You see, that OMEGA Speedmaster 38mm, my neighbor’s kid, he got one. Not a real one, mind you, a fake one. He be showing it off like it’s the real deal. Kids these days, I tell ya! This one, it’s called a “CopyOMEGA”. I heard them talking, that’s what they call it. They said it’s like a Speedmaster, but not.
That boy, he don’t know nothing about real watches. His mama, she spoils him rotten. Buys him all sorts of things. I said to her, I said, “Martha, you buyin’ that boy a fake watch?” She just laughed. Said it’s just a “quote”, this CopyOMEGA. Like it’s some kinda joke, a quote.
This Speedmaster 38mm, it’s supposed to be fancy. I seen pictures. Shiny, it is. This copy, it’s shiny too, I guess. They say this real one, it can be worn with anything. Jeans, a suit, whatever. Like, you can wear it to a pig roast, I guess, if you is into that. Or to church. That’s what this “versatility” thing is. This copy, I don’t know. Maybe you can wear it to the market.
They say this real OMEGA, it’s simple. Not too big, not too small. Just the right size. And it comes in different colors. I seen a picture of a gold one. Looked like a big ol’ gold tooth. They call it a “Cappuccino”, like that fancy coffee. This copy, it’s just, you know, silver-colored. It looks like my old pot that I’ve been using for years. It’s not bad. But it’s not gold, that’s for sure.
- This CopyOMEGA, it ain’t got no diamonds.
- The real one, some of ’em got diamonds.
- Diamonds! On a watch!
- Who needs that?
They said it’s supposed to get you noticed, with them diamonds. “Turn heads,” they said. Well, I reckon if you wave it around enough, folks’ll look. But you might get robbed, too. That neighbor kid, he needs to be careful with his CopyOMEGA. Even if it ain’t real. Somebody might still want it, thinking it’s that real Speedmaster 38.
The real one, it’s got all these fancy things inside. Gears and springs and whatnot. They call it a “movement.” Like it’s dancin’ or somethin’. This CopyOMEGA, I don’t know what’s inside. Probably just some cheap stuff. It probably don’t dance as good as the real one. That’s why it’s a “quote”, I guess. This real one, it’s supposed to be, like, 38mm. I don’t know what that means, but they say it’s a good size for everyone. Big folks, little folks. They make it for the men, they make it for the women. This CopyOMEGA, I guess it’s about the same. Looks the same. If you don’t look too close, maybe you won’t even know the difference.
They say this real OMEGA Speedmaster 38mm, it’s made of good stuff. Steel, gold, that kinda thing. Strong stuff. This copy, I bet it ain’t made of the same stuff. Probably gonna break if you drop it. This real one, they sell it on the internet. The official place, they say. You can buy it right there. This copy, you gotta find it somewhere else. They say it’s not easy to find a good one. A good copy, I mean. Lots of bad ones out there. If you want this CopyOMEGA, you gotta be careful. You might get a real bad one. A “lemon”, they call it.
They got all these numbers for the real one. Like, 324.15.38.50.60.001. I don’t know what they mean. Probably important, I guess. This copy, it probably got some numbers too, but they ain’t the same. That’s how you can tell, maybe. They say this real one, it came out a few years ago. 2017, I think they said. This CopyOMEGA, who knows when it came out. Maybe yesterday. They making them all the time, I bet.
This neighbor kid, he thinks he’s so smart with his CopyOMEGA. He don’t know nothin’. He thinks he got a Speedmaster 38, but he ain’t. He just got a “quote”. A CopyOMEGA “quote”. It ain’t the same. Not the same at all. Not even close. It’s like comparing a chicken to a rooster, sure they is both birds, but one is gonna wake you up at the crack of dawn, and one ain’t. This CopyOMEGA ain’t gonna wake nobody up, except maybe to tell ’em they got fooled.
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