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Reference Points: Understanding The Omega Speedmaster (VIDEO)
Welcome to the third installment of Reference Points, our series that takes an exhaustive look at some of the most important families of timepieces in history (Episode 1 featured the entire collection of perpetual calendar chronographs from Patek Philippe, and Episode 2 featured the Rolex Paul Newman Daytona). In this episode, we examine the legendary Omega Speedmaster, a watch that has become a brand unto itself over the last 50 years. We'll examine the origins of the Speedmaster, its progression into the "space watch" that we know today, and how it has evolved over the years. 1 OF 30 I will begin by pointing out what this is not. This is not a look at every watch to wear the Speedmaster name, but rather those that we would classify as true "moon watches" – meaning those with a manually wound movement from Lemania, three registers, and no date. Over the years, Omega has produced hundreds of offshoot watches, but for purity's sake (and br

Overkill?
Is it complete overkill to have say a GMT from Omega and to add a GMT IIc? Basically if I have a collection of Omega but now want the same thing in Rolex (Sub etc...).

Italy - The cradle of European horology?
One thing is for certain, the first description of the 'modern' mechanical clock can be precisely dated. It was the description of the clock mentioned by the Italian poet Dante Aligheri in his masterpiece Divina Commedia on which he worked and published from 1307 till his death in 1321. He was thrown out of his native Florence in 1307 and spent the rest of his days travelling from city to city in the North of Italy. As he was given temporary refuge only in these cities, time took on such an important role of Dante's existence.It is well documented that many Italian towns had clocks installed in the belfrys of their principal churches or in their cityhalls. Orvieto's clock is the oldest and it is first mentioned in 1307, in 1322 Ragusa's and in 1344 Padua's clocks and their functionings are detailed in documents kept to this day in the towns' archives.Around 1309, the Milanese church S. Eustorgio was home to a largish clock to which was coupled a set of bells. The clock seemed to have s

Premium ($ or %) for tropical dials?
Is there a standard premium $ (or %) for valuation on tropical speedmaster dials?I know Tropical is very subjective. One person's tropical is another person's degradation, aging and mildew. In my eyes, attractive tropical is uniform dark brown / chocolate color on the dial, and hands that match or complement that dial

What's a good price for 5712
I'm starting to fall in love with the 5712. I already have a 5711. This would be only my second PP. Do u think it's kind of crazy to have two Nautilus? The AD had one in stock and was pushing hard to sell it to me. What do u think is a great price on 5712? MSRP is like $33k.