Russel Crowe and his Speedmaster It’s been a while since we saw a Speedmaster in a movie. Of course George Clooney’s new picture, Money Monster, is an exception. However, we know that since George is Omega ambassador it was not such a huge surprise. Well, I just watched the new movie of Ryan Gosling and Russel […]
Speedmasters With Display Back Already back in 1980, Omega introduced the first Speedmaster Professional with a display back. Quite uncommon in general at that time. However, it was only available for the 18 carat gold Speedmaster Professional Apollo XI numbered edition. This was reference 345.0802. That watch is powered by caliber 861L movement, similar to what […]
Apollo-Soyuz In 2014, we already covered the Speedmaster Apollo-Soyuz and the background of this watch: The Apoll0-Soyuz mission in 1975. Two super powers forgot about the Cold War for just a moment by docking the Apollo and Soyuz spacecrafts at an altitude of 138 miles. Launched at the 15th of July in 1975, the docking took […]
Reader’s Story We received a letter from Indonesian watch collector Ruby about his Omega Speedmaster Mark 4.5. There are more of those around of course, but Ruby found one in NOS (New Old Stock) condition. Complete with box and papers. Ruby started his watch collection in November 2013, when he purchased a Seiko World Time 50th Anniversary […]
Reader’s Speedmasters There is nothing that beats a real reader’s story or experience in my opinion. At least, those are the stories I like to read myself. Today and in the coming period, we will have a couple of these stories for you. I also like to ask you that whenever you think you have […]