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Very nice, but the bracelet is hideous. Would look good on a matte oyster-style bracelet or plain nato.
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Personally not a fan of the chunky crown and silver sub-dials, I think a Moonwatch is far more iconic design.
I’ve done a quick search and most of these references have yellowed lume which is weird for non-tritium dials?! -
I feel that automatic Speedmasters are kind of a different thing to the manual wound 321/861-based (+ 1861/3861, etc) models, and are less interesting to me personally, but I know a lot of people like the Speedmaster Reduced models for the smaller case diameter.
The Valjoux/ETA 7750 layout (with the subdials at 12/6/9 and date at 3) creates a less pleasing design than the classic no-date Speedmaster 3/6/9 layout IMHO.
Also, in general, automatic winding is going to add 2mm+ to the thickness of a watch, and smaller diameter + increased thickness can end up changing the proportions of a watch in a negative way. Auto chronographs are notoriously thicc bois.
The vintage-correct Zeniths might be worth a look for auto+date and not being oversized. I quite like the Zenith A384, but they're pretty much the price of the new Speedmaster '57.
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What's the forum take on this Speedmaster version?
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I like the design and size (39mm) but I'm not sure about the 18mm bracelet and the fact that it's shiny as f#ck.
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