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FeatureCelebrating 60 years of the Omega Speedmaster and our Top 10 Speedmaster Watches

From being the world’s most popular chronograph to being the only watch approved for space flight, we take a trip down memory lane and celebrate 60 successful years of the Omega Speedmaster, and list our top 10 Speedmaster watches.

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9. Racing Co-Axial Chronograph 40 mm (326.32.40.50.06.001)

Steel on rubber strap

The original Speedmaster in 1957 was launched to cater to racing enthusiasts; the spirit of the same adventure is well represented by the new OMEGA Speedmaster Racing.

Omega Racing Co-Axial Chronograph
The first Speedmaster was launched to cater to racing enthusiasts; the spirit of the same adventure is well represented by the new “Speedmaster Racing”.

This model features a grey dial with yellow accents, covered by a scratch resistant sapphire crystal with special anti-reflective treatment on both sides. A date window, a small seconds sub-dial, 30-minute recorder and 12-hour recorder completes the dial. To enhance the aesthetics, each of the black sub-dials has a textured “Clous de Paris” pattern, which is a high skill in dial making created by hollowed lines that crisscross to form tiny pyramidal shapes.

Omega Racing Co-Axial Chronograph
This model features a grey dial with yellow accents, covered by a scratch resistant sapphire crystal with special anti-reflective treatment on both sides.

The bezel and the matt black aluminium tachymetric ring are mounted on a 40 mm stainless steel case presented on a black rubber strap. This chronograph is powered by the exclusive Omega Co-Axial calibre 3330 featuring a self-winding chronograph with column-wheel mechanism and Omega’s famous Co-Axial escapement. Anti-magnetic Si14 silicon balance springs enhance the efficiency of the movement. The watch is officially chronometer certified and has a power reserve of 52 hours.

Speedmaster
The Speedmaster Racing is powered by the exclusive Omega Co-Axial calibre 3330 featuring a self-winding chronograph with column-wheel mechanism and Omega’s famous Co-Axial escapement.

The tachymeter is used to measure distance over time and can be easily read between the central seconds hand of the chronograph and the corresponding scale, over a maximum duration of 60 seconds.

8. Skywalker X-33 Chronograph – Solar Impulse Limited Edition (318.92.45.79.03.001)

Titanium on NATO strap

Coinciding with the famous no-fuel round-the-world flight of Solar Impulse, Omega celebrates the epic journey with the launch of a remarkable timepiece, the Speedmaster Skywalker X-33 Solar Impulse Limited Edition. The watch, like any good aviation watch, is filled with useful functions, easy to wear and has great legibility. The dial is in an eye-catching combination of blue and green, and the white transferred indexes and hour markers are coated with white Super-LumiNova for easy visibility and the central opening allows reading the liquid crystal display-digital elements easily.

Speedmaster Skywalker X-33
Coinciding with the famous no-fuel round-the-world flight of Solar Impulse, Omega celebrated the epic journey with the launch of the Speedmaster Skywalker X-33

The Speedmaster Skywalker X-33 Solar Impulse Limited Edition is powered by Omega calibre 5619 quartz chronograph movement. As it is for any good limited edition watch, the stamp of Solar Impulse “Around the World” patch and engraving of the words “Tested And Qualified By ESA” (European Space Agency) on the outer caseback, reminds the user of the occasion.

Speedmaster Skywalker X-33 Solar Impulse
The X-33 is the first watch tested and qualified by ESA (European Space Agency).

The highlight of the movement is its analog hands and LCD windows display, showcasing a series of functions: three different time zones, chronograph, timer, MET (Mission Elapsed Time), PET (Phase Elapsed Time), three alarms and perpetual calendar. In short a modern looking and functional watch reminding us of a great cause.

Last but not the least; the watch comes with a battery life of 2 years.

7. Moonwatch Professional Chronograph 42 mm (311.30.42.30.01.005)

Steel on steel

The highlight of this Omega Speedmaster Professional “Moonwatch” is a black dial covered by a hesalite crystal, which is a form of advanced synthetic crystal. Though not as hard as sapphire, three great advantages are its lightness, its matty look and the fact that it can be polished easily if gets scratched. A small seconds sub-dial, 30-minute recorder and 12-hour recorder along with a central chronograph hand completes the look. The watch comes in a balanced size of 42 mm in stainless steel with the bracelet matching the black bezel.

Moonwatch Professional Chronograph
Highlight of the Moonwatch Professional is hesalite crystal – a form of advanced synthetic crystal. Three great advantages are its lightness, its matty look and the fact that it can be polished easily if gets scratched.

OMEGA’s mechanical calibre 1861, the legendary manual-winding movement worn on the Moon powers the chronograph. This watch comes with a second strap- a “NATO” strap, which is highly popular among watch users today.

Omega’s mechanical calibre 1861
Omega’s mechanical calibre 1861, the legendary manual-winding movement worn on the Moon powers this watch.

The watch is presented in a special box which also includes a toolkit to change the bracelet and a book featuring Speedmaster’s history. The watch has a power reserve of 48 hours and is water resistant to 50 m.

6. Moonwatch Co-Axial Chronograph Grey Side of the Moon (311.93.44.51.99.001)

Grey ceramic on leather strap

Omega Speedmaster’s journey continues with the addition of the highly innovative “Grey Side of the Moon”. The highlight of this timepiece is its grey ceramic case coupled with sand-blasted platinum 950 dial making it look very stylish. The tachymetric scale in white Super-LumiNova perfectly stands out from a distance.

Omega Speedmaster
By far the most stylish Speedmaster of all time, featuring a grey ceramic case coupled with sand-blasted platinum.

