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Yep... Subdial spacing is good, but the endlinks appear to be made of one piece and not five.. Quartz is my guess also.

This beauty deservers some more attention. I have seen quite a few special versions of the Speedy, but never a two-tone version. Please, TTK, what are the details on this one? Genuine Speedmaster Apollo 15 To commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Apollo 15 space mission, Omega is proud to present the Speedmaster Apollo 15, which combines features of the original Moon Watch ─ the first and only watch worn on the moon ─ with new features. This limited edition consists of 1,971 watches, in honour of the year of the mission. The 42 mm diameter case is of polished and brushed stainless steel with 18-carat red gold push buttons and crown. The sapphire crystal case back is etched with the special Apollo 15 patch, featuring three stylized birds representing the three astronauts of the Apollo 15 mission - Commander David R. Scott, Alfred M. Worden and James B. Irwin. The case back is engraved with the words “Apollo 15” and “35th anniversary”, as well as the number of the limited edition and the Omega logo in black. The Speedmaster Professional Apollo 15 is water-resistant to a depth of 50 meters (167 feet). Apollo 15 was the second longest of all the Apollo space missions, taking 12 days, 17 hours and 12 minutes, and the first to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), a car-like vehicle that carried scientific instruments for deployment on the Moon and gave the astronauts extended range for exploration. David R. Scott and James B. Irwin covered 27.9 km in the LRV and returned with one of the prize trophies of the Apollo program -- a sample of ancient lunar crust named the “Genesis Rock”.

The hands are the big giveway on this. On the genuine, as on the picture; The minutes hand extends all the way to the minute track and the hour hand almost touch the markers. I have to disagree that the hands issue is only visible when comparing side by side. It has kept me from buying this one... Hopefully this will be fixed in a revised version of the Ingenieur.

Hej Kalle Anka! No, I bought the box from www.acetimer.com and got it shipped the hotel when I was Houston this summer. Shipping these big boxes to Norway is quite expensive (20-40 USD). Nice box, but the leatherette (skai) pillows feels a bit cheap. By the way, I have a five watch box of the same type if you are interested? I bought it at the same time, but have not used it.

Nice watch for the money. Shame that there are no good 7750 version of the Carrera chronograph.. I have a genuine Tag Heuer calibre 16 movement on its way, and I would rather like to fit it into a Carrera with a clear caseback, than hide it inside a Link Chrono...

Maybe you have already checked it out, but Silix still has the SeaWolf Ti on his site... http://www.silix-prime.com/product.asp?id=1406 He is usually quick to note "sold out" or "unavailable" when his stock runs out..

Classy watch for a nice price. Very prominent wave pattern on this one, and correct white on black date. CG are not bad either.. The end links are one-piece? I had this model a while ago. I used to like it better than the "Bond" Seamaster, which I found a bit too busy... The sword hands reminds me of the vintage military Rolex 5517. But now I prefer the Bond version, which has become an Omega icon. Suppose I have been brain washed... Still, if you want something a bit different...!

A Carrier Pigeon from China armed with a PAM187 could be a scary sight, in these days with the Bird Flu.

Mail-delivery of advertising @15 years old Newspaper delivery boy ( Sunday paper) @17-18 Airforce Aircraft technician on F-16 and P-3 Orion. Four years. Engineer (MSc), Petroleum Technology.. desk job, system design and project coordinator. From July 2006, Offshore Petroleum Engineer. When I have finished Timezones Watch school, I will finally have some formal education in this field!

Good choices, and welcome to the club! I also have the Chrono Avenger Ti, a great rep but not for everyone, as you say. The PO and the Ingenieur is on my wishlist!

Good choices! The pearl on the Seamaster looks spot on, also you got the one with good five-pieces endlinks!

I have also wondered why these are not repped... Probably because they are entry-level models, and not as popular. Remember seeing some low quality reps of those, but nothing else. Silix has a couple of these: http://www.watchsilix.com/class.asp?page=2...d=37&aid=30

Yes, the X-33 is from Silix. I have only seen this version of the X-33 by TTK and Silix. The hands are fully functional as well as the digital part. This is a replica of the first version of the X-33, as it has the polished bezel and pushers, and the old crown. It has: - Rather strong, nice backlight. - Choice of 24 or AM/PM timezone - Chronograph - 2nd timezone - Alarm - Cheap bracelet, old type. The genuine is made of titanium, but the astronauts use it with a kevlar strap. One thing that buggers me a minor bit is that it has indication of day @ 5 o clock. The genuine does not have this. But except from the use of steel instead of titan, this is the only "major" flaw. Also the caseback is engraved with "The first watch worn on the moon. Flight qualified by Nasa.. etc". And I also have a problem with figuring out how to operate the alarm. I can set it, but when it rings I always activate a five minute snooze function, instead of just turning it off. Frankly, I have not discovered how to turn it off in a simple way. But all in all, definently something different and a keeper. The girls like it!

