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Speedmaster Moon

Well I guess you can say I have contracted this "Omega" bug because I have'nt even started wearing my Seamaster and already have my eye on a Speadmaster (next year though). Anyway is there a cure?? Hopefully not!! I figured if I will get a Speadmaster it may as well be an original "moonie". With that said I have a few q's about the manual wind movement. (Excuse my long-windedness, but it seems to be a symptom of the Omega bug).

1.) The Omega website lists the 1861 and 1863 movements as the "original" moon watch...I'm confused can anyone help?
2.) Should these manual movements be wound every day even if it's not being worn every day? (My assumption is that you want to keep it "always" running to ensure optimum performance.)
3.) Lastly, wouldnt this constant manual winding degrade the winding mechanism?? Any advice would be appreciated,,,

Thanks, as always,

JimC

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Speedmaster Moon

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0 wallclock secs ( 0.18 usr + 0.03 sys = 0.21 CPU)