Incoming - 3rd time lucky

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A couple of weeks ago I had a close encounter with an early 70s Mark II Speedy - liked it, but the Stealth DLC treatment that had been applied, caused me to walk away. Then last Friday, whilst on my way to Pret for a sandwich I saw a white dial Ulysse Nardin big date GMT that was different to anything I have, with the added bonus of being a non bling, no 2nd mortgage required UN. But after research I decided that the options at servicing time may end up being restrictive/expensive - so my sensible head won and I walked away.

However today I saw a 2014 pre-owned silver dial Speedmaster Racing co-axial on a bracelet, at 40mm the perfect size for me and ticks my "I really would like a white/silver dial chrono" box. I saw it online last night and went to work today with the intention of calling into the retailer to try it out.

So I am now one happy owner of something that I have looked at on and off for about a year and wouldn't have been able to buy had I not walked away from the two above.

So before you say "pictures" hear they are:
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And a couple with my broad arrow speedy:
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Thanks for looking

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That's a beauty!

Really good looking watch that.

Many congrats!
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That is a beauty indeed ! :)
Congratulations on getting such a great piece.
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Thanks chaps, I am really pleased with it and sufficiently different in detail from the broad arrow to be able to "justify" the purchase. :)

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Living proof that not all white dialled Speedies are revolting. Nice one, Neil.
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Excellent pick up. Congratulations.
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Congratulations, a great looking Speedie.
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wow - it's lovely. enjoy wearing it!
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i like that a lot. i've always thought that if i got a speedy, it would be an early 60s white dial speedy with the 321 in it, and i'm a big fan of the project alaska, so this fits in that general realm for me very well. grats and nicely done!
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Further proof that you can't go wrong with a Speedy! Well done!
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Thanks for the comments. Have just adjusted the bracelet and am wearing it again today. My 1st Omega with a bracelet - I hadn't realised just how easy it would be to remove/add links compared with bracelets that have friction pins, that I usually manage to mess up in some way when adjusting!

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What a catch. Beautiful
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Just seen this thread, not sure how I missed it first time around. That is a beautiful speedy you have there
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Very nice, and the cufflinks work well with it.
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