Jaeger-LeCoultre – Geophysic Universal Time

Jaeger-LeCoultre – GEOPHYSIC® Universal Time Collection 2017

New milestones in the Geophysic collection

Created in 1958 by Jaeger-LeCoultre in honour of the International Geophysical Year, the first Geophysic watch remains a symbol of Swiss expertise par excellence. In keeping with this tradition, the Manufacture in the Vallée de Joux launched the Geophysic collection in 2015; a collection of several models combining powerful watchmaking expertise with a classic, timeless aesthetic. This line has now been reinterpreted reinforcing its original qualities: a generously dimensioned case, easily legible functions, visible luminescent hands, the high-tech Gyrolab balance wheel, etc.

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For the first time in its history, Jaeger-LeCoultre has introduced a flying tourbillon in a watch, allowing the time in twenty-four cities around the world to be read simultaneously. Available in a limited series of 100 pieces, the Geophysic Tourbillon Universal Time watch is a testament to the Manufacture's remarkable watchmaking skills expressed through the watch's ease-of-use and operating.

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For the Geophysic True Second and Geophysic Universal Time, what’s new in 2017 comes down to one word: interchangeability. With the introduction of a new interchangeable bracelet, these two models are now available in a resolutely contemporary steel version and a sleek and elegant leather version.

A truly contemporary way of envisioning time

A new interchangeable steel bracelet

With their new interchangeable steel bracelet, the Geophysic True Second and Geophysic Universal Time watches flaunt a chic yet relaxed style. Composed of five satin-brushed and polished links, this new bracelet, ideal for going in the water, is highly flexible. Easy to wear with a contemporary look, the ingenious folding clasp can be adjusted easily.

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The length of the bracelet can be extended up to five millimetres freeing the wrist for both ease of use and comfort especially during periods of extreme heat.

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Geophysic circular balance (True Seconds Mechanism)

Changing bracelets couldn't be simpler thanks to the lever system, which releases the bars in the blink of an eye, giving the watch a completely different look, whether the steel or the leather version.

Geophysic True Second

Measuring time down to the second

Staying true to the codes of Fine Watchmaking, the Geophysic True Second is available in pink gold and steel. Its grained dial with a textured look is distinctively clean alongside its perfectly legible hands and hour-markers. A companion of frequent travellers, this watch is naturally and intuitively adjusted. Its system for setting the time is entirely coordinated by the crown, ensuring a highly valued ease of use.

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The extremely accurate Geophysic True Second watch draws its name from the “True Second” – a complication rarely found on a mechanical movement. The second hand moves by “beating the second” i.e. literally performing a jump at each second. In addition to the high precision of its mechanism, this delicate hand contributes significantly to the assertive character of the piece.

Geophysic Universal Time

Around the world in the blink of an eye

Its lacquered blue guilloché dial sparks love at first sight. The eye is invited to dive into the immensity of the oceans and continents engraved in a sunray finish. Circling this astonishing planisphere, the world’s major cities stand out in blue and red letters. In contrast to the complexity of its watchmaking expertise, the Geophysic Universal Time is surprisingly easy to set with a single crown as opposed to a push-piece. While travelling, only the relevant hour needs to be adjusted to change time zones, without losing sight of universal time.

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 Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 772 is concealed inside, an automatic movement boasting the famous Gyrolab. By significantly reducing air friction, the non-circular balance wheel endows this piece with outstanding accuracy. This timeless model has been designed for men accustomed to travelling all over the world.

Geophysic Tourbillon Universal Time
An invitation to travel... and to precision

For the first time, the master watchmakers at Jaeger-LeCoultre have combined a flying tourbillon with universal time. With its 43.5 mm platinum case, the Geophysic Tourbillon Universal Time asserts itself as the most exclusive piece in the eponymous collection. Fascinating in many ways, this timepiece offers exceptional readability and operating.

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While remaining true to the ingenuity which allows for the creation of complex yet easy-to-use mechanisms, the Manufacture has followed the rules of the watchmaking tradition that defines it. Featuring the new Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 948, the Geophysic Tourbillon Universal Time embodies this inventive spirit in a unique and universal way. Under the dome of its sapphire crystal, it presents a 360-degree view of the world...

