When I started watch collecting, I didn’t think much of the Moon Watch; it’s OK, I thought, I can see why people like it but it did nothing for me. Then I started obsessing a bit after seeing a couple up close, and am now on the continual (and futile it seems) hunt to pick pre-moon Speedies up for less than an arm & a leg.

Which got me interested in Speedmaster Mark IIs – 145.014, which I was also a bit nonplussed about originally. Same movement as the 861 Speedy Pros, in a less elegant…

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