Watch Omega - Customer reviews - Omega Men's Speedmaster Professional Mechanical Chronograph Watch #3570.50.00

Manufacturer: Omega

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Name: T. Tom
Location: SF Bay Area, CA United States
Date: 2005-05-10
Customer Rating: -

Summary: The best watch for years and years
Comment: I've owned this watch for over 2 years now and have worn it every single day since the day I bought it. I intend to keep it for years (probably for the rest of my life) as it remains the most swanky and stylish (elegant yet functional) watch I've ever owned (and I've owned and sold quite a few).

The Speedmaster has all the appeal and extreme accruracy of a Rolex, yet none of the gaudiness-it's understated, cool but not too cool. Looking at it evokes a sense of faith in exploration and the adrenaline rush of speed and the force of Gs or zero gravity. With it's black dial and white hands, and brushed silver bracelet and casing, the Speedmaster is one of the best executed designs to come out of the last 100 years and certainly one of the most classic timepieces ever.

There are other models that offer things since as a day/date, or a slightly smaller size, or a glass crystal instead of the sturdy Hesalite plastic one, but these are not the original "Moon Watch" and are not worth buying. If you are going to go Speedmaster, get the original. Technically this is a men's watch, but I've seen it worn by a woman with great success (the actor Daniel Day-Lewis's wife wears one).

It's Swiss made and Nasa spacewalk certified. This very watch model was worn on the Moon (on the outside of the space suit!) by Neil Armstrong in the Apollo missions back in the late 1960s. The build quality and styling has not changed much since then (it hasn't needed to). This is a manual watch, which means you have to wind it up. I like that, it becomes part of your daily routine like sleeping and eating. The back is engraved with a cool logo and a Nasa approval insignia. When your mate picks it up off the nightstand in the morning and reads what it says on the back, she will probably ask you about it.

This is the stuff of legends, and it's a pretty good watch too.

Name: ETOH DR
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2007-12-08
Customer Rating: -

Summary: 30 Year Review
Comment: After much research, I purchased an Omega Speedmaster in 1968 as an 18th birthday present to myself. There were not many chronographs available at that time (Rolex, Breitling, Omega and probably others I no longer remember). To my surprise, that summer (or next), Omega began agressive advertising that it's watch was the official timepiece of the Apollo Astronauts. It reaffirmed my choice. Thirty years later, it is still the best watch I own (including my Submariner). My only complaint is that I have gone through three or four bracelets/straps. Ironically, a new metal bracelet costs more than the original cost of my Speedmaster ($185). Interestingly, no Rolex owner has ever commented on my Submariner, but fellow Speedmaster owners always start up a conversation with each other. I cannot comment on the new Speedmasters, but mine has been dropped, thrown, drowned, frozen, heated, shaken and abused for 30 years and still runs great. I recommend factory cleaning, vacuum sealing and a new crystal every 10 years or so, just to be safe.

Name: Sheldon
Location: Aspen, CO United States
Date: 2007-11-04
Customer Rating: -

Summary: A real classic
Comment: This watch is a true classic. I've owned mine for over 30 years, I've worn it almost everyday and it still works like the day I got it. Yes, it's been in for repair a few times (after awhile the buttons stick), but this watch will outlast me.

It keeps perfect time, or as close as a mechanical watch can get, it's extremely easy to read and the chronograph funtions work better than any other chronograph I own. I charge by the hour, and this watch has been very handy for me, especially given the fact that it will time things up to 12 hours, a movement that's very hard to find or very expensive.

It's only downfall is the fact that you have to wind it. Forget to do this and you'll be late for everything, but you soon get used to it.

Omega's "Moon Watch" looks as good in the boardroom as it does on the tennis court, and it's a hell of a deal for a great timepiece.

Name: S. Derrick
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Date: 2006-12-04
Customer Rating: -

Summary: 90 seconds a day is 99.9% accurate
Comment: For all the people complaining about their wristwatch being a minute and a half off in 24 hours: At 86,400 seconds in a day a watch that is 99.9% accurate will lose 86.4 seconds in a day. If you need timing accuracy greater than 99.9% you are either working for a scientific organization (and therefore using timing devices more accurate than any wristwatch made) or you are over-caffeinated and obsessive compulsive. These mechanical watches create an emotional response in some that a few thousands of a percent increase in accuracy cannot outweigh. Attempting to quantify the purchase of an Omega Speedmaster by attacking it's relative accuracy is like saying Porsches are a poor choice of car because they're less fuel efficient than a Honda Civic. If you don't marvel at the fine craftsmanship and tradition included in an item like the Omega Speedmaster that's fine. There are plenty of $25 wristwatches that keep good time.

Name: D. Silvia
Location: South Dartmouth, MA USA
Date: 2006-02-13
Customer Rating: -

Summary: I would buy it even if it cost $6000.00!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment: I have owned mine since 1980, I have had it serviced and it still works and looks great. I have worn it every single day since buying it! In the time I have owned this watch I have seen people go through dozens of watches. The best part is, like all quality products, it can be serviced! This will be the last watch you will ever own!

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