One rotation in 24 hours

In this majestic planisphere, the eye is drawn to the flying tourbillon, which appears to float in space with the absence of a bridge to hold its cage. The lightly convex side view of the dial recalls the shape of a globe. On the intense blue lacquered ocean, small spirals form waves amplifying the impression of relief and depth that the watch creates when viewed from above.

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With a satin-brushed finish, the continents move across the central disc every 24 hours i.e. following the pace set by the flying tourbillon. In this landscape that changes as the hours go by, the tourbillon rotates around itself and the guilloché dial with remarkable accuracy.

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The eye is then drawn to the accelerated rolling of the Gyrolab balance wheel which, in addition to its balance spring hand-crafted in the workshops of the Manufacture, features the shape of a watch anchor, the symbol of Jaeger-LeCoultre.

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Easy readability combined with surprisingly simple adjustment

With constant readability thanks to the luminescent material, which constitutes the points on the flange of the dial and the hands, the Geophysic Tourbillon Universal Time watch is easily set with a single crown. Turning over the watch, enthusiasts will recognise the detailing and ingenuity of its mechanism glimpsed through the sapphire crystal case-back.

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Outshining the rubies and blued screws, the solid gold monobloc oscillating weight reveals Jaeger-LeCoultre’s two characteristic initials through the heart of its half-sphere. This gifted watchmaker's symbol is visible from the front and back.

Geophysic Collection

A worthy successor to a chronometer of the utmost precision and resistance created in 1958, the Geophysic remains a legendary model, which the master watchmakers of Jaeger-LeCoultre continue to reinvent ever more boldly. While embodying the classic codes of a simple and refined aesthetic, this measuring instrument offers a range of interpretations representing a unique watchmaking expertise.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Model: Geophysic® Tourbillon Universal Time

MOVEMENT
•    Automatic mechanical movement, Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 948
•    28,800 vibrations per hour
•    48-hour power reserve
•    375 parts
•    42 jewels
•    11.24 mm in height
•    Oscillating weight in 22-carat pink gold
FUNCTIONS
•    Hours, minutes
•    Flying tourbillon with seconds
•    Universal time (24 time zones)
•    Summer time indicator
•    24-hour day/night indication
•    Setting the hour by one-hour jumps clockwise or anti-clockwise
CASE
•    Platinum
•    Diameter: 43.5 mm
•    Height: 14.87 mm
•    Water resistance: 5 bars
•    Sapphire case back
DIAL
•    Convex shape
•    Blue guilloché for the oceans
•    Satin-brushed finish for the continents
•    Luminescent points on the flange
HANDS
•    Luminescent sword-shaped hands
STRAP
•    Blue alligator-skin
•    Folding buckle in white gold

LIMIT
•    Limited edition of 100 pieces

REFERENCE • Q8126420 - Price on request

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Model: Geophysic® Universal Time

MOVEMENT
•    Automatic mechanical movement, Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 772
•    28,800 vibrations per hour
•    40-hour power reserve
•    274 parts
•    36 jewels
•    7.13 mm in height
•    Oscillating weight in 22-carat pink gold
FUNCTIONS
•    Hours, minutes
•    True Second
•    Universal time (24 time zones)
•    Summer time indicator
•    24-hour day/night indication
•    Setting the hour by one-hour jumps clockwise or anti-clockwise
CASE
•    Stainless steel
•    Diameter: 41.6 mm
•    Height: 11.84 mm
•    Water resistance: 5 bars
•    Sapphire case back
DIAL
•    Blue, lacquered, appliqué hour-markers
•    Sunray finish for the continents
•    Luminescent points on the flange
HANDS
•    Luminescent sword-shaped hands
STRAP
•    Five polished and satin-brushed steel links
•    Fast interchangeable system

REFERENCE • Q8108120 bracelet - 16 100,00 €
REFERENCE • Q8108420 Strap - 14 400,00 €

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Model: Geophysic® True Second

MOVEMENT
•    Automatic mechanical movement, Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 770
•    28,800 vibrations per hour
•    40-hour power reserve
•    275 parts
•    36 jewels
•    6.57 mm in height
•    Oscillating weight in 22-carat pink gold
FUNCTIONS
•    Hours, minutes
•    True Second
•    Date
•    Setting the hour by one-hour jumps clockwise or anti-clockwise
CASE
•    Stainless steel
•    Diameter: 39.6 mm
•    Height: 11.7 mm
•    Water resistance: 5 bars
•    Sapphire case back
DIAL
•    Silvered, grained, appliqué hour-markers
•    Luminescent points on the flange
HANDS
•    Luminescent sword-shaped hands
STRAP
•    Five polished and satin-brushed steel links
•    Fast interchangeable system

