thanks.
thanks.
I rather fancy one of those Kizzi Apollo 8 white velcro straps. Probably a good thing there are none in stock being as they are £75!
Last edited by Velorum; 27th July 2017 at 09:49.
Why do people have to voice their anxieties on the internet?
Never washing your watch means that grease, fine grit and oily contaminants will attack it and the bracelet links over time. It is also unhygienic to not wash the dead skin and gunk away.
A watch does not need to be rated to 300M before you can get it wet. :)
Has anyone bought the speedy tuesday style NATO and fitted it to their standard Speedmaster Pro?
^ any of those space flown?
New GGB strap arrived for the Speedmaster today, love it.
Ordered same day, still not heard anything about mine. I relented and emailed Carl last night since it's been 5 weeks but not had a reply yet.
I ordered an SPV1.5 (tan) and two SPV2's with different labels and buckles.
Starting with SPV1.5:
This is the chunkier or the three with more wrist presence - the effect of a lighter colour, thicker strap material and a more obvious label.
This SPV2 is fitted with the Omega hop up buckle and NASA qualified for space label
..and this SPV2 is fitted with a plain black buckle and NASA strap serial number.
The SPV2's feel better to me due to the thinner material I think. They feel identical, very comfy and the watch head sits centrally on the wrist without any fiddling about. The black buckle one is low profile and takes more of a back seat to the watch where as the hop up buckle version is obviously more noticeable.
Whilst I was waiting for these and during a brief window of opportunity when the GGB ordering system was open I ordered a plain black SPV3 - I guess that this will arrive mid to end August.
Last edited by Velorum; 30th July 2017 at 09:30.
Anyone using a rubber strap with a speedy pro?
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Like all of them but lookswise prefer the tan,Ian.
Can't remember which two I ordered now, or which labels I chose, but as I put my work address for delivery, I won't know till Monday if they landed!
Gents, I am happy to pass on these two straps I ordered recently. Both are unworn and I just put them on a Speedy once to look/try and decided they're not for me. I will be posting on SC shortly if anyone is interested. Thanks, Tom
They went quick!
Last edited by Velorum; 30th July 2017 at 09:32.
So, I've been looking out for one of these for some time now. Finally tracked one down in super mint condition. I will post some pics of unboxing etc. in the 'Incoming' thread, but for the Speedy aficionados that follow this thread here's the first pic taken after I unpacked it this morning. Happy!
Last edited by tom waring; 29th July 2017 at 22:11.
Thanks - it's a 2014 issued limited edition for the 45th anniversary of Apollo 11. There were 1969 pieces made and they have titanium head and crown/pushers, a laser etched dial and Sedna gold hands and bezel with a matt ceramic insert. They came on a leather lined PVD faced strap with a titanium buckle. Plus a sodding huge box with Apollo 11 commemorative pamphlet.
Posted this on the Incoming, but thought worth posting here too.
Three weeks ago I was reading through TZ and noticed that Carl at GGB was open for orders for a limited time. Decided to order a couple of straps, one for my Speedmaster with a "Giant Step" patch and another basic strap with an X-33 patch as I've long fancied the X-33. Both straps duly arrived on Thursday and coincidentally whilst scrolling through SC on Thursday night, a Gen1 X-33 appeared for sale! A couple of PM's with Mark the seller and on Friday morning we concluded the sale. He's a top bloke because this afternoon the watch arrived and I love it! Here it is on it's new GGB strap.
A lovely looking thing and it suits the GGB well.
Carl replied to say he's working on my straps today and so hopefully I'll get my sweaty little hands on them this week! He said he's been swamped.
Did I read somewhere that Omega may be stopping production of the Speedy Pro Moonwatch?
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