Omega Celebrates The Speedmaster And The 45th Anniversary Of Apollo 13
As I sit in the lounge awaiting a non-stop flight to Houston, I can't help but contrast the banality of my upcoming flight against the razor's edge reality of flying an Apollo mission. I'll be flying in a modern aircraft, ferried from one computer-controlled terminal to another, in relative comfort. The risks are negligible and my "training" can be effectively ignored for about three minutes as the plane taxis to the correct runway. Once underway, my only duties are to relax, read a book and likely eat more food and drink more coffee than my hunger warrants. To force the term, my "mission" is to act as cargo for roughly four and a half hours until arriving in Houston, wherein Omega has invited me to a celebration of Apollo 13, the Omega Speedmaster, and a few of the actual people that ferried their iconic chronograph into the final frontier and then relied upon its mechanical capabilities to bring them home.In contrast, by the time they made it to their mission, Apollo astronauts were

a little browsing at the boutique
ok, i had enough of all these amazing pictures from you guys, and just had to see what all the fuss was about as i had never handled an AP before. went to a local boutique and got to play with the following models.....all i can say is WOW!, AP makes a fine watch. each was really special and each felt like an event when i tried it on. fun trip!

Omega pricing discounts
Anybody know of a real hungry Omega AD? I have seen Omegas on gray market sites at up to 30% off (no warranty or card) and located one AD that typically goes to 25%, but would like to find an AD that will go 35%.I have done a lot of business with my local watch dealer and he usually allows me 35-40% off most brands they carry. They carry many of the major brands, except Rolex (Breitling, IWC, TAG, Jaeger, Ulusse-Nardin, Breguet, Blanpain, Glasutte, Cartier - to list a few). I can usually count on 38% off list and the warranty, but they no longer carry Omega. Omega dropped many dealers last year. They can get me one from another dealer, but the dealer won't give it to them at cost, so my discount isn't a good as it would normally be.

5270r and the Grey Market
So my next purchase was going to be a 5270r but not I'll next year as I just got my 5905. However, I've been offered a 5270r from a reputable grey market dealer at a price that I don't know that I can pass up. My dilemma is that do I go to my regular AD and ask him to match? If he gets within a few thousand, I'll call it close enough, or do I just go with the grey dealer? Not sure my AD will be able to get close to the price.I'm fairly certain I'll pull the trigger but not sure about buying a watch like this from someone other than an AD. But like I said, price is too good to say no to. Would appreciate the experts feedback on this. First world problems - do I spend a 100k+ on a watch or let the money sit in the bank?

Sylvester Stallone is ticked off at Panerai
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