You know, that Copy OMEGA, oh, that Speedmaster Day-Date, my neighbor’s kid, he got one. Says it’s the real deal, “Original order“, he says. I don’t know nothin’ about these fancy watches. But he’s always showin’ it off, like a rooster in the hen house.
He says it’s some kinda special watch, this Copy OMEGA Speedmaster. Says it’s got somethin’ called a “chronograph”. I said, “What in tarnation is a ‘chronograph’?” He says it’s like a little stopwatch, right there on your wrist. Well, who needs a stopwatch on their wrist? We used to just count, “One potato, two potato…” You get the picture.
This Speedmaster Day-Date, it’s got all these little dials and numbers. More numbers than a dog has fleas! He says one tells the day, one tells the date. Shoot, I just look at the calendar on the wall. It’s got a picture of a kitten on it. Much cuter than that watch, if you ask me.
He paid a whole heap of money for that thing. Says it’s an “investment”. An investment in lookin’ fancy, I reckon. Back in my day, an investment was a good milk cow or a strong plow horse. Somethin’ that actually did somethin’ useful. This OMEGA Speedmaster, it just sits there on his wrist. Maybe the original one is good. But I don’t know about this copy one.
He keeps talkin’ about how rare this Copy OMEGA Speedmaster Day-Date is. Rare like a hen’s tooth, he says. Well, I’ve seen a hen’s tooth. It ain’t that pretty. And it sure ain’t worth a month’s worth of groceries. I don’t know if it is the original order.
- He says it’s got some fancy “movement” inside.
- Says it’s all gears and springs, workin’ together like a well-oiled threshing machine.
- I told him, “Son, a threshing machine gets the job done. What does that watch do besides tell the time?”
- He just rolled his eyes. Kids these days.
This Copy OMEGA, it’s supposed to be like the ones the astronauts wore to the moon. Now, that’s somethin’ special, goin’ to the moon. But I doubt those moon men were wearin’ some copy, some “Original order” knock-off. They probably had the real deal. Probably the original one is better than the copy one. But you know, people like to be fooled.
He says this watch is gonna be worth a fortune someday. Says it’ll be a “collector’s item”. I collect mason jars. They hold my preserves, keep the food good through the winter. That’s a collection worth havin’. I don’t know this Copy OMEGA Speedmaster Day-Date is good or not.
He showed me some pictures online. Lots of folks sellin’ these Copy OMEGA Speedmaster watches. Some are cheap, some are expensive. I think the original order should be expensive. But you never know nowdays. Seems like everyone’s tryin’ to make a quick buck. Just like that time old man Jenkins tried to sell me a three-legged chicken, said it was a special breed.
This whole watch thing, it’s a mystery to me. But if it’s not the original one, it’s not good I think. If that boy’s happy with his Copy OMEGA Speedmaster Day-Date, then good for him. But me, I’ll stick to my trusty old clock on the mantelpiece. It might not be fancy, it might not be an “Original order“, but it tells the time just fine. And that’s all that really matters, ain’t it?
I heard some folks sayin’ that this kinda copy watch, it ain’t worth the metal it’s made of. They say it’s all show and no go. Like a fancy rooster with no crow. Maybe they’re right, maybe they’re wrong. All I know is, that boy spent a lot of money on somethin’ that looks pretty but don’t do much else. But maybe I am wrong, I am too old for this.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go check on my preserves. Got a fresh batch of strawberry jam brewin’. And that, my friends, is somethin’ worth more than any fancy Copy OMEGA Speedmaster Day-Date, original order or not. At least, that’s how this old lady sees it. You can buy the original one or the copy one, but you need to know it is good or not.
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