Okay.
Fans of the really unusual Omega MoonWatch, you know who you are, and we've got one this
morning that is just gonna be absolutely stunning for you.
You're gonna love it.
And you're gonna wanna see all the pictures of it on our website, and you're gonna want
to hit, rewind and watch this video again.
So Omega is known for celebrating lots of different milestones and having lots of different
commemorative watches.
And it's a lot of fun to collect the various Speedmaster MoonWatches, especially the ones
that commemorate specific missions or anniversaries of different flights.
Of course, you know, the great history of the MoonWatch and how it became flight qualified
by NASA.
If you don't, you should look it up.
But this is a really interesting watch because in 1992, Omega decided to commemorate, not
a flight or an anniversary of some sort of mission, but instead to commemorate a movement.
So this watch in 1992, they made 999 examples of it.
It is numbered.
If you look at the listing on our website, you'll see that engraved on the caseback,
there's a number slash 999 because that's all they ever made of this one.
And it was to celebrate a movement.
It's the 27 CHRO C12.
So in keeping with Omega's somewhat frustrating system of changing their numbering systems
and using confusing numbering systems, I'll dissect this one for you.
This movement, typically the Omega chronograph movements that were launched in the '40s and
'50s were larger movements.
They were bigger than 28, 29, 30 millimeters.
So this one was a smaller watch movement that would fit in smaller watches.
It's a 27-millimeter movement.
So that's where the 27 comes from.
It's a chronograph.
So that's where the CHRO comes for.
It's a chronograph.
And then it as a C12.
Now what's interesting about that is that the the counter for the hours will go to 12
hours, which you see at the six o'clock position.
So this was an unusual thing at the time to have a counter that would go to 12 hours,
especially in the smaller movements.
So what's great about this movement.
Well, after a few more refinements, it was launched as a joint venture between Lemania
and Omega and a few more iterations, a few more refinements over the years, and it became
known as the 321.
So of course, you know, that the 321 is the most sought-after movement in Omega MoonWatches
that it was used from 1957 to 1968 in the Speedmaster Professional.
And so this is kind of a precursor of that movement, but fitted into a commemorative
watch from 1992, that they only made 999 examples of, so that'll be something interesting for
you to relay at the party over drinks and peanuts while you're discussing watches.
And you'll probably lose your audience five seconds in, but the, the watch itself, it
is a column-wheel chronograph.
It feels buttery smooth when you wind the watch and when you start and stop the chronograph,
it's just a really cool watch to have in your hand.
And of course the 18-carat gold, everything, it's got a really nice weight to it.
But aside from all that, there's a lot of interesting detail to it.
The crystal on the front on this one is a sapphire crystal.
This was the first MoonWatch to feature a sapphire crystal on the front that's.
It was sort of a test run you know, they launched it as a real premium feature on a premium
watch in 1992.
And it really looks great.
It doesn't magnify the dial the way the he hesalite crystal does.
It's certainly extremely scratch resistant, but the dial itself is really cool too.
This was in the age when they used Tridium for the lume markers.
So of course they don't glow anymore, but they've really softened into a beautiful gold
color that really matches the watch really well.
This combination of black and gold looks fantastic together.
And the dial in keeping with the Speedmaster Professional, it's more of a dark gray than
a true black, but the Omega logo and the text is prominently in white, at 12.
The markers for the hours are applied 18-carat gold.
And so are the hands.
They are also 18-carat gold.
So you're not gonna see any kind of corrosion or any problems with the aging on it.
When you look at the bracelet, this is a very nicely constructed bracelet.
It is high polished in the center, brushed on the edges on Omega logo on the end of the
deployment buckle.
And, of course, it has that sliding extension there.
And then the caseback, this one is closed, and it has the text about being flight qualified
by NASA and the serial number or the limited series number there as well.
So, when you look at the sub-dials, there's sort of set off from the rest of the dial
with some snailing and some rose gold some 18-carat gold bezel rings on them, the pushers
of course, and the crown is 18-carat gold as well.
The movement on this one, it is a 863 movement, which is essentially an 861 with a nice gold
finish to it.
So that becomes nice on the eyes.
If you were to look at the movement when you think about a gold MoonWatch, it really looks
great on the wrist, and it is a being made out of a precious metal.
It's definitely a precious version of a MoonWatch.
And, and unlike some of the other watches that you could debate about whether they're
really MoonWatches or not, this one's really in keeping with the version from the sixties.
And I think that if you were going to have something for a special occasion or something
that is really a bargain compared to other vintage-inspired chronograph gold watches
on a gold bracelet, the price on this one is not that bad.
So when you look at our website you can search Omega gold Speedmaster, and it'll come right
up even once it's sold, which I don't think will take very long, it'll probably be gone
pretty quickly, but the pictures will stay and you'll be able to see all the details
about this watch, but give us a call, see if we've still got it and see if we've got
any other special Speedmaster that we could send your way.