Funny timing this thread.. I've recently (several weeks ago) become the owner of a Speedy. Bought for a project, as I'm waiting for a Mitsukoshi dial to arrive ;0)
As I too was rather taken by it. I came across the Mitsukoshi as part of my hunt for a panda dialed watch, as I think the Carreras are a little too small for me. I can't wait, I think the Mitsukoshi is one of the best looking watches around, and I don't say that lighty.
A few of the guys on WUS have done custom Mitsukoshi's, with tiny variations, like white sub dial needles, silver hands and black chrono sweep hand (aka Daytona Cosmograph).

Stewart

: This was originally posted over on TZ UK:

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: http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.php?233701-Who-knew-there-were-so-many-special-Speedmasters

: I thought about putting it on the Omega forum but not sure how much
: traffic that gets nowadays, and plenty here seem to like
: themselves the occasional Speedmaster too.

: And, whilst there's an argument to be made for not messing with the
: iconic original, some of these are rather nice too:

: http://www.theacelist.com/watches/special-speedmasters/

: I'm rather taken with the Mitsukoshi panda dial myself:

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