That is a beauty... Never ever seen this one before! Is it quartz? The subdial at six doesn't seem to follow the hour hand, as usual on the Lemanias..

Nice history lesson!

Gratulerer med dagen, Admin! Keep up the good work! ( Nice picture, Gran! )

There are some cheap Asian replicas of the Autavia, with day-date subdials.. But of course they have the crown on right. But, with the current release of Breitling Chronomatics with crown on left and pushers on right... There is hope for a good Autavia copy also! We have to live without date, though..

Note that they say the first ever SWISS timepiece in space.. The first watch in space is generally considered to be the Poljot Shturmanskie, on Yuri Gagarins wrist in 1961. These can be obtained from eBay for 30-40 USD.. However, this theme is always causing debate. Cool info from TAG Heuer, guess they will use this in advertising.

Yes, that's right! The Yacht-Master and the LV, right? Both feel like true quality pieces. But the Yacht-Master might be a bit too flashy for my taste. The LV was actually better than expected, the rust stain you mentioned is a bit embarrising but luckily it is not visible when wearing.

I have been collecting replicas and genuines for about two years. This is the current inventory of my watchbox. Hopefully, I will update this post with better pictures later. Some of the reps are on their way out. I plan just too keep watches I wear, rotate a bit, upgrade and hopefully keep the count below 10-12 replicas..: As you can see, I am mostly into not-to-big sportswatches. I like my three big PAMs as well, and they get their share of wristtime inbetween. The white Heuer, top left, is quartz, but a good one. The digital Omega X-33 in the top row is actually a rather good replica of the Omega Speedmaster X-33. Else, it is a mixed bunch.. The dressy Patek on leather on the bottom row is an ultra thin watch bought from TTK... truly well made and one for those special occations.. My two favourites; The plain Omega Seamaster Professional, and the Rolex Air-King! These are the core of my genuines. All these are keepers. : The Mickey Mose watch is a gift from my Girlfriend and must of course be included here. The ca 1963 gold faced Rado in top middle has a cool name; "Green Horse King Size". It has the desirable "rice bead band" and also the highest number of jewels in any of my watches; 30! It is an automatic A Schield movement, without hack-feature or quick-set date. The Speedmaster Mark II was my first "expensive" watch. Like the Rado and the Speedy, the big Seiko chronograph, center bottom, is from eBay. A nice big vintage automatic 12-hour chrono with day-date for the price of an cheap rep. Great value for the money. These watches was the pinnacle of mechanical watches before the quartz revolution.. The rotor movement is much quieter than any 7750. However, I miss the running seconds. The Angelus Chronogaph is my fathers graduation gift, from the early fifties. Angelus is a rather unknown brand, but they actually made their own in-house movements. Their eight-day power reserve movement was used in Panerai. This is just back from an overhaul at my watchsmith. Bottom left and right are both Vostok, Soviet mechanical watches, bought during a trip to St. Petersburg in 1991.. My first mechanical watches. The right one was my beater when I was 16-17 years.. It has some scars after a bicycle accident. And... My first attempt on buying replicas. From a vacation in Malaysia in 2002.. The TAG in the middle was actually my daily beater for about a year! I did not buy any Rolex on the vacation. The Omega SMP is actually quite interesting, possibly the worst 007 anywhere. Keeping them just for sentimental value. Seamaster 007 with the worlds biggest endlinks. Quite nice midsize TAG, with crappy bracelet, steel on brass. Awful Breitling fantasy with faux subdials.. Thanks for looking!

Wow.. Marv1n... The Monaco is one of the most beautiful watches I know... I was painting in my apartment today, so to match my red coverall, I wore my GMT-Master

Great little review of a good looking little watch. There are too few reviews of ladies watches.

A good buy, guess you could make a few bucks by selling it, if you want to! It is even a Speedmaster Quartz, which are more worth than the Constellation and DeVille quartz'es from the same age... It seems to be in really nice shape also, just wish it was steel and not "Pimpish" gold.. It is very similar to the "Memomaster", which I have been hunting for the last month. Just waiting for it to turn up in steel.

This is from Silix, Lemania based... Maybe not a good base for a franken, but interesting to see how the replicamakers have performed in the field of Pre-Daytonas...

Sorry guys, It seems like I will be on work offshore next weekend (4,5,6). :-(