgeous timepiece, well bought.

Thanks for your kind comment about me in Post #1. I'm very pleased to have helped you.

Thanks Jim. Appreciate everything. The guys over at Bernard were great and very professional. The watch is in near perfect condition just as they described and the price I got was the best I have seen anywhere. The watch is a looker for sure!

I looked through some of your posts a week or two ago to see a photo of your moonphase and noticed a picture of you in the Navy. I wanted to thank you for your service!

[samson66]

Originally Posted by shalako

I bought the same watch in the January sales, an incredible Omega Speedmaster and great value considering the quality and features, the Buzz Aldrin footprint is a nice touch. The Blue dial is magnificent and the one to get IMHO.



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Agree, I'm thrilled to have all these complications in this gorgeous package. I love my Speedy Pro but missed having some of these goodies. The AR coated sapphire looks amazing and perfectly frames the sunburst dial. Omega really put out a beautiful watch. I have a feeling my other sports watches may be spending some extended time in the safe.

I'm probably going to add the bracelet for summer wear. The leather strap feels terrific and looks great too, but in the mid-atlantic summer heat I will destroy it in no time. Also want to be able to swim with it (added bonus is 100m water resistance rather than the 50m the Speedy Pro provides). You thinking the same thing or are you sticking with the strap?

[jburson250]

Thanks Mike. The Navy was long ago - joined in '66, and stayed eight years. The two photos in that post were shot on Kodachrome with my Nikon F - how's that for ancient?

I'm enjoying my Speedy Moonphase, too. Here it is with the only other Omega in my stable, a Railmaster 49.2 mm from 2004:

[samson66]

Originally Posted by jburson250

Thanks Mike. The Navy was long ago - joined in '66, and stayed eight years. The two photos in that post were shot on Kodachrome with my Nikon F - how's that for ancient?

I'm enjoying my Speedy Moonphase, too. Here it is with the only other Omega in my stable, a Railmaster 49.2 mm from 2004:

That Railmaster is really cool looking.

My step-father was in the Navy around the same time. Joined in late 60's. I think he was stationed down in Norfolk but I'll have to ask. He always tells me those were the best years of his life.

[jburson250]

Originally Posted by samson66

That Railmaster is really cool looking.

My step-father was in the Navy around the same time. Joined in late 60's. I think he was stationed down in Norfolk but I'll have to ask. He always tells me those were the best years of his life.

Yep, the RM's a distinctive piece. One of my favorites, for sure. I've never seen another in the wild.

Omega still makes a 49.2mm watch - same case design - a white gold Aqua Terra:

https://www.omegawatches.com/en-us/w...23153491004001

After several schools to become a nuclear propulsion plant operator, I went to the USS Enterprise, then instructor duty in NY, and finished up on USS Long Beach.

[shalako]

Originally Posted by samson66

Agree, I'm thrilled to have all these complications in this gorgeous package. I love my Speedy Pro but missed having some of these goodies. The AR coated sapphire looks amazing and perfectly frames the sunburst dial. Omega really put out a beautiful watch. I have a feeling my other sports watches may be spending some extended time in the safe.

I'm probably going to add the bracelet for summer wear. The leather strap feels terrific and looks great too, but in the mid-atlantic summer heat I will destroy it in no time. Also want to be able to swim with it (added bonus is 100m water resistance rather than the 50m the Speedy Pro provides). You thinking the same thing or are you sticking with the strap?

At the moment I have these two other Omega’s on bracelet, in fact the moonphase is my only strap watch in my whole collection at the moment so will probably stick with it for now even though it does look good on bracelet.
One thing I would like to know is whether the strap is genuine alligator or leather embossed as I’ve heard both descriptions for it?

[samson66]

Originally Posted by shalako

One thing I would like to know is whether the strap is genuine alligator or leather embossed as I’ve heard both descriptions for it?

I've heard conflicting descriptions as well. The Omega site just says leather, but says the same thing for the Moonwatch alligator strap.

I have a Moonwatch on an alligator strap and I can report that this strap does feel different. The Moonwatch strap was much stiffer and would bend differently based on different areas of the strap. Took quite a bit more breaking in than I expected.

This strap on the Moonphase seems softer, more pliable, and I have to say more comfortable. The scales look a little different as well. My money is on the Moonphase being on a cowhide leather. But again, on the wrist it definitely feels better than my gator strap.