REFERENCE • Q8018120 bracelet - 10 800,00 €
REFERENCE • Q8018420 Strap - 9 150,00 €

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STROM – AGONIUM In Memoriam HR Giger Edition

STROM – AGONIUM In Memoriam HR Giger Silver Limited Edition

When biomechanoid creatures land on Planet Agonium

Daniel Strom is passionate about a lot of things. Motorbikes, fine engineering, myths and legends… as well as art, painting and sculpture. He is particularly sensitive to works by HR Giger, whom we have to thank for the space crea-ture in the first Alien movie by Ridley Scott in 1979, and for which the Swiss artist won an Oscar in 1980 in the “Best Visual Effects” category.

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Years after this legendary movie was launched, a client and fan of the world of Agonium, who happened to be a friend of this master of the incredible, presented Daniel with a chance to meet HR Giger. “This person invited me to his home in Zurich in the most natural possible way” the watchmaker re-members. “When I showed him my Agonium and said I would like to create a watch with him, he accepted immediately.”

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From one legendary work to another

The idea was initially to produce a dial inspired by one of HR Giger’s best-known works : his 1973 “ELP II” canvas (work no.217), painted with an airbrush in a single night. “For me, this highly sensual feminine mouth on a skull is the perfect embodiment of transience, the ephemeral nature of existence” explains Daniel.

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“Unfortunately, I never had a chance to admire the original work that was stolen in 2005 and never returned to its rightful owner despite the presence of tangible clues. But that didn’t prevent us from reproducing the work on the dial, and above all, from recreating its fascinating 3D relief, thanks to a cunning blend of 3D technology and craftsmanship.”

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Once the dial was made in molten silver, blackened and hand-polished, the artist and watchmaker decided to take things to the next level and also create an Agonium case embodying Giger’s incredible universe.

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It is here, as if it were the most natural thing in the world, that we find the famous elongated skulls of the biomechanoid sculpture displayed at the entrance to the HR Giger Museum in Gruyères, Switzerland. Emerging from the material, four gleaming heads of this Cyborg creature extend from the lugs, while its body parts are etched into the case middle in a set of perfectly executed structures. All, of course, produced by hand, as is the strap buckle also inspired by the emblematic biomechanical world of the works of HR Giger.

Tribute to a friend

Deeply saddened by HR Giger’s death in 2014, Daniel Strom waited three years before presenting the public with this jointly produced watch, which was also one of the final projects on which the artist worked. In tribute to the man who became his friend, Daniel named it “In Memoriam HR Giger”.

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A veritable sculpture incorporating a blend of art and craftsmanship and li-mited to just 99 examples, the watch appears to have several lives, revealing different faces depending on the light and angle from which it is viewed. A disquieting maelstrom of evocations which appear to emanate directly from the depths of our subconscious and that we recognise in most works by the great genius that characterised Swiss artist, HR Giger.

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Alongside the artist’s widow, Carmen Giger, the Bienne-based watchmaker unveiled this exceptional watch, of which just 99 pieces have been produced. Sculpted in the silver case, the elongated skulls of the Cyborg creature extend from the lugs, while its body parts are etched into the case middle.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Collection: AGONIUM 

Model: In Memoriam HR Giger

Limited Edition: 99

Movement
Swiss automatic winding
Calibre ETA 2824
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds.
Case 
Handmade in silver 925 
Sizes: 48x 54 mm (without the lugs).
Crystal: Double curved sapphire crystal, antireflective coating
Water-resistant: 50m
Dial
3 dimensional dial in silver 925 from HR Gigers work “Brain Salad Surgery” of 1973
Hands: Steel rhodium plated with Superluminova
Strap
Alligator Hornback black strap
Buckle:  Silver 925 hand made

Presentation box:
Watch is presented in an exclusive black wooden box.