Following the design codes from the past, this Speedmaster too has a 60-minute and 12-hour recorder at 3 o’clock and a small seconds sub-dial at 9 o’clock. The beautiful Omega Co-Axial calibre 9300 movement can be seen through the sapphire crystal caseback.

Omega Speedmaster
Like most Speedmasters, this one too has a 60-minute and 12-hour recorder at 3 o’clock and a small seconds sub-dial at 9 o’clock.

5. Speedmaster Master Chronometer Chronograph Moonphase (304.23.44.52.13.001)

Steel – Sedna Gold on leather strap

There are many things special about this timepiece. First, there hasn’t been a more realistic representation of the moon on a dial ever. If you look closer at the high-resolution image in a sharp contrast of black and white, you can even see an astronaut’s footprint.

Omega Speedmaster
The Speedmaster Moonphase is one of Omega’s highly accurate watches that only needs adjusting after 10 years.

A good moonphase watch has to create a special gear train which grasps the complexity of duration of 29.5 days as a lunar month perfectly. Its highly accurate mechanism only needs adjusting after 10 years, and that too, it’s very easy to adjust. The watch comes with a stunning sun-brushed brown dial, ceramic bezel, stainless steel case and if you look minutely, rhodium-plated circles on the subdials. A special alloy made of Zirconium, Nickel and others – Liquidmetal®, has been used on the tachymeter scale.

Omega Watches
There hasn’t been a more realistic representation of the moon on a dial ever. If you look closer at the high-resolution image in a sharp contrast of black and white, you can even see an astronaut’s footprint.

The malleability of this alloy makes this special. The watch runs on the brand new and cutting-edge 9904 movement, made up of 368 components, surely making it a collector’s piece.

4. Speedmaster Grey Side Of The Moon “Meteorite” (311.63.44.51.99.001)

Grey ceramic on leather strap with titanium foldover clasp

The 44.25mm Speedmaster Grey Side of the Moon Meteorite introduces a number of new features to the Speedmaster collection. For example, this is the first time that a tachymeter scale has been created using Omega Ceragold which uses a special method of decorating ceramic watch parts with 18K gold.

Speedmaster Grey Side Of The Moon
The Grey Side of the Moon Meteorite features a tachymeter scale created using Omega Ceragold for the first time ever.

This watch uses an 18K Sedna™ gold bezel layered with a silicon nitride bezel ring, which is harder yet lighter than ceramic. The mellow, reddish tone of 18K Sedna™ gold is also used to create the brushed indexes and hands of the watch. However, the main feature of this watch that everyone wants to talk about is the incredible “meteorite” dial.

The watch comes in a grey leather strap with a fold over clasp. The Omega Co-Axial calibre 9300 powers the watch.

Speedmaster
The main feature of Speedmaster Grey Side of the Moon is the incredible “meteorite” dial.

3. Speedmaster ‘57 (331.12.42.51.01.002)

Steel on leather

Sporting a balanced size of 41.5 mm, Speedmaster ’57 has a polished and brushed steel casebody. The tachymeter scale sits on its brushed bezel to complete the look. The dial is black with white and beige transferred dial indications. The vintage Super-LumiNova emits a green light through the recessed hour markers. Even the polished facetted rhodium-plated central hour and minute hands in the Broad Arrow style are coated with Super-LumiNova for easy readability. Alpha-shaped hands can be found in the small 60-minute and 12-hour recorder at 3 o’clock and the small seconds sub-dial at 9 o’clock.

Speedmaster
The Speedmaster ’57 comes with a full four-year warranty and a water resistance of 100 m.

This watch comes in two strap options- a brown leather strap with a polished and brushed stainless steel foldover clasp or OMEGA’s patented brushed and polished stainless steel screw-and-pin bracelet with a butterfly clasp. The OMEGA Co-Axial calibre 9300 is visible through the scratch-resistant sapphire crystal caseback. The Speedmaster ’57 comes with a full four-year warranty and a water resistance of 100 m. 

The vintage Super-LumiNova
The vintage Super-LumiNova emits a green light through the recessed hour markers.

The Dark Side of the Moon Collection:

Only twelve human beings have explored the surface of the moon till date, which continues to spread its magic and allure, still filled with mysterious and unknown phases and craters. While the all-black, ceramic Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon was inspired by the adventures of the Apollo 8 astronauts, the new offerings in the series – the Sedna Black and Vintage Black have been inspired by the Earth’s nightlight.

2. Sedna Black (311.63.44.51.06.001)

Black ceramic on leather strap

The watch combines two highly appropriated materials by Omega, the black ceramic and the exclusive rose gold alloy. The Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon Sedna Black has a completely brushed black ceramic case with an 18K Sedna™ gold bezel and matching applied indexes and hands.

Omega Sedna Black
The watch combines two highly appropriated materials by Omega, the black ceramic and the exclusive rose gold alloy.

The marks on the matt grey dial have been created using laser technology. The central hour, minute and gold-plated chronograph seconds hands as well as the indexes are coated by vintage Super-LumiNova, improving the readability on the grey dial. This watch comes in a black leather strap and a brushed ceramic foldover clasp. 

Omega Watch
The marks on the matt grey dial have been created using laser technology.

1. Vintage Black (311.92.44.51.01.006)

Black ceramic on leather strap

The Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon Vintage Black comes with brown indexes and hands. The brushed ceramic bezel has a vintage Super-LumiNova tachymeter scale and, as with the other new models in this family, the matt ceramic dial has been created using laser technology. The blackened central hands and varnished brown hands on the sub-dials at 3 and 9 o’clock complete the look of the Vintage Black. The brown leather strap makes this innovative watch look more classic.

Omega Speedmaster Vintage Black
The Speedmaster Vintage Black features blackened central hands and varnished brown hands on the sub-dials at 3 and 9 o’clock.

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