Number 1553 currently in Canada

For a few days now, I've been exchanging eMails with James R. Reese of the Watchuseek Forum regarding the story of his Omega Planet Ocean BIG SIZE "Quantum of Solace" Limited.

Dear Dell,

I got my "Quantum of Solace" limited edition for Christmas of 2008!

My wife ordered it for me ... in Toronto. On the day we went to pick it up, it was snowing like crazy! Cars were getting stuck everywhere, but the new Pirelli all-season radials I had just put on my wife's car enabled it to find a path through the snow!

This was--and is--my "Grail watch"! I thought it was the most beautiful watch I had ever seen. My wife knew how much I wanted it, and she got it for me!

I loved the "Walther PPK grip checkering" pattern on the dial, the "Quantum of Solace" laser engraving on the crystal, and the special "007" engraving on the case back and clasp. This is a beautiful limited edition watch, but its 007 theme is elegantly understated! It takes a very close inspection to determine that this watch is a 007 limited edition; I have the 007 LE "Black Bond," and it has the 007 counterweight on the second hand, which some think is a bit flashy--although I do not.

My other two Seamasters have required regulation to run within COSC specs, but not this QofS Limited Edition! Over six months of wearing the watch and keeping it in the watch winder, it gained an average of 0.83 seconds per day! This is phenomenal accuracy and consistency!

I am really glad to have this watch. This would be the only watch I would own if I could keep no other. It's rugged, beautiful and accurate . . . and that's the kind of watch James Bond would truly choose for himself....

Date [of acquisition] would probably be December 23rd ... I wanted to make sure the watch was "all right" before Christmas morning! ;-)

Toronto is definitely the city [Canada]!

I just picked up an Aqua Terra here in Kuwait, and I think it's a great watch for everyday wear! Of course, my "Blue Bond" goes everywhere I go!

Hmmm ... wondering what the next "5,007" issue of LE watches will look like!

... My QofS is 1553!

Wonder who has Number One and Number 5007!

James R. Reese

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