INTRODUCTION The first Flightmaster chronograph model, the ST 145.013 powered by the caliber 910, appears in OMEGA’s internal documentation starting September 1, 1969, with the first detailed commercial and marketing...

INTRODUCTION Let us return for a moment to a basic question: what is the exact definition of a Speedmaster Moonwatch pre-Moon model? Several are possible, but the following seems the most...

RAID: WHAT'S IN A NAME? Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion ("Research, Assistance, Intervention, Deterrence"), commonly abbreviated RAID, is an elite tactical unit of the French National Police. It is headquartered in...

Italy has always been a particularly important country for OMEGA. The first commercial initiatives of the brand in Italy go back to the beginning of the last century, when the...

To mark the 40th anniversary of the Speedmaster in 1997, OMEGA brought out a product in an entirely new guise – a white Missions valise containing 23 Speedmasters in tribute...

FLIGHTMASTER: WHAT'S IN A NAME? During the 1950s, new features were incorporated into watches tailored to satisfy the emerging new breed of customers and their needs: chronographs with tachymeters for...

Light-colored dials are often appreciated by watch lovers. Some models are offered by the brands with the choice of a white (or silver) or black dial, such as the Rolex...

Speedmaster is mostly synonymous with stainless steel models. They represent the vast majority of the production. Some series, limited or not, were produced in yellow gold. For instance, this is...

Japan has always been a very important market for the Speedmaster. This is probably the reason why, as for few other European countries (Italy, Germany), Omega has repeatedly chosen to...