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Stunning pictures of an awesome collection Nilo! Your thoughts...

... made me ask myself: which are the features of an object like a car or a watch in our case, that make it deserve the adjective of "Classic"?

I guess it is a timeless design, which was attractive 50 or 60 years ago as today.

In a watch, it also requires a dial which allows for a good reading of time and any other complication (e.g. a chrono) when you put it in use daily as a professional tool.

Of course the connection with exploration of the sea, space or car racing adds to the charm. Some watches made in the 1950' s and 1960' s fulfill these points: The Rolex Sub, the Omegas SM 300, the Explorer, The Blancpain FF, the JLC Geophysic, and of course the Speedy just to name a few.

It is not surprise that these watches were born in the Golden Era of Exploration and Adventure of the XX Century: they accompanied explorers, divers, climbers and astronauts in their quest for new knowledge and discovery, and shared with them their quota of danger.

It is impossible to name or view one of these watches and not connect them in our minds with these episodes almost automatically.

The Speedmaster is a superb design: case shape and size, clean and easy to read dial, a first class movement, tough, reliable and precise. It looks cool, it looks elegant, it looks sporty. I feel it well deserves the adjective: it is a classic!

For collectors, it has an additional attraction: so many variations as to guarantee a tough job and a long search to reunite a comprehensive collection of them. Some variants are very expensive and diffcult to find, others are more easy to get and at good reasonable prices. What a nice way to go collecting!

For simple users, no better attraction than to have on the wrist "the real watch which went to the Moon" in any of its modern renditions, including some with a transparent back which allows to view the nice movement ticking inside.

I love this watch so much! I need no more reasons to add some other example to my collection!

I enjoyed so much viewing the interesting examples of your friend´s collection!  Thank you so much for sharing them here Nilo!
Cordial regards, Abel.

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