Honestly, it’s hard to find too much fault with this watch, and if there’s an element that doesn’t work for you, there will be another Speedmaster that’s more your style. Speedy fans who want something a little out of the ordinary. And so the Speedmaster Racing is a smart, stylish sports timer that I’d happily have on my wrist.ĭid you know the first ‘racing’ dial Speedmaster was released in 1968? Who’s it for: But somehow the versatility of the design manages to stay consistently relevant. The Speedmaster is so ubiquitous, and new versions and limited editions are an unavoidable fact of life in watchland, that the possibility of Speedy fatigue is very real. It’s not particularly quirky or groundbreaking in its design, but that’s what makes it great. Outstanding in comfort and technical expertise, while still being the sort of watch most people would want to wear for a decade or so. To me, Omega is all about making exceptional everyday watches. It’s also worth noting that there’s a brown calf option, which is a more classic/casual look than the perforated straps offered on the other dial variants. It’s a much loved design, and I had precisely zero issues with it while it was on my wrist. Unsurprisingly, the Speedmaster Racing comes on a standard Speedmaster bracelet, brushed with those little flashes of polish. Antimagnetic, 4Hz, strong power reserve, accurate. These movements, including this Calibre 9900, really are among the best, most advanced high-volume movements in the business right now, and one of Omega’s greatest assets. Much has been said (some of it by us) about how impressive Omega’s METAS-certified Master Chronometer movements are. Orange is one of those colours best used in moderation, which is exactly what Omega have exercised here. The staggered minute ring that gives the Speedmaster Racing its name has short black hash marks and longer orange ones, creating a slightly subtler and (to my mind) more interesting version than the black dial. No, what really sets this dial apart is all that orange, as well as the crisp contrast provided by the luminous hands and hour markers. And not just because the grey is so mutable in the light. The black we showed you earlier is an undeniable classic, and there’s a white version, but this sunburst grey number is the real winner in my books. Speaking of elegance, this dial variation is by far the dandiest. The case is mostly brushed, with the exception of that sinuous polished line that stretches from lug-tip to lug-tip, adding an air of elegance to an otherwise utilitarian case. It looks and feels much like every other Speedmaster, except for its contemporary dimensions: it clocks in larger than your regular Speedy, at a not insubstantial 44.25mm wide, but it wears well, and sits comfortably on the wrist, thanks to a very reasonable sub-15mm height. It’s a Speedmaster, so no real surprises with the case. And while this Omega Speedmaster Racing Master Chronometer we first looked at in 2017 isn’t particularly limited or hype-y, it’s still a super hot version of THE chronograph … The fewer things to fail or go wrong, the better.I/trending 22352 Dialled in for speed – the Omega Speedmaster Racing Master Chronometer Time+TideĮditor’s note: For some reason we can’t quite place (one small step might have something to do with it though), we’ve got the Speedmaster on our mind. It's a philosophy that’s prevalent at the racetrack: Remove all unnecessary weight and superfluous systems. I'm being slightly facetious here, but there's certainly some merit to subtracting functions instead of adding them. For those 10 seconds or less, I'm free." The chronograph is the only function that's needed to time those 10 seconds. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. I think Dominic Toretto from The Fast and the Furious films hints at the sort of spiritual clarity that can be experienced from the pursuit of motorsport when he proclaims to a young Brian Spilner, "I live my life a quarter mile at a time. There's a date window at 6 o’clock that I could do without. You read the elapsed time like you would read the standard time. Combining these two measurements keeps it neat and compact, but it can be slightly frustrating to decipher if you're accustomed to scanning a typical triple-register layout. Running seconds still appears at 9 o'clock, but elapsed hours and minutes now appear on a single register at the 3 o'clock position. This cleans up the dial and creates a bit of welcome negative space, but I am partial to the triple-register layout used in every Racing model until this one. Due to the inclusion of the Caliber 9900, which we'll get into in a bit, the Master Racing Chronometer uses a two-register design with a date window at six.
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