Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My Omega is a graduation gift from my father. Though I've owned several other Seamasters, this own is the emotionally charged one. I remember going to one of his friend's home to look at the watches. His friend was a jeweler and brought several watches for me to look at. On the coffee table was the Omega Speedmaster, a Rolex Daytona Cosmograph 6263, and a Rolex Submariner date. The Daytona was not a selfwind then, and the Submariner did not have a sweep second that I could start and stop. The Omega I could use to process film, which was the chief criteria for my choice then. Secondarily, as I lived in Santa Monica, every squid in town from Malibu to Westwood, and Marina Del Rey, had a Rorex. When the jeweler found out I wanted to use the Omega as my darkroom watch, he suggested, being old school, I get a Casio for the darkroom, and a more 'wearable' watch befitting a gentleman for other occasions. s.d. On Oct 15, 2008, at 4:18 AM, Frank Dernie wrote: > I got one of these for my 21st birthday in 1971 from my father. It > has extreme emotional value, my father died a couple of years > later, and I do not wear it all that often nowadays though I wore > it daily for 15 or so years. It is rare in that it has red hands > rather than the pale green, at the time I rather wanted the green > hands though! It was before all the hullabaloo about the watch > being a moonwatch, certainly as far as I knew at the time. > Frank > > On 15 Oct, 2008, at 01:52, lug wrote: > >> nice watch. >> >> leo >> >> On Oct 14, 2008, at 4:43 PM, Rob McClure wrote: >> >>> From past discussions on this topic, I believe there are a number >>> of Omega Speedy owners on this list. Mine is the original "Moon >>> watch" model, virtually identical to the watch worn by Neil >>> Armstrong during his walk on the Moon. As specified by NASA it >>> has an acrylic "Hesalite" crystal (won't shatter) and is hand- >>> wound (they weren't sure how a self-winding mechanism would work >>> in a weightless environment). It is a 3 dial Chronograph without >>> a date and day function. The Speedy Moon was used by the Apollo >>> 13 astronauts for manual time calculations after the computers >>> quit functioning. The Speedy Moon is still certified by NASA for >>> space use, though undoubtedly quartz is now the movement of >>> choice. Mine has the steel strap, though NASA of course used a >>> velcro one. Here's link for more info: >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_Speedmaster_Professional >>> >>> >>> Rob >>> On Oct 14, 2008, at 2:24 PM, simon jessurun wrote: >>> >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information