Retail price
Swiss francs: CHF 16,999

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RAYMOND WEIL – FREELANCER Chronograph Silver Dial Steel Blue Bezel

RAYMOND WEIL – FREELANCER Chronograph Silver Dial Stainless steel 43.5mm Blue Bezel

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The FREELANCER chronograph for men, 
where technical expertise meets contemporary design

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Paying homage to the family firm's independence and the visionary spirit of its founder, the FREELANCER collection introduces its latest timepiece – a fusion of sporty, contemporary styling and technical performance.

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The automatic movement on the FREELANCER 7740 SC3 65521 powers a chronograph allowing the precise measurement of intervals of time. The steel case features a blue hard coated PVD tachymeter bezel housing a silver dial dotted with blue counters and a date window between 4 and 5 o'clock. The watch is mounted on a perforated calfskin leather strap.

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Two alternate versions of the FREELANCER 7740 SC3 65521 are available, one with a black dial and yellow hands, the other with a silver dial and red hands matching the stitching on the strap.

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With its strong personality, the FREELANCER 7740 SC3 65521 is perfectly designed for the active man.

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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

Collection: FREELANCER

Model: Chronograph Silver Dial Steel 43.5mm

Ref. 7740-SC3-65521

Movement
Mechanical chronograph with automatic winding 
Calibre – RW5010
Power-Reserve: 46 hours
Height: 7.9
Jewels: 27 rubies
Functions
Central hours, minutes, seconds
Date window: between 4 and 5 o'clock
Chronograph
 Start, stop and restart using pushbutton at 2 o’clock
 Reset using pushbutton at 4 o’clock
 Central chronograph hand
 30 minutes counter at 3 o’clock, 
 12 hours counter at 6 o’clock
 Tachometer ring on the bezel of blue color
Case
Round – Stainless steel, with blue PVD hard coating
Diameter: 43.5mm
Thickness: 13.7mm
Bezel:    Tachymeter
Case back: Screwed-down, with sapphire crystal
Crown:    Screwed-down with RW logo
Crystal:    Sapphire crystal with dual-sided antiglare treatment
Water resistance: 100 m, 330 ft, 10 atm
Dial
Silver with indexes
Bracelet
Genuine calf leather

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OMEGA – SPEEDMASTER Racing Master Chronometer 60 years Anniversary

OMEGA – SPEEDMASTER Moonwatch RACING Chronometer Steel 60 years Anniversary - 2017

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Speedmaster 

60 years Anniversary

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FEW WATCHES HAVE THE POWER TO INSPIRE 

LIKE THE OMEGA SPEEDMASTER

The first watch ever worn on the moon, it has become an enduring symbol of the ingenuity and skill that took us into space. On the sixtieth anniversary of the Speedmaster’s release, we look back with space-enthusiast and brand ambassador, George Clooney, at the heady days of the Apollo program and reflect on why the Speedmaster was able to go where it did.

While he’s played an astronaut more than once, few people know about George Clooney’s love affair with space exploration. Clooney grew up in the sixties and was eight years old when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first set foot on the moon. Like most children of his generation, astronauts were his heroes and going into space was his dream.

Thinking back to that moment in his life, Clooney says, “It was the most exciting time to be a kid. We knew all the astronaut’s names. We even ate the food that the astronauts ate… During one of our vacations, we drove through Neil Armstrong’s hometown, simply because we wanted to drive through his hometown. The astronauts were that big a deal to us.”

In 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy set a bold challenge for the American people. He stated, “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” According to Clooney, this challenge felt almost impossible at the time, but it did create a new level of optimism that reflected itself in everything that was happening around him. “In just 60 years, we’d gone from inventing cars to [talking about] landing a man on the moon,” says Clooney, “It felt like the ultimate in optimism, the ultimate in forward thinking. It made us feel like anything could be done.”

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When Apollo 11 touched down on the moon on July 20th, 1969, and Kennedy’s challenge was answered, the young Clooney watched from his suburban backyard. Standing with his father, looking up at the moon, he felt a special connection with his heroes as they took their first steps into a new world. Like the astronauts they were straining to see, Clooney’s father also wore an OMEGA. In fact, Clooney still has the same watch today. When Clooney Senior heard that his son was working with OMEGA, he presented him with his old OMEGA as a gift.

“He brought it down from the attic, after putting it away for 20 years,” says Clooney, “and he wound it and it started running again. It was a special moment. I grew up with that watch on his arm.”

