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: I recently talked to a vendor about it and
: apparently Omega is coming out with a new
: speedmaster ? different movement or
: something .. please in english explain this
: to me
Here's a table I created for a post in the TZ Omega Forum. There appears to be a couple of possibilities that your "vendor" may be referring to:
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New Product: |
What was done: |
When Announced: |
General Reaction: |
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Speedmaster Reduced |
Revised dials, improved W/R |
late 2006 |
Positive |
|
Speedmaster Day |
Revised Dials, 100m W/R, COSC |
late 2006 |
Positive |
|
Revised SeMPC |
Revised Dial, modest price increase |
late 2006 |
Relief it wasn't cancelled, Positive |
|
Seamaster NZL-32 |
New Model, c.33xx variant |
late 2006 |
Positive |
|
BA 1957 |
Revised enamel & 1957 dial |
4 Jan 2007 |
outrage @ putting 1957 on dial, enamel isn't very tool watch is it? Mostly negative. |
|
Hour Vision |
New movement, quasi-Inhouse |
23 Jan 2007 |
Positive mainly, some are guarded. |
|
Marine 135 LE Museum |
Homage piece to original Marine |
Positive | |
|
50th Aniversary Patch |
Patch Dial, LE numbering, [Price?] |
late March 2007 |
Disappointment, underwhelmed |
|
50th Anniversary c.3210 |
"castrated" c.3313 LE numbering, Shocking pricing [if accurate] |
late March 2007 |
Disappointment |
I'm sure you can find specifics for the models mentioned above by searching the various Omega forum flora and fauna for their names...
Let me know if you need something specific that I might know.
-- Chuck
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