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Team, Other day I posted a teaser that was composed by a case with twelve Speedmaster watches there. Today, after I did the photo process, here are more detailed pictures of each. Looking each one, we can see that those watches were no "safe queen" and no...  

I am not even sure if a question was asked at all or if you were simply thinking aloud :D Anyway, the response is, I am old-fashioned and I don't associate myself with things that are too ornamented to attract attention. The Speedmaster to me is a no-nons...  

The association with the space program is powerful. I remember, I think it was Omega's marketing person, a statement like "people comes to the boutique asking for the moon watch". But i believe that's something beyond this relation. The design, case size,... 

. . . collector, and then some. 'Wow' is all I can say. As for why the Speedmaster is universally regarded as an icon with broad appeal, my sense is the aesthetics are as much to credit as history and tradition. Black background with white lettering: as p... 

... 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... 

Abel, You summarized perfectly what makes an iconic watch and you captured in words the age of adventure. I'm old enough to remember that era, the pictures of the first seven astronauts on Life Magazine, the International Geophysic Year, the Sputnik and t... 

... memories of these events you comment. I am now 66 years old and it means that I had witnessed like you -through newspaper news, and of course Life Mag, and B&W TV- all those episodes which marked Mankind forever. Regarding the new version of the S... 

.....I think of watches and cars in the same breath. I look at the Porsche 911 and when that car was made, Porsche caught something that became iconic. If only that was easy to do!! Very few manufacturers manage to find that Golden Goose that becomes an i... 

May be we should include a bit of nostalgia in the recipe. Sometimes I ask myself if any of the present watches (or cars) will be considered "classics" in 40 or 50 years from now. I sincerely doubt it! Cordial regards, Abel.