A LEGEND REBORN: New Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional Co-Axial Master Chronometer

[@WatchesOnYou]

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[@adrianobanak2824]

I just bought new Speedy yesterday. Sapphire on leather strap. It is fantastic, gorgeous! No watch has such a history as Speedmaster, and in addition, Omega has made all those small improvements over the last generation that it needed. A brand new METAS certified caliber (which is the biggest improvement), a thinner body, shortened lugs, a seconds hand identical to the original from the 1960's and a step dial. Evolution, not revolution.

[@comanche260]

Thank you for the video and the lighting used on the watch. This is the best one I have found to actually have a good look at the dial and the way the light plays on the surfaces trough the Hesalite.

[@Milofchg]

The new Speedy hesalite looks very similar to the 1861. In the dark or not in direct light they look the same. In direct light/sunlight the 1861 dial looks like a matte dark grey. The 3861 looks like dark flat black with a little texture to the dial. You can notice the deep registers and step dial in direct light. Next to a 1861 it's almost the same. The case lugs on the 3861 look like the lugs on a Speedy reduced (side profile view). The lugs curve down a little. The bracelet is a retro throwback to a 70's bracelet. They got it right, it's a modern 70's Speedy.

[@Wasabi_Master]

If you had to choose one, 1861 or 3861, which one would you choose?

[@mikemush9741]

Your video quality is exceptional as always. Too bad you couldn't get one on the bracelet as that is by far the biggest difference/improvement, of which you noted. But fantastic video as always. Thanks for sharing. The new sapphire crystal on the bracelet is high on my list!

[@WatchesOnYou]

Thanks Mike! When I get the chance, I will review the bracelet version.

[@benninaessens2621]

Nice video. Ordered the bracelet Saphire one in Belgium. April- May I will have it. ...and it’s very nice

[@michaelbishop9157]

Out of curiosity = how do you pull off your seamaster chrono on a 6.5" wrist ? Isn't it like 17mm thick

[@thegraciefighter102]

Power reserve is super disappointing given other brands have made 72 as standard. However I love this version especially on the nylon strap

[@thierrybensoussan3893]

What's going on with the strap ? There is a gap on each side of the lug and you can see the springbar ? Is that a press version or actual production version for sale? This gap looks nasty, as if the strap is too narrow. Otherwise beautiful watch.

[@MrWallexxx]

It’s so you can fit a spring bar tool and swap straps easily instead of digging the tool behind the strap to reach the spring bars

[@thierrybensoussan3893]

@@MrWallexxx it really doesn’t look good. It looks that the strap is too narrow for the lug width.

[@Damo-gq6wl]

@@thierrybensoussan3893 It's on the underside of the watch and as WaleedM_ has mentioned it's so you can use the springbar tool to take the strap off easier

[@thierrybensoussan3893]

@@Damo-gq6wl My comment was not related to the underside of the strap.. If you check on each side of the strap, there is a gap between the lug and the strap. It is as if the strap was 19mm width, but the lugs are actually 20mm. So it leaves a gap where the springbar is exposed (visibile from the top).

[@krischaralambides71]

@@thierrybensoussan3893 well spotted. I just saw that and it does not look good. From my experienece wearing omegas i would say that the springbar should not be showing when wearing the watch.

[@tngo3]

new to omega and i wanted to know is there a way to convert the back of the case to a clear case and vice versa?

[@idm8885]

Best watch ever - I got the sapphire one over a girlfriend... best 10k I spent :)

[@Damo-gq6wl]

How big is your wrist please ?

[@WatchesOnYou]

Diameter is 6.5 inches

[@kaisoerfjord6794]

Stop buying the crap and sooner or later one brand will begin to offer the real thing.

[@SavedbybGrace]

Meh… bought the 3861 and sold it 3 months later. Such an underwhelming and boring piece. Traded it for the Planet Ocean 43.5mm. Now that is an awesome watch. Also have theSpeedy ‘57, another beautiful watch. The Speedy pro is all hype.

[@kaisoerfjord6794]

So the chronographs of Omega, Rolex and Tag Heuer are ALL JUNK, RIDICULOUS JUNK.

[@kaisoerfjord6794]

And Tudor only makes chronographs suitable to TIME ONE ROUND IN A FOOTBALL MATCH. I say: IGNORE THOSE MORONS.

[@kaisoerfjord6794]

BEWARE, OMEGA PRODUCTION ERROR - All Speedmasters with cal.1861 or cal.1863 movement (manual wound) paired with 5th of a second markers on dial (seconds divided into 5 parts) or paired with 4th of a second markers, and all with cal.3220 movement (automatic) paired with 5th-second markers on dial, have INACCURATE READING of the chronograph hand due to NO FIT between dial-markers of fractions-of-a-second and the movement’s beat-frequency per second. Cal.1861/1863 beat at 6 vibrations per second (6VPS) and require a 3rd or 6th of a second per marker between the seconds; the cal.3220 beats at 8 VPS and require a half or a 4th or 8th of a second between the markers. This affects Speedmasters with reference no. 311.10.39.30; 311.33.42.30; 311.30.42.30.01; 3590.50; 3572.50 et cetera (if they have 5th of a second markers paired with a 6 BPS movement - cal.1861 or 1863); 311.30.42.30.03 (a 4th of a second per marker); and it affects Speedmasters with ref. no. 3510.50; 3510.12; 3520.50; 2598.80 etc. (if they have 5th of a second markers, i.e. each second divided into 5 fractions of a second, paired with a 6 beats per second movement - cal.3220 or 1151 etc.). Incidentally, those with ref. no. 311.32.40.30.01.005; 311.30.42.30.01.004; 311.33.40.30.02.001; percent 311.32.42.30.04.003; 522.30.42.30.04.001 (cal.1861); 311.30.42.30.99.002 (cal.1863); 3876.50.31 (cal.1866) that have a 1/3 of a second per marker (each second divided into 3 parts, i.e. 2 sub-markers between each marker of a full second), are correct. Even Tudor had the same production error/design flaw, on all their Valj.-based 28,800 BPH (8 BPS) movement equipped Heritage chronographs, having 4 dividers between each full second marker, making it a 5th of a second per marker, with a CHRONO-hand that jerks forward 6 times per second and always miss the first and the third quarter-second-marker). Only now do we see it corrected. And only now have we recently seen Omega NOT cheating in this regard, more than 50 years after they stopped making their 18,000 BPH (5 BPS) movement, cal.321. They even cheated NASA, in the 1960s, equipping the astronauts with a 6 jerks per second chronograph hand over a dial with only 5 fraction-of-a-second markers. How lame and criminal isn’t that ? Even their so-called 1957 reissue has a 21,600 BPH (6 BPS) movement paired with each second divided into 5 fractions on the dial. Right, a CURRENTLY ONGOING mass sale of factory error/design flaw equipped CRAP, useless for what it is marketed as, a precision instrument for accurate split second timing. Criminal.

[@adrianobanak2824]

New Speedy has 3861 caliber. What are you talking about with that 3220 cal??

[@michaelbishop9157]

heard this criticism a lot

[@kaisoerfjord6794]

The OLD caliber cannot be stoppped on any of the sub-second markers, basically because the designers KNEW that dividing the seconds VISUALLY into