As we recently found out that each of the Skylab-4 astronauts used, besides their NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster, a personal wristwatch during that 84 days Skylab space station mission between November 1973 and February 1974… it seemed Edward Gibson m…
Continue reading40 years Omega museum Bienne – Planning
As read in other topics, in all likelihood there’ll be a #SpeedyTuesday GTG get-together in the renewed Omega museum, relocated from the white building at Rue Jakob-Stämpfli 96 to the modern glass building at Nicolas-G-Hayek Strass / Rue Nicolas Hayek …
Date speculations on such an event:
Tuesday = 16 July 2019 = 50 years since Apollo 11 launch
Tuesday = 23 July 2019 = 50 years since Apollo 11 splash-down
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Before we wait for one of these data confirmations, we want to…
Continue readingDate speculations on such an event:
Tuesday = 16 July 2019 = 50 years since Apollo 11 launch
Tuesday = 23 July 2019 = 50 years since Apollo 11 splash-down
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Before we wait for one of these data confirmations, we want to…
How Luxury Watch Brands Position Themselves To Win Your Favor
Fratellowatches:
https://www.fratellowatches.com/bra…brands-position-themselves-to-win-your-favor/
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Subtitle should have been “Not all heritage is treated equal”. Proof of this is the way Longines’ heritage is treated within the SWATCH Group, Longines has lots of aviation & spaceflight history, but that’s the domain of Omega within the Group.
A good trend is the fact several brands started to focus on well-documented books describing their…
Continue readinghttps://www.fratellowatches.com/bra…brands-position-themselves-to-win-your-favor/
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Subtitle should have been “Not all heritage is treated equal”. Proof of this is the way Longines’ heritage is treated within the SWATCH Group, Longines has lots of aviation & spaceflight history, but that’s the domain of Omega within the Group.
A good trend is the fact several brands started to focus on well-documented books describing their…
Amateur-sleuths, -researchers and die-hard Speedmaster fans #AskOmega
A tribute post to all those forum-members who investigated particular details about specific Speedmaster versions (e.g. Apollo-Soyuz or LCDspeedmaster), Speedmaster details, documentation and Speedmaster history facts & figures.
Can we use Omegafor…
Literature on specific watches – Blancpain Rolex Omega Panerai book reviews
Most forum-members know there’re some good “general” books about certain wristwatch brands (e.g. the 2007 Omega A Journey in Time by Marco Richon and the 2008 Vintage Rolex Sports Models by Martin Skeet and Nick Urul)…
Although good reads, these aren’t without some faults and if you are looking for more detailed information regarding some specific watches, we have to take a look at more specialized books…
I intend to review my personal Top 3 books on specific…
Continue readingAlthough good reads, these aren’t without some faults and if you are looking for more detailed information regarding some specific watches, we have to take a look at more specialized books…
I intend to review my personal Top 3 books on specific…
