re: The white dial speedmaster just dropped

Speedmasters should be on a strap…goddamnit…does anyone care anymore?

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Speedmasters should be on a strap…goddamnit…does anyone care anymore?

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This new one comes with a optional rubber strap that sexy AF.

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This sounds dumb but I feel if I’m going to fork multiple thousand on a watch I’d like the in house movement vs eta.

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One could make the argument ETA is in-house(ish) for Omega but I understand the point but it is also a desire driven by the internet over the last 15 years.

It is funny you showed the AP ROO Chrono since it only very recently gain an in-house movement itself. It wasn't until 2021 that the ROO had a true fully in-house movement. BTW the ROO-C is a chunkster, 43mm, 53mm lug to lug and over 15mm thick.


This is not directed specifically at you just an observation I have made over the years and it described me to a T many years ago. When people decide they want a "nice watch" unless they have a built in specific desire (often a Sub) they start shopping and researching. As time goes by they develop a list of attributes this watch has to have like:

in-house
certain size diameter/lug to lug/thickness
display back
screw down crown
XXX meters of water resistance
an on-the-fly adjustable clasp
a certain color of Superluminova
chronograph/dive watch/GMT/dress
COSC cert
no date or date window in a specific place with a specific treatment
ad infinitum



Pretty soon the list of boxes to check makes their watch a Unicorn. Every new watch that gets released is marked off the list as soon as one of the boxes isn't ticked. YOu can see these people on watch forums when a new watch is released. The posts read like "if they had just _____ it would be perfect." At some point, you have to shite or get off the pot it is difficult to do but most people that make the leap find that the water is fine. For better or worse they usually start formulating the perfect 3 watch rotation before they get all the stickers off the new watch. Because now they see they can tick all their boxes they just need "one more watch" to accomplish it. N+1 is a helluva thing.

TLDR this diatribe:

Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu while not brief in name and title was very succinct regarding this idea:

"The better is the mortal enemy of the good" or the more modern aphorism "perfect is the enemy of good." The baw version is something like "don't let Monday get in the way of your Sunday." My version is shite that bugs you when looking at a watch face on the screen blown up to the size of a dinner plate is magnitudes more offputting than it is on your wrist.


LOL my TLD is near the length of my diatribe.

Yeah, I remember when the Alaska project came out. I am a big fan and considered buying one. Very cool...

Why not just strap a sundial on your wrist?

I’m not an Omega fan but I like that one.

Just recently bought a Tudor Black Bay 58 which is a 39mm. To me it’s a great watch for everyday wear.

I just got this watch.for my son this Christmas



I’m a Breitling guy, but I’m leaning towards a Rolex Submariner as a gift to myself.