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Omega’s New Speedmaster – Super Accurate Super Racing
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Omega’s New Speedmaster – Super Accurate Super Racing
Omega likes to use the Speedmaster to surprise and delight in equal measure. In 2021 they launched a full-on celebration of 1940s chronos with the Chronoscope, with applied Arabic numeral hour markers, mid-20th century printed scale dial and leaf hands. The dial had what collectors refer to as a snail scale featuring all the “big three” scales: tachymeter, telemeter and pulsation. Then in 2022, we were given arguably the biggest launch of the past decade with the MoonSwatch. The quartz-driven bioceramic cased Speedy was super hot at launch, with a manic energy from buyers that stretched way beyond the normal confines of the watch-collecting community. As a side note, recently published figures by the FH illustrate that the near one million sales of MoonSwatches are the only reason that the Swiss watch export levels for 2022 increased by 0.3 percent from 2021. The point being that the Speedmaster is more than just another chrono from a brand. Anyway, back to the Super Racing…
The path to this new technology stretches back to 1999 when the Co-Axial escapement was invented by legendary Brithish watchmaker George Daniels. A key element of the Co-Axial Escepement’s success was thanks to the Si14 silicon balance spring that, despite being three times finer than a stand of human hair, is both super shock resistant and impervious to magnetic fields. This led to Omega’s first amagnetic watch in 2013 and then navigating the complex field to achieve a Master Chronometer rated watch in 2015. Now for 2023 the patent-pending Spirate System allows Omega to even more accurate and on time. Don’t believe me? You can see for yourself as the new Spirate System can be seen through the watch’s sapphire caseback!
Tech Specs
Omega Speedmaster Super Racing
Movement: Cal 9920 Co-Axial Master Chronometer movement
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, chronograph
Case: 44.24mm in steel
Dial: Racing honeycomb dial with yellow accents
Bracelet: Steel bracelet and additional nato strap
Price: TBC