Here at SwissWatchExpo, we're huge fans of the Omega Speedmaster as you know but a lot
of times people find that the one that's 44 and a quarter millimeters is just too big for their
wrists what seems to be a much more comfortable size for a lot of people is the 40-millimeter
and they like the fact that they get a few more options with it than they get with a traditional
MoonWatch so we'll go over some of those this is part one of a two-part video on this watch.
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A lot of people when they're looking at the Speedmaster they want a watch that has an
automatic movement they want a date they want a sapphire crystal they want all the modern
updates but they love the idea of the Omega Speedmaster that dates back to the 1950s and
we couldn't agree more here at SwissWatchExpo I'm a huge fan of the original 42-millimeter
MoonWatch that's hand wound mechanical I love the 44 and a quarter millimeter
Omega Racing Speedmaster but it's probably truly just a little bit too big for my wrist so this
Speedmaster 40 really is the solution for a lot of people and I think you'll love it we're going
to do a two-part video because there's kind of two different series on this watch that
we sell a lot of here at SwissWatchExpo and I wanted to show you some of the different dial
colors available in both Series so catch us next week for the part two but part one we're going to
talk about the one this one is a little bit more modern version it has the Co-Axial movement that
is a certified chronometer means it's been to the cosc in Switzerland and they've timed it for 15
days and nights at three different temperatures and five different positions it was accurate to
within minus four to plus six seconds a day and that's all guaranteed by Omega and this one really
uh builds in a lot of their advancements because not only is it the Co-Axial escapement that gets
you a more efficient movement with a longer power reserve it's got a 52 hour power reserve it gets
you that efficiency in the movement where it doesn't have a lot of resistance doesn't have
to be serviced as often as a regular escapement watch and they've also put the silicone balance
spring on it so it's very resistant to shocks and magnetic fields a lot of the problems that people
have day to day with automatic watches are taken care of by that silicone balance spring so not a
lot to worry about here also these watches they they they're topped by a sapphire crystal which
has an AR anti-reflective coating front and back and so you're not going to have a lot of trouble
with the crystal it's virtually scratch proof the bezels on these are painted aluminum steel so the
they're not the ceramic that you see on the the 44-millimeter ones but I've really never seen a
lot of them really beat up and scratch so you don't have to worry about that the pictures on
the SwissWatchExpo website of the watches those are pictures of the actual watch you'll receive
so you can always click on the picture takes you to the gallery view then you can mouse over
the pictures and really zoom in to see all the details so you'll be able to see if there's any
kind of scratches or anything on the bezel insert if there are if it bothers you you can always send
it into Omega for a service and they'll replace that bezel insert we leave them the way they are
because collectors like to see a little age on on the watch that has a little age but these watches
they're 40-millimeter case diameter and I'll just slide it on the wrist here so you can see what
that looks like they are a little bit on the thick side which I think helps with the sporting look
they're 15.1 millimeters thick and it gives you a good presence on the wrist like I said probably
the sweet spot for most people this 40 millimeter it's the same size as the Rolex sport watches
you might be familiar with the Submariner the GMT-Master the original Sea-Dweller the Explorer
too A lot of those or it came in 40 millimeters the Daytona it somehow wears a little different
in this watch from Omega than it does in the Rolex models I think it's because it is thicker it does
tend to look a little different love the bracelets on these this is the bracelet they sort of stole
off of the Seamaster it's a machined clasp it has the Omega logo and it's a double trigger release
so extremely durable it tells you on the back all the the good stuff about the watch it's got
the hippocampus there for the Speedmaster logo it tells you this is a Speedmaster racing that
has the silicone balance wheel and tells you that it's a column wheel movement now a column wheel
movement that means that when you start and stop the chronograph it's a smoother action it doesn't
have that sort of hesitation that a lateral clutch movement has and then it tells you that it has the
water resistance to 100 meters 330 feet now that water resistance interestingly is achieved through
gaskets and seals not a screw down round so don't ever operate the chronograph in a wet environment
that's going to be inviting water to get into the movement the crown does not screw down so it's a
little more convenient to use because it's ready to go all the time with it pushed in against the
watch case that's when it's water resistant but you're ready to go to manually wind the watch
if you haven't been wearing it for a few days then you need to give it a full power of reserve you'll
manually wind it just like you would any other automatic watch and then you pull out the crown
one notch to adjust the time the date is adjusted by this little divot right here at the 10 o'clock
position you can use a tool that to push that to actuate that lever but you can also really
use a ballpoint pen a toothpick a thumbtack and just about anything that's not going to scratch
it you can just push that to adjust the date you probably need to do that about six times
a year when you get to a month that only has 30 days but you could also just pull out the crown
and run it around today so not a problem either way the bracelet yeah really just really feels
great on this it feels great on but when you look at the dials this is what I really wanted
to show you was the differences in the dials of course you've got the tachymeter scale here
that allows you to measure units per hour that could be miles per hour kilometers per
hour widgets per hour at your factory uh pages per hour that you're writing on your term paper
or whatever it is but um when you start the chronograph wherever you stop it that tells
you the units per timer so that's why it's 60 is always at 12. if you did one per minute that's 60
an hour at six you'll always see the 120 because if you did one Whatever It Is in 30 seconds that's
going to be 120 per hour so that's how you can take average speed of lots of different things
the chronograph on this one you'll see the the running seconds hand for the watch is the subdial
at nine the minutes for the chronograph is at three and the hours for the chronograph up to 12
hours is at 6 and then you do have the date window a lot of people are looking for the date on that
MoonWatch and it doesn't exist but you do get it here on this racing series the 40 millimeter
watches it's the the date window it's very subtle and it keeps the symmetry of the dial by putting
it in a little aperture at 6 o'clock the other thing about these dials that's great is that you
do have multiple textures on them all of these have in the sub-dials this Cloud de Paris that's
th hobnails of Paris it's a type of guilloche that gives you a texture in the sub-dials that you'll
see for example on the Patek Philippe Calatrava bezel on the Audemars Piquet Royal Oak dial but
it's a nice touch a nice attention to detail all of these have that texture on the sub-dials
as far as the dial colors I've got this one here is black on black and so that would be the one
that looks most like a MoonWatch for a lot of people that are just starting a collection they
don't want to go wild with some crazy colors and so black on black makes a lot of sense but one of
my favorites is this one it might be a little bit hard to see the colors and the way the photography
works but this is a blue dial with black subdials which in the watch world is nicknamed black eyed
blue for that configuration it's a really great look but the blue is very subtle depending on
how the light hits it it might actually look black this one is silver sub-dials against a black dial
so it's sort of a reverse panda style and then over here we have one that is really popular
because it does mimic that Panda dial look but it has these yellow accents that really pop and
it gives it a great look if I were going to go for one myself I would be hard-pressed to pick
which one I'd go with because they all look so good and this one for me the yellow just jumps
out this is a gray dial with black sub-dials and then the yellow accents so on our website
you can search Speedmaster up top where it says search 2,000 plus watches you can narrow it by the
size slider and say just 40-millimeter and you'll see all of these that are available but give us a
call here at SwissWatchExpo, we're happy to walk you through the inventory we're happy to give you
a video call with FaceTime Zoom or WhatsApp and show you the watch and our store and our service
center and show you what the watch looks like on the wrist we want to help you narrow down
your search and help you pick just the right one for you so we're here to help at SwissWatchExpo.