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stevec14

And that is 100% fair enough. One of the reasons I never bonded with the original pro many years ago was that its was too sterile/ monochrome for me. The Ed white resolved that with its off white lume. Ultimately, it’s all what our own preferences are.

The lume here is darker for sure, but highlights the white chrono hands and works pretty well with the glossy, sunburst, soleil dial.

But different strokes and all that. If we all liked the same things the world would be a boring place!

stevec14

Unfortunately when I picked it up it was getting dark so no chance yet. Will do so tomorrow and post a couple up. The good news is that these are going to be relatively plentiful I think, so a great option for those who are not that sold on the 42

stevec14

Quite hard to get a decent pic of due to the sapphire but here’s the first.

dtf

How does it wear? Like an old speedy?

Mspeedster

Congrats @stevec14!!!
I hope you're right about these being plentiful. My boutique was already playing games, saying they might be hard to get. But I'm not ready to buy, just yet.

bpsmith

The ice blue is my favourite too, but in the larger size. Have almost bought it a few times this year, but trying to be good. There’s a couple of fade type new ones that look cool too.

Mspeedster

I visited my OB last evening and did a side by side compare. The shape of the new FOIS crystal is much more domed, shaped just like Omega's hesalite. Whereas the Speedy Pro's sapphire (and even the Ed White's) is a flatter boxed crystal.

The FOIS wasn't for sale, just for showing to customers.

paysdoufs

Seen the degradé ones in town yesterday:

IMHO, the lighter one of these two is even (way) cooler than the plain glacier blue…

stevec14

The boutique I frequent has had 3 and were expecting a couple more next week. While I was in there 2 people turned up asking about it so it seems to be popular.

A bit like the white dial, a bit tricky to get upfront I think. What is noticeable recently is some of the new releases like the white dial and, I suspect, this are not really flowing to the AD network - so best bet is to stick with a boutique. As with most things, once the initial hype dies down, I’d expect these to be obtainable, but maybe not sitting in windows.

stevec14

But different strokes and all that. If we all liked the same things the world would be a boring place!

Mspeedster

The UK and EU always seem to get the latest Omega releases quicker than the US. My OB wasn't sure when they'd be getting them and how plentiful they'll be. They only had one and weren't selling it until they got more. They tried playing the FOMO game, by saying Omega is celebrating 62 years since Oct 3rd 1962, hence supply should be good now, but who knows next year or years later etc.

I'm on the waitlist, but did not want to put a deposit down and I'm in no hurry. I've had my old FOIS for 10 years and I'm not sure if I want another one, even though I think the new FOIS is everything I'd want in a Speedmaster.

My old one gives me 80% of the new one's look.

Which is why I'm still thinking about the white Speedy Pro, as it's quite different.

Mspeedster

^Looks great @stevec14! 👍
Didn't you own an Ed White 321 a while back? Why did you part with it?

I don't plan on selling my FOIS, as there's too many of my life's moments connected with it. Rarely sell any of my watches for that reason. Nevertheless, I'm smitten with the new one.

abrod520

Yeah, it can be a pain. But I think with the polished hands it shouldn't be as much of an issue as with the NTTD - for instance, my 2913 Trilogy reissue had one of Omega's first attempts at domed sapphire and was reflective like this too, but didn't completely obscure the experience. Still, I'll want to take a look at this one before passing judgment.

YY77

The soleil dial is the main attraction, the sapphire without a milky ring is a bonus.

Yes original soleil dialed Speedy's are rare