According to Clooney, all the kids knew that the astronauts were wearing OMEGA watches. He remembers that “OMEGA was absolutely part of the space program when I was growing up. OMEGA was about precision time… and it seemed like the space program was a natural progression.”

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What Clooney didn’t know then, however, was that the Speedmaster was originally envisioned for a completely different purpose. As the name suggests, it was built for speed, and when first released 60 years ago, it was intended not for rocket ships, but for racing cars.

Upon release, the Speedmaster was an instant hit with professional drivers. Its rugged construction meant that it could withstand intense vibrations and shocks while keeping perfect time. And thanks to the tachymetric scale on its bezel, drivers could time their laps more easily than ever before.

It was the first watch with these features, and at the time, revolutionized the design, durability and functionality of wristwatches.

Ultimately, it was these two features that would make the Speedmaster so suitable for space exploration, and would lead to its place on the wrist of every astronaut in the Apollo program from 1965 onwards.

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It was in 1964 that NASA began hunting for a chronograph to use on its manned space missions. They chose watches from a number of different brands and put them through the same series of tests that were used for every piece of hardware that was intended for space. Only one watch survived the extreme temperatures, vibrations, hard shocks, and unforgiving vacuums of the testing process – the OMEGA Speedmaster.

Today, six decades on, the Speedmaster is still qualified for all manned space missions and is a permanent piece of equipment on the International Space Station. In testament to the forward-thinking design of the original, the Moonwatch made now is essentially the same as the one released by OMEGA in the pre-space age.

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Apollo 11 – Buzz Aldrin on the Moon with Omega Speedmaster

For Clooney, this makes the Speedmaster a true classic, like a vintage wine. He explains it like this, “Some things are classic, and when they’re classic, you will always want them. You’d be really upset if they changed. We want modern technology – like our cell phones – but there is something about having certain classic things, that if they changed, it would break your heart.”

On the inside, the calibre is also unmodified and manufacturing the Moonwatch remains a complex exercise, as it has always been. It takes a staggering 14 months to prepare all the separate component parts prior to assembly, and 80 manual operations are needed to assemble the base plate alone.

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Like when it was first released, the human hand is an essential part of the process.

It is ironic that the OMEGA Speedmaster has required no modification, considering that the NASA space program can be credited with technical innovations spanning from mobile telecommunications to SMS messaging, and from solar panels to water purification. As Clooney says, the Speedmaster may well be the true definition of a classic: a design that need never be altered.

Further proof of the enduring quality of the Speedmaster’s design can be found closer to home, as a navigational tool for terrestrial explorers. In 1968, Ralph Plaisted used his Speedmaster and sextant to determine the exact location of the geographical North Pole for the first time. Likewise in 1985, explorer Wong How Man used his Speedmaster to help discover and map the elusive source of the mighty Yangtze River.

When asked about the legacy of the Speedmaster and the space program that it was a part of, Clooney responds, “[They are symbols] …of a time that our world was looking forward to challenges. When we thought we could do better, and when we thought that we could reach for the stars and actually get to them. It was without question, us at our finest and our bravest, and the astronauts were in the lead.”

Looking back on that fertile period of discovery and exploration, it is clear that Kennedy’s challenge was essential to the achievements that followed. For Clooney, now is a moment when we need more great challenges to lead us into a new period of optimism and technical progress.

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“I don’t worry that it won’t happen again,” he says, “I only hope that next time it’s as productive and exciting as it was then.” While it is impossible to know which frontier we will cross next, we can be sure, as is Clooney, that we will continue reaching for the stars. And if there is one thing that we can take from the 60th anniversary of the OMEGA Speedmaster, it is that with the right tools, achieving any challenge is possible.

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OMEGA is proud to have played a role in one of the greatest achievements of the 20th century - the moon landing - and looks forward to the many great accomplishments humans will make in the next 60 years and beyond.

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CELEBRATING THE PAST SIX DECADES OF THE SPEEDMASTER

OMEGA proudly presents this tribute to the chronograph’s lifetime. These 60 memorable models each tell a unique story and whether they are rare editions, special tributes or significant for their technology or design, the Speedmaster spirit remains true to everyone.

