Omega Speedmaster Official Style Guide | Bob's Watches

In this YouTube video, we’re going to go over four of the most widely recognized sub-categories of the Omega Speedmaster collection, along with a few highlighted features that demonstrate how each model differs from another. The sub-collections we’ll touch on are the Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch, the Speedmaster MKII, the Speedmaster Reduced, and the Speedmaster Co-Axial Chronograph. When Louis Brandt founded Omega in 1848, little did he know that the company would become one of the largest and most respected manufacturers in the world. The company now sponsors a number of sports and has had a relationship with the Olympics as the Official Timekeeper for the games that dates back to 1932. The brand created the first watch to visit the moon over 50 years ago with the launch of the Omega Speedmaster collection in 1957. The NASA-certified watch made history, and to this day, the company still manufactures flight-qualified wristwatches for manned space missions. Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch: The Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch is the purest expression of the entire Speedmaster collection. Its 42m stainless steel case protects a manual winding chronograph movement, featuring sub-dials at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock. The matte black dial of the Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch model is accompanied by a black tachymeter scale on the bezel and the watch features a Hesalite (acrylic) crystal, giving the timepiece a vintage-inspired design that will be welcomed by those