2023-07-03 05:35:00
In 2023, the Swiss house might rest on its two hands. She no longer has anything to prove, as her track record is so rich in major achievements. One of them marked the history of humanity: having accompanied, with the Speedmaster, the first steps of man on the Moon, on July 21, 1969.
Other, less spectacular feats are part of the history of contemporary watchmaking. In 1999, Omega solved the age-old problem of the friction of mechanical components thanks to its co-axial escapement, which requires less lubrication. Advantages: better precision and longer maintenance intervals.
In 2008, the watchmaker improved it by adding a silicon hairspring, resistant to shocks and magnetism. The hairspring is one of the key elements of the inner life of a mechanical watch. In 2013, the brand marketed the very first truly anti-magnetic automatic caliber, capable of withstanding 15,000 gauss.
Logical continuation two years later: the Swiss company is the first to obtain Master Chronometer certification, whose METAS tests (283 stages over ten days, on the mechanism and the entire watch) greatly exceed the standards of the watch industry. Steps that paved the way for an unprecedented chronometric feat: the Spirate ultra-fine rate adjustment system. With its revolutionary hairspring, this system limits deviations to 0/+2 seconds per day!
Others will follow in the future, Omega promises, but the Speedmaster Super Racing Co-Axial Master Chronometer Chronograph has received priority from the Spirate system. Practical: the 60-minute and 12-hour counter can be used as a second time zone. 44.25 mm, steel, automatic, 60-hour power reserve, steel and black and yellow NATO straps, 12,600 euros. ©Omega
The new Speedmaster Super Racing Co-Axial Master Chronometer Chronograph already benefits from this. Eagerly awaited by collectors and enthusiasts of characterful sports watches, it features a honeycombed black dial and bold bright yellow details that recall the tenth anniversary of Omega’s ultra-resistance to magnetism: the scale grand feu enamel tachometer of the ceramic bezel, the hands and indexes coated with an exclusive Super-LumiNova emitting an electrifying yellow glow, the yellow number 10 in the date window…
On the eve of summer, Omega enriches the collection of Seamaster Aqua Terra worldtimers: three new models, one in titanium, the others in stainless steel, featuring a striking reproduction of the Earth seen from the North Pole. It owes its topographical precision, its contours and even its colors to a grade 5 titanium surface worked by laser. A process used even more generously for the dial of the titanium version, where every detail and indication comes in a palette of muted greys. Although it is not very visible to the naked eye, the planispheres are curved to respect the curvature of the Earth.
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Added to these sets of geographical reliefs are the more geometric ones of the arrowhead hands and markedly raised indexes. On the steel versions with a green sunburst dial, they shine in 18-carat Moonshine Gold, Omega’s own gold alloy. The display is 24 hours, divided into day and night. Among the many destinations that surround each dial, the British capital is displayed in red: a deserved honor since its suburbs are home to the longitude reference point, the meridian of Greenwich.
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