After being teased months again, Omega has debuted a brand new white dial model of its most iconic timepiece, the Moonwatch.
Coming as no shock after being photographed on Daniel Craig’s wrist and leaked by Omega final 12 months, then teased on Omega’s Instagram web page final week, the Speedmaster Moonwatch Skilled White Dial — which many have dubbed the “Daniel Craig” — is an actual magnificence.
That includes the prevailing 42 mm x 13.2 mm (47.5 mm lug-to-lug) stainless-steel case (weighs 140 grams on a bracelet) is 50 meters waterproof, and is accessible solely in a sapphire crystal model (no Hesalite model).
Driving the hours, minutes, small seconds, and chronograph is identical wonderful handbook wind METAS-certified Grasp Chronometer Omega caliber 3861 as in present Moonwatches, which is examined and adjusted to an ultra-precise rated 0/+5 seconds per day. That includes Omega’s proprietary Co-Axial escapement, free-sprung stability wheel with silicon spring that’s proof against magnetic fields to fifteen,000 gausses, caliber 3861 beats at 3Hz and has a 50-hour energy reserve. The chronograph motion is cam-operated with a horizontal clutch and will be considered by way of the sapphire caseback, which reveals a rhodium-plated end, and bridges with Geneva stripes.
There have been earlier white dial Moonwatches however solely in restricted editions (such because the Speedmaster fortieth Anniversary Albino for the Italian market and a Speedmaster Alaska re-edition), or valuable steel fashions, till now. Omega contrasted the brilliant white lacquer paint job by printing “Speedmaster” in crimson, with an identical crimson tip on the chronograph seconds, and giving the fingers and utilized indices/Omega emblem a matte black therapy, that when coupled with the fastened black anodized aluminum tachymeter bezel — creates a beautiful Panda-style aesthetic regardless of having tone on tone subdials.
In line with Omega, the dial design is “Impressed by astronaut fits and the enduring ALASKA I prototype from 1969, the white dial consists of contrasting black particulars and a shiny lacquer end — the primary ever on a Moonwatch step dial.”
The Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Skilled White Dial “Daniel Craig” (Ref. 310.30.42.50.04.001) as proven with a stainless-steel bracelet, retails for $8,100. There are additionally choices for a black anti-bacterial rubber strap (Ref. 310.32.42.50.04.002) or a black perforated racing leather-based strap with distinction stitching (Ref. 310.32.42.50.04.001), for barely much less.
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