The Omega Speedmaster is celebrating its 60th birthday this year. A milestone for a watch that will forever be known as the Moonwatch. Although this Alaska Project II never went to the moon, it is one of the most desirable Speedmasters out there. Despite its white dial and name, it had nothing to do with…
With more than 50 vintage planes and fewer than 20 pilots – all sourced from the globe’s most accomplished military, commercial and private aviators – the Shuttleworth Collection is possibly the best precision flying club in the world. Vintage aeroplanes are just one part of the Shuttleworth Collection, a unique trust still housed on the…
In exactly one year from now, on February 9, 2018, the 2018 Winter Olympics will open their doors in PyeongChang, South Korea. As it is now common, the official timekeeper of the Olympics will again be Omega Watches. Indeed, the Biel-based brand has fulfilled the role on 27 occasions since 1932. And because it has…
The Omega Speedmaster ’57 collection has become a rather hot subset of the popular Speedmaster timepiece family since it was originally introduced in 2013. Sporting Omega’s modern in-house made caliber 9300 Co-Axial Chronograph movement in a 41.5mm wide case that is slightly smaller than the largest available Speedmaster at 44.25mm wide, the Omega Speedmaster ’57…
In a previous article, we covered the present state of affairs at Omega, which also gave us a glimpse of what the future holds for the company and for us, journalists and you, potential consumers. Now it is time to rewind the tape of the Omega story and to discover more in details how the…