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Watching Movies: Tom Hanks Misses The Moon But Saves The Day Wearing An Omega Speedmaster In 'Apollo 13'
Houston knew they had a problem, but didn't know a certain timepiece would help solve it in our watch-related movie of the week.
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Omega's 1948 waterproof family. Home of the Diver 300M (James Bond), Ploprof, Planet Ocean, and Aqua Terra.
La Chaux-de-Fonds watchmaker who founded the firm that became Omega in 1848.
Bilingual Swiss city; HQ of Rolex (1919), Omega (1880), Tissot, Movado, Mido, ETA SA, Nivarox-FAR.
Faceted multi-level dial designed by Pierre Vibert for the 1952 Omega Constellation; modern Globemaster reissue.
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Houston knew they had a problem, but didn't know a certain timepiece would help solve it in our watch-related movie of the week.
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It's green and gold and right on the money.
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And we thought it could only travel to the Moon. Our watch-related movie of the week, a brand new film on Netflix, says otherwise.
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Let me play among the stars.
With its first new motor in decades, the venerable Moonwatch is ready to rocket.
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Answering all your questions about the blockbuster release.
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The newest version of the Moonwatch replaces the cal. 1861 Moonwatch, after five decades.
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The first Speedmaster to be powered by the new caliber 321, in the (platinum) metal.
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History comes alive.
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The real deal, in steel. Oh, and it's not a limited edition, either.
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Taking the Speedy Racing for a few hot laps.
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This is one of the most compelling Speedies in recent history and a watch that flat-out makes me smile.
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After a decades-long hiatus, one of the most renowned movements of all time is coming back.
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On the 50th Anniversary of the first time we saw the dark side of the Moon, we take a closer look at Omega's Apollo 8 Speedmaster.
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The watch that inspired HODINKEE's creation returns as a special 500-piece limited edition.
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It broke through both the estimate and the previous record in dramatic fashion.
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The latest addition to the Dark Side collection changes much more than just the dial.
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When you've been to the Moon, you get to do whatever the hell you want.
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Omega wanted to make something special for the 60th Anniversary of its iconic chronograph, and indeed it has.
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This year is the 60th anniversary of the Speedmaster, and you can bet we're going to be talking about it from now until December 31. There's no way Omega lets this one slip by without some serious fanfare and some awesome watches. Hot on the heels of its latest release, the limited edition Speedmaster "Speedy Tuesday," Omega has decided to announce another Speedmaster, this time in the automatic range. Meet the Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Automatic Master Chronometer.
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Crosshairs in photos, that dot over 90, and the posterior of a great American hero.
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Omega pays tribute to the lunar landing with a new Master Co-Axial movement.
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A limited edition tribute to the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 re-creates a seriously cool legacy Moonwatch with a new gold alloy and a hand-wound movement.
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In April of this year, the Omega boutique in NYC showcased some of the most legendary and iconic timepieces from the company's private collection. HODINKEE was there to document this, and after the jump, you'll find some true grail Omegas.
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Something strange happened in 2013. Omega released a new self-winding Speedmaster with its killer co-axial movement and called it the Speedmaster '57. It looked like the original reference 2915 from 1957 in so, so many ways, right down to the crown-guard-less, polished case, and steel bezel. It was, as I called it back then, a superb offering for someone looking for a vintage-looking watch with great styling but with modern technology at a great price, from a blue-chip brand. But one thing really bugged me about that watch – where were the broad-arrow hands? You call it a Speedmaster '57, and do everything right except give it its most identifiable trait? I didn't get it, I still don't, but it doesn't matter now because Omega went ahead and fixed that.
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While purists may scoff at the concept of an all-black Speedmaster, it is precisely this kind of update that brings a historical icon into the realm of contemporary thinking.
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Inspired by a historically important model worn in space on October 3, 1962, by astronaut Walter Schirra, this is the Speedmaster as many of us know and love it.
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In this video, we head up to Manfredi Jewels in Greenwich, CT, to talk about this, and see why now more than ever we need qualified repairmen via a detailed look at servicing one of the most iconic timepieces in history – the Omega Speedmaster.
At 7 p.m. tonight we may enter a new era of collecting for the Omega Speedmaster. Christie's New York will host its first thematic nighttime sale of watches with this 50 lot homage to the Moonwatch, and we will certainly be there to tell you all about it. The undisputed top lot of the sale is lot number 3, a true first series Speedmaster, reference 2915-1. As you've heard in our Reference Points video on the Speedmaster, and over the years here on the 'Dink, the 2915 Speedmaster is without question the holy grail of Speedy collecting, the watch from which a legend was created. A full-spec 2915-1 is indeed a very rare thing, and here we'll take a quick hands-on look at this special watch.
For the third installment of Reference Points, we examine the legendary Omega Speedmaster, a watch that has become a brand unto itself over the last 60 years.
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