Fresh from the Showcase at SwissWatchExpo. I've got a really interesting looking Speedmaster
here. Every time we get to new and I just have to do another video about it,
and this one's no different. This here is an Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Co-Axial Moonphase,
which is one of my favorite complications, even though it's probably the least practical one
for a man living in 2020, I think it's so aesthetically pleasing to see the Moonphase
on the watch, even though it's not really something I've really ever considered before I
started getting into watches, but the moon phase is. But it's a beautiful function. And it's,
the way it's laid out on the dial is beautiful. And this is one of the best examples I think I've
ever seen. Omega does make a lot of moon phase Moonwatches or Moonphase Speedmaster specifically,
and they all look great, but this one is a particularly ambitious piece for a lot of reasons.
One, this is in a two-tone stainless steel and yellow gold, which is very unique amongst
Moonwatches. Already puts it in a pretty rare company, as far as that line is concerned.
And of course you will notice immediately this beautiful looking silver dial, what they call a
sun brushed gray. I'm not sure exactly what that means, but it looks stunning and it is
a lot different than a lot of other silver dials I've seen. And one thing that I think is a really
absolutely stunning looking detail they've included as the ceramic bezel is actually
green. I feel like it would have been very easy for them to keep with the black and white motif
of the Moonwatch. And I think it would still be a gorgeous watch if they did that. But the fact
that they chose to make this a completely different color altogether does show that
they want to make this a very unique model and reference number within this Speedmaster line.
The Moonphase in particularly is absolutely stunning and, I got to look at it up close.
It has beautiful lifelike photo, realistic detail of the moon. And not only that, you even get this
beautiful looking starry night in the background again, would have been really easy for them to
just put a white disc there, to show you what the Moonphase is, but instead they took the extra
step. And that's what makes this an incredible, incredible version of this feed master. Moving
on this also another choice they made was to put this in this beautiful looking dark gray strap.
If you go to a mega.com, this particular watch is not available in a stainless steel bracelet, and I
don't think it ever was. And I think that's a very important choice, again, much like making
the bezel green instead of the traditional black. They have definitely made this a much more unique
version of the Speedmaster and definitely added a lot more dynamism in the color, because again,
it would have been very easy to just do another two-tone or all steel bracelet with this.
The rest of the dial itself is pretty straightforward for a two sub dial chronograph. I
think it is a great use of space because they were able to not make it seem too crowded. Some Moon
phases have a fourth sub dial to make up for this extra complication, but instead of Omega decided
to combine the other two, which I think was a very wise choice. You have your small seconds hand
and a date indicator here on at nine o'clock and at three o'clock, you have both your one hour and
12 hour chronograph or sub dials here. So it's a beautiful use of space. You have this edition of
the Moonphase complication, but without crowding the dial out or even making it that hard to read
and of course, one thing is it really makes a certain, especially Co-Axial Speedmasters
beautiful, is this exhibition case back at the end, which I think is very important.
A lot of Moonphase Speedmasters I've seen before come with a manual winding movement,
this being an automatic coaxial movement. And I think this is very important. I don't always
recommend that people, especially people who collect chronographs by watch winders. I'm
not sure if that's really necessary unless you have a particularly large collection.
However, because the Moonphase doesn't line up exactly what the days of the month,
this is something I'm definitely going to recommend. You keep constantly wound if you
were not going to wear this every day, cause I'll admit the colors are a bit striking. It's
probably not what you consider for an everyday wear. But in order to do that, that would keep
everything sinked up because it's really easy for you to forget about it for just a couple of days.
And then the next thing you know, your Moonphase is all out of whack.
No one really has the moon fame phase memorized unless you're an astronomer anyway.
So it's going to be very important for you to keep this thing wound, keep this thing accurate and
make sure you never have to think about setting it until you've got this beautiful watch on your
wrist. This particular example we have is in mint condition. Really doesn't can't really tell that
this has been on the wrist at all, especially on this strap here. And it comes with its full set
of box of papers, which is absolutely beautiful. This is a very rare Speedmaster model is a very
special Speedmaster model. It's currently not available new at Omega anymore. They currently
say there's a wait list, but I imagine that wait list might be indefinite. So if you're
impatient and you want to get your hands on this, now I'd recommend giving us a call or shooting us
an email at Swiss watch expo this literally at the website yesterday at the time of recording,
I'll be stunned if it makes it to this video getting posted, but of course you might be lucky.
And if you see this for sale online after this video, give us a call as soon as possible.
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