Omega recently released a brand new Speedmaster. The #SpeedyTuesday tribute watch with reverse panda dial. Introduced by Fratello Watches founder Robert-Jan Broer on Instagram in 2012, the #SpeedyTuesday hashtag has grown to nearly 45,000 posts at the time of this writing and is sure to grow from here.

A little while ago I put together 'The Ultimate Watch Collection'. A collection where money is no object.

But, what if money is an object?

In other words, if we wanted to build a watch collection of 'attainable' watches, where attainable isn't necessarily cheap, but that a person making an average salary could, with time, save up to buy at least a couple, what would that look like?

Well, I'm about to tell you (in no particular order), and yes there are watches in this list that overlap with the "ultimate watch collection", and thats because money isn't everything.

So, which Speedmaster is king?

It's a good question, because you're right, there are a few references and they aren't all worth the same.

As you might imagine, the older the reference, the more valuable. So, let's start right at the beginning (my estimates are just that, estimates, and assume the watch is in good condition or better with all original parts):