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AN ICONIC RACING DIAL RETURNS

The distinctive minute-track style on this stainless steel watch first appeared on a 1968 Speedmaster model. Linked to the Speedmaster’s motor racing heritage, it returns again, this time on a matt-black dial. Other notable features on the dial include the orange markings and bevelled 18K white gold arrowhead indexes that are filled with white Super-LumiNova.

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For this model, the subdials have also been slightly expanded for improved readability and the 44.25 mm case is thinner than previous versions thanks to the work done on the sap-phire crystal in particular. The polished ceramic bezel features a brushed Liquidmetal® tachymeter scale as well as distinctive orange wording that matches the colour of the varnished hands and tip of the se-conds hand.

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Around the wrist, there is a black leather strap that contains a section of orange rubber through the middle. A milling tool has then been used to create micro perforations through the constructed strap that reveal the orange rubber inside. This perforated design provides the perfect sporty look and also has the benefit of aerating the wearer’s skin. The Speedmaster Racing Master Chronometer represents the next Speedmaster model with Master Chronometer certifica-tion. Driven by the calibre 9900, the watch and its movement have reached the Swiss industry’s highest standard of preci-sion, performance and magnetic resistance, as approved by the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS).

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Besides the mechanical evolution, this Omega Speedmaster Racing Master Chronometer features a brand new dial and some light visual updates. The main one certainly is its distinctive minute-track style and the addition of orange accents all over the dial – hour indexes, main hands, small second hand, “Speedmaster” logo, “tachymètre” on the bezel.

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⏫  SPEEDMASTER Professional ST 145.012 «Moonwatch» - 1964

This specific layout and color scheme first appeared on a 1968 Speedmaster ST145.012 model (as well as on some later Mark II ST145.014 models) and is now updated to be featured on this modernly sized and driven watch. The dial features applied indexes for the hours as well as a date window, discreetly integrated at 6.

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⏫  SPEEDMASTER Professional Mark II ST145.014 «Moonwatch» - 1969

Three other evolutions can be seen on the Omega Speedmaster Racing Master Chronometer. First, compared to the other 44.25mm Speedies, it is slightly thinner, thanks to the work done on the cambered sapphire crystal. Then, the subdials have also been slightly expanded in diameter, for improved readability – while the positioning of the indications are still the same (small second at 9, hours and minutes of the chronograph in a single sub-dial at 3, displayed like a classical timing indication). Finally, the bezel is now made in black polished ceramic and features a brushed Liquidmetal® tachymeter scale (a technology unique to Omega, which allows to seamlessly integrate metallic scales and numerals into the ceramic).

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To Stay true to the racing spirit of this Omega Speedmaster Racing Master Chronometer, the brand chose a black leather strap that contains a section of orange rubber through the middle. A milling tool has then been used to create micro perforations through the constructed strap that reveal the orange rubber inside.

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This perforated design provides the perfect sporty look and also has the benefit of aerating the wearer’s skin. it is secured to the wrist by a steel folding clasp.

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Technical Specifications

Model: SPEEDMASTER Racing Master Chronometer

Ref. 304.32.44.51.01.001

Movement:
OMEGA Co-Axial Master Chronometer Cal. 9901/9900
Watch officially certified by METAS
Self-winding in both directions
Jewels: 5 4 
Frequency: 28’800 A/h (4 Hz)
Power reserve: 60 hours
Magnetic resistant: 15’000 Gauss
OMEGA column wheel chronograph mechanism 
Features

• Time zone function
• Silicon “Si14” balance spring
• OMEGA free sprung-balance
• Co-Axial Escapement, 3 levels
• 2 barrels mounted in series

NIVACHOC
Functions:
Hours, minutes, small second, date, chronograph 
Case:
Stainless steel, polished and brushed
Diameter: 44.25 mm
Screw-in crown wit h Ω;  
Bezel: Tachymeter
Domed scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides
Water resistance: – 100m, 330 ft, 10 atm
Dial: Black with white indexes
Hands: Orange hands with whit e Super-LumiNova
White sconds hands with varnished orange tip
Display
Central hour-minute hands, small-seconds at 9H, date windows at 6H
Central chronograph seconds hand, 60-minute and 12-hour recorder at 3H
Strap:
Perforated black leather with orange rubber, on steel folding clasp

Specifications
4-year warranty
Delivered with a Master Chronometer certification card, ensuring that the watch has passed the tests certified by METAS

Price / availability: Euro 7,700

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