Before rockets and astronauts, there were planes and pilots. The Swiss brand revisits its history going back to the days of the US Air Force…
Ad Astra, looking towards infinite space, first the Moon, then Mars, then… The Omega Speedmaster will forever remain the watch worn over their suits by the American pioneers of the conquest of space. But before surviving the selection tests that allowed it to join NASA’s packages, it already existed.
It is from this era that the new Speedmaster Pilot (€10,400) is directly inspired, a neo-vintage style watch with a matte steel case measuring 40.85 mm in diameter, which is inspired by the very first Speedmaster launched in 1957. A piece that was once the “choice of pilots”, especially those of the US Air Force. Some of them will subsequently join the Mercury program, NASA’s first manned space program.
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On its grained matte black dial, we find two opaline and beveled sub-dials. At 3 o’clock, there is a 60-minute and 12-hour counter with a matte orange triangular hand and transferred white numerals. A reminder of the “burn rate” indicator in aircraft cockpits. At 9 o’clock, we find a Small Seconds display, with a target/viewfinder aesthetic inspired by cockpits.
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While the central hand of the matte black chronograph has an orange varnished airplane-shaped tip, the bezel is equipped with a matte aluminum ring. For fans of the model, it preserves the heritage of the Speedmaster thanks to the “Dot Over Ninety” and “Diagonal to Seventy” engraving on the tachymeter scale. This watch, available on a gray or steel NATO strap, features a Co-Axial Master Chronometer 9900 caliber, METAS certified, housed behind the metal caseback stamped with the traditional Speedmaster “Seahorse” medallion and engraved with the water resistance “100 m / 330″ feet”.
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