Still trying to come to terms with the “disappearing hands” on my DSOTM Apollo 8. I love the watch so I will likely never unload it. Maybe after the warranty is over I’ll take a page out of Dee’s book & get a watchmaker to swap out the hands for ones with more contrast.
I wouldnt wait until the warranty is over... just have a warranty-qualified shop do the swap and they'll back up their work. I hate disappearing hands and have tons of Seikos that have them and I don't wear the watches or have the energy to sell them.
When I got my Speedmaster Professional as a 21st birthday present in 1971 it looked huge compared to almost every other watch available.
Beautiful! How does the original Racing/Moonwatch fit and wear compare to the much newer ceramic co-axial (dark side of the moon?) you have? I assume they wear very differently...When I got my Speedmaster Professional as a 21st birthday present in 1971 it looked huge compared to almost every other watch available.
As fashions have changed watch cases have got bigger and bigger and nowadays the movement is tiny inside vast cases on most watches.
I also have a Speedmaster triple date, which is smaller than my original pro, and a grey side of the moon, which is bigger and, disappointingly, doesn't have an indexing minute indicator on the chrono. I like the look of all of them though my pro is a racing version, very rare but I actually prefer the look of a normal one!
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The ceramic isn't very comfortable and whilst I like the look of it, particularly the meteorite dial I don't wear it often.
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I absolutely crave an IWC Perpetual Calendar. One of the few watches I still badly want...
Because of scatter gun marketing everybody has heard of Rolex, so probably more risky to wear than watches from the smaller top makers which most people have never heard of!
