A little while ago, we received a long email from our reader James. In his email, he admits he was a bit late to the game, but at least he did his homework and went through a lot of our Speedy Tuesday articles.Now, he has a question. About which Speedmaster to buy for himself to celebrate not only his first wedding anniversary but also the birth of his first child. But before he gets to his question, he first shared a bit of background with us.Speedmaster Mark IVJames: I was very touched by Robert-Jans story (Why I Love Omega So Much) from July 25th, 2018 I felt very similar. My grandfather always wore an Omega Speedmaster, which I really liked. I remember it as if it was yesterday: at a dinner in the early 1990s he promised me that I would inherit this watch one day; It was the watch worn on the moon. I was highly fascinated (at that time, of course, the Space Shuttle missions were very popular). But it was only a few years ago that I really started to get more interested in the history of space travel and all the exciting missions.Unfortunately, my grandfather died a good decade after this one dinner, but in fact I inherited his watch. Full of melancholy, sadness and fear of further damage, I never wore it. It wasnt in good shape anymore, but it was still running pretty good. It was not until the end of 2017 that I decided to revise it. My wedding was imminent, and I wanted to share this important moment in my life with my grandfather at least in memory of him, with his Omega on my wrist. My grandfather would have wanted me to wear it anyway. I began to look more closely at the subject shortly before the revision and learned that although it wasnt exactly the model worn on the Apollo missions, it was a Speedmaster: a Mark IV from 1973 (we wrote about it here). With a freshly overhauled movement, a polished case, a new leather strap and a distinctive scratch that I didnt want removed, I proudly wore it to my wedding in spring 2018, but I dont wear it on a daily basis because its just too special and valuable for me.
By the way, I didnt want a wedding ring because I dont like to wear rings. My wish was to have a daily companion in the form of a watch. We decided to wait until the first wedding anniversary, coming up soon. And now another highlight coming this year the birth of our first child. Interestingly, Robert-Jan also mentioned this one Patek Philippe advertisement in his article that I saw a few years ago. It reminded me of the story with my grandfatherSo now I already have two reasons for a significant watch and my continuing fascination with space missions being another one.My dream Omega is the Dark Side of the Moon (311.92.44.51.01.003), closely followed by the Alaska Project (311.32.42.30.04.001) and the Silver Snoopy Award (311.32.42.30.04.003). I also really like your two Speedy Tuesday Specials unfortunately all five are outside my price range of 5000.- to 6000.-. Im aware that this financial framework doesnt give me too many options.