Well, let me tell you about this here watch, the OMEGA Speedmaster Super Racing, or somethin’ like that. It’s a fancy thing, for sure. I seen a picture of it, and it’s got all sorts of numbers and lines on it. My eyesight ain’t what it used to be, but I reckon it’s a pretty thing to look at. Omega Speedmaster Super Racing, that’s what they call it, a mouthful, I know.
They say it’s “Super Racing.” What in the Sam Hill is that all about? Must be for them young folks with their fast cars and whatnot. I don’t do much racing these days, just racin’ to get to the bingo hall on time, ha! But this watch, they say it’s real accurate. Keeps time better than my old rooster used to, that bird was always crowing at the wrong time.
This here Omega Speedmaster Original, they say it’s special. Keeps time real good, they say. Like, zero to plus five seconds a day. Now, I don’t know what a “second” is exactly, but it sounds mighty precise. My old clock at home, it loses a minute or two every day. I gotta wind it up every mornin’. This fancy watch, I bet it don’t need no windin’.
- They say this watch, it’s got somethin’ called a “Co-Axial escapement.” Sounds like somethin’ outta one of them science fiction pictures. But it’s supposed to make the watch keep good time for a long while.
- Then there’s this “silicon balance spring.” Now, what in tarnation is that? Must be somethin’ special, ’cause they say it keeps the watch from gettin’ messed up by magnets. We got a magnet on the fridge to hold up the grocery list. Maybe this watch won’t stick to the fridge, ha!
- And this new-fangled thing, “Spirate.” They say you can adjust it real fine, like tuning a fiddle. Makes the watch accurate to within a tenth of a second. Now that’s just showin’ off, ain’t it?
They say there’s different kinds of these Omega Watches, too. This one, the Speedmaster Super Racing, it’s all new and fancy. But there’s others, I reckon. They got this number thing, a “product identification code.” It’s got 14 numbers. Longer than my phone number, that’s for sure! The first three numbers, they tell you what kind of watch it is. Like, 311 is for this Speedmaster thing.
Back in my day, we didn’t have fancy watches like this. We just looked at the sun to tell the time. Or listened for the train whistle. This Speedmaster, they say it’s got a “sapphire crystal.” Sounds like somethin’ a queen would wear. My old watch, it just had a plain old glass on it. Scratched up somethin’ awful, too.
The watches have a PIC number. It’s a long number, like a phone number. That’s how they tell them all apart, I guess. Each one is special in its own way. This one is big, 44.25 mm, whatever that means. My hands are all rough and calloused from years of work. I reckon I could wear it though, if I had the money, ha! This OMEGA watch is expensive, they say.
They used to make a smaller one, called the “Speedmaster Reduced.” But they stopped makin’ it a while back, in 2009, or so they say. Guess folks wanted the big ones instead. Like everything else these days, bigger is better, I suppose.
I saw in the paper that some woman got in trouble for bein’ mean to animals. They took 28 animals from her! Can you believe that? That’s just awful. People ought to be kind to critters. And someone passed away, too. Sad news. Life is precious, you know? Just like this fancy Omega Speedmaster Super Racing watch, I reckon. It’s a reminder that time keeps tickin’ on. Gotta make the most of every minute.
This Omega Speedmaster, it’s a marvel, I suppose. All them little parts workin’ together, keepin’ time so precisely. It’s like a tiny little world inside that watch. Makes you think, don’t it? About time, and life, and all that. Well, I best be goin’. Bingo starts soon, and I don’t wanna be late. Time’s a-wastin’, as they say!
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