This here OMEGA Speedmaster, they sure are something. My grandson, he’s always going on about these fancy watches. Says this one, the Speedmaster, is real special. Says it went to the moon! Can you believe that? A watch on the moon! Back in my day, we were lucky to have a clock on the wall, let alone a moon watch!
He showed me a picture of one, a Speedmaster Date, I think he called it. It’s got all them little dials and buttons. I reckon it’d take a whole day just to figure out how to tell the time on it! He says it’s for telling the date too. Why, I have a calendar hangin’ right there in the kitchen. Don’t need no fancy watch for that!
He says these Speedmaster Date things are real expensive. Thousands of dollars! Can you imagine? For a watch! You could buy a whole herd of goats for that kind of money. Or a good used tractor! But he says folks line up to buy ’em. Line up! Like it’s the last loaf of bread in town during a blizzard.
- Speedmaster Date
- Specialty Stores
- OMEGA
He says you gotta go to these specialty stores to get ’em. Not just any old store, mind you. These are fancy places, all shiny and bright. He says they’re called “authorized retailers”. What kind of word is that, “authorized”? Sounds like somethin’ the government would come up with. Probably gotta fill out a pile of papers just to look at one of these OMEGA Speedmaster Date watches.
Now, he wants one of these OMEGA things. Says it’s a “mechanical wristwatch”. Whatever that means. Sounds like somethin’ you’d find in a science book. He says it’s the “first proper” one he’ll have. I told him, “Boy, you got two good eyes, just look at the sun! That’ll tell you the time!” But he just rolled his eyes at me. Young folks these days, always needin’ the newest gadget.
He’s been savin’ up his money, workin’ at the feed store after school. Says he’s gonna buy a used one. “Grey market”, he calls it. Sounds kinda shady to me, like somethin’ you’d buy out of the back of a truck. But he says it’s cheaper that way. I guess that makes sense. Even a used OMEGA Speedmaster is better than no OMEGA Speedmaster, I suppose. Especially if you’re really wantin’ a Speedmaster Date.
Now this watch he is saving for, the OMEGA Speedmaster Date, he says folks been buyin’ ’em since 1957. Imagine that, same kind of watch for that many years. You would think they would have come up with somethin’ a little bit fancier. But he says it’s all classic, a timepiece, he called it. I told him that any clock can be a timepiece. That’s what clocks do, keep time! He just rolled his eyes again. I think he’s been rolling his eyes a lot lately.
But I will say that they do look pretty nice. I mean, as far as watches go. They look all shiny and well-made, like they wouldn’t just break apart on you. I wouldn’t pay that much for one, but if it makes him happy, I suppose it’s his money. I just hope he doesn’t get robbed blind in one of those specialty stores. They probably see a young fella like him coming a mile away and jack up the price. He better haggle with them. Like we do at the farmer’s market.
- OMEGA Speedmaster Date is expensive
- You can buy them at specialty stores
- It’s a mechanical wristwatch
I asked him why he wants one so bad, and he said it’s an investment. An investment! In a watch! You think he is crazy? I told him he should invest in some good land, or maybe some more chickens. Something that’ll actually make him some money. But he just went on and on about how these OMEGA Speedmaster Date watches hold their value. He says someday it might even be worth more than he paid for it. I don’t know about all that. It’s just a watch, after all.
Well, he’s set on it. He’s been reading all about them OMEGA Speedmaster Date online, looking at pictures, and talking to other watch fellas on the internet. He knows all the model numbers and everything. It’s like he’s studying for a test or something. I guess if you’re gonna spend that much money on something, you ought to know what you’re getting. You need to know what you are doing when buying an OMEGA Speedmaster Date. Especially at those specialty stores!
He says there are a lot of different kinds of OMEGA Speedmaster watches, but the Speedmaster Date is the one he wants. Something about the moon and some numbers, and it is automatic. I don’t know what that means, but he seems to think it’s important. I guess it means it winds itself or something. I told him my old wind-up alarm clock did that too, until the spring broke. He just laughed. They sure don’t make them like they used to.
I still think he’s crazy for wanting to spend so much money on a watch. But he’s a good boy, and he works hard. If this OMEGA Speedmaster Date watch is what he wants, then I guess I can’t stop him. I just hope he knows what he’s doing. And I hope those fancy specialty stores don’t take advantage of him. He’s a good kid, but he’s still just a kid. He needs to watch his money, especially if he is going to be buyin’ an OMEGA.
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