My First Omega : The Triple Date Speedmaster

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tikkathree tikkathree
Please put me right if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure the 24 hour hand can't be set independently of the main hour hand so, in effect, it repeats the main hour hand against a 24 hour dial.

@MCR congratulations on picking up a busy but fine watch.
If you start the chrono at midnight in whatever time zone you want, then you can use it as a make-shift gmt.

Or if you start it at midnight in your local time then travel and change the main time, it tells you the time at home location.
 
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Gubbo Gubbo
If you start the chrono at midnight in whatever time zone you want, then you can use it as a make-shift gmt.

Or if you start it at midnight in your local time then travel and change the main time, it tells you the time at home location.
Ah, very cunning! Cheers!
 
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Gubbo Gubbo
Love the 24 hr register to serve as a sneaky gmt dual time zone
Edit: just saw the other post, I see how you do this, very clever! Can the 24 hour hand be set independently of the main / 12 hour hand?
 
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Can the 24 hour hand be set independently of the main / 12 hour hand?
No. Depending on which time zone you want, you start the chrono at that midnight. And then as it counts up, that's the second time zone.

Obviously you can't stop/reset the chrono though.
 
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Great assortment of straps! I've got some ideas now for my Mk40. The burgundy looks like a Hirsch, what's the grey one?
Burgundy one is from hodinkee (close out sale) and the others are from delugs. Enjoy!
 
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Sorry to some of the posters: Citing the whole long initial post is idiotic, a bit more discipline while citing, you can delete most parts to let readers enjoy the thread... Konrad
 
97TJ
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I have the Pro as well, but actually like the Triple Date better myself. I love this mvt and the dial, it has a lot going on without being too busy imo. I have the Cosmos and the Blue face (which is near impossible to read for me).
fwiw, the mk40's msrp'd higher than the Moonwatch by a couple of hundred dollars when sold new, they seem to be consistently rising in price too.
Edit: been a while since I did the research and it wasn't a couple of hundreds of dollars, but they were definitely higher when msrp'd new.
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That is a gorgeous piece, I didn't even know that Omega made a triple date movement.
 
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That is a gorgeous piece, I didn't even know that Omega made a triple date movement.
They didn't really. It was a renamed and cosmetically altered ETA (Valjoux) 7751. Omega owned ETA by this point so you could loosely argue it is in house. Indeed that is what they argue about the ETA manufactured current movements though those are only used by Omega unlike the 7750 derived stuff which is used by dozens (hundreds?) of manufacturers.
 
97TJ
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Glashütte Original is owned by Swatch Group, so technically you could call it a Swatch watch.
 
padders
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Hmm if you say so.

ps according to my Dec 2001 UK price list, the Triple date model 3520.50 (the black dial Mk40) was £1,275 when the basic Moonwatch 3570.50 was priced at £1,395. Both prices are way more than the Reduced 3510.50 at that point by the way, that was only £825.
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97TJ
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I don't say so, retail records say so...
The "96" Moonwatch all Steele retailed for just $2,295, the cheaper version with leather was only $1,495 while the rarer cased Viewback was more at $2,795.
The Triple Dates were marginally higher at $2,300 for the all Steele model while the leather version was only $1,695. No Viewbacks were offered.
Of course this is in the US, but I imagine they relate in price in the UK?
 
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97TJ 97TJ
I don't say so, retail records say so...
The "96" Moonwatch all Steele retailed for just $2,295, the cheaper version with leather was only $1,495 while the rarer cased Viewback was more at $2,795.
The Triple Dates were marginally higher at $2,300 for the all Steele model while the leather version was only $1,695. No Viewbacks were offered.
Of course this is in the US, but I imagine they relate in price in the UK?
It was your comment about GO being a Swatch watch that I was replying to with my first sentence, I presumed you were being amusing.

Here are the Speedy pages from the Dec 2001 catalogue. AFAIK at no point was the steel triple date more expensive than the base steel Moonwatch in the UK when they were contemporaries. I am quite prepared to accept it may have been different elsewhere. As well as being remarkable how much cheaper the Reduced was, also notable is how much more expensive the Broad Arrow model were. Second hand those today are worth pretty much the same as the new price back then whereas inflation has made the 1861 Speedy worth a lot more.

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97TJ
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Directly from Wikipedia, but also from several other sources (I don't always trust Wikipedia)
Glashütte Original uses its own movements, and has 10 proprietary movement innovations. Glashütte Original is currently owned by
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As far as the mk40's having msrp'd higher than the Pro in the US, these are the suggested MSRP records from the US I found years ago when doing research. Granted, you're in the UK and may very well have different pricing across the board from the US.
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Fair enough. I think we are splitting hairs. The difference isn’t much anyhow.
 
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padders padders
Fair enough. I think we are splitting hairs. The difference isn’t much anyhow.
My thoughts exactly, 1st world problems. lol
I'm just thankful I'm able to have both.
 
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