bigjonny
Player Valuation: £25m
Very nice , I was wondering what size it was as your wrist looks as slender as mine .
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malcson
Player Valuation: £10m
It’s ‘vintage’ lume
Lume is the luminous phosphorescent solution applied to hour markers, I was talking about the over all faux ageing effect with a tropical dial etc
How can a brand new watch out of a factory be vintage?
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I've got the orange rubber strapped one, feels top heavy for me
malcson
Player Valuation: £10m
Vintage is about recreating the look of an older style .e.g. Lume in the kind of colour used originally, styling reminiscent of an older model. Patina/aging for me relates to creating faux signs of age and wear. I have not seen the model in real life but from the photo I don’t detect faux signs of aging or wear and tear?
BornBlue76
Player Valuation: £35m
@BornBlue76 Agreed, always buy it on bracelet (metal band). You can always get several nice after-market straps: rubber, NATO, leather, etc., and then you'll have lots of versatility. I prefer white to blue but only slightly...can't go wrong with either. But if the white dial come with the bracelet and the blue comes with the rubber strap, then it's white dial for me. And you can get used to wearing the bracelet, even if it initially feels heavy.
In fact, this is a totally boss rubber strap that would look great with the white dial.
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Here's a blue version of it on one an Omega:
now I’m YouTubing straps.. the official omega rubber strap costs plenty (could buy a new seiko)… those straps look brilliant. Key is not to cheapen the watch with a poor strap. So big price value comparison
I think I would want at least one official omega rubber strap and then can have a lot of generics that let me play around with the look and feel.. anyone have an recommendations for online options the UK would be awesome
Yeah, I agree the official Omega rubber strap is way overpriced, but their bracelet is even more and you can buy good after-market non-Omega rubber straps more easily than an after-market (non-Omega) bracelet. So I still agree with mezzrow that you should buy it on bracelet, and after wearing it on a strap you will end up eventually probably wanting to try it on the metal bracelet (sorry, if this is repeating what I already said).
Watchobsession in the UK is quite good; I've used them to ship to me here in the USA.
Strapsco.com (which is based in the US) will ship a low prices to the UK.
BornBlue76
Player Valuation: £35m
Ha you need to go back a page mate.. watch bought.. signed sealed and delivered…
Thought I’d put up the watch I finally decided on. 
Interesting factoid is that only two watches were worn on the moon
One is the beautiful Omega you’re showing but there was another ……. A Bulovs nonetheless
I’ve got that one and it’s awesome with an interesting backstory
I’ll post a picture and the backstory tonight if anyone is interested
BornBlue76
Player Valuation: £35m
Wow Wow Wow!! If I ever get another watch this will be it.. congrats bud!!! A super purchase!!!
I'm loving the back of yours .. the mechanics not blocked by a piece of metal.. on the seamaster there isn't too much to see except the spring.. this is awesome.. could watch it working for hours.
here is my Bulova moon watch complete with astronauts NATO strap as issued to CDr Scott who wore it on the moon
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Holy Cow! Looks terrific. I'm glad you went with the bracelet...that rubber strap I posted a page or two back should work well with that (via strapsco).
Wear in good health!
Haha...yeah, not sure how I missed that. Just saw your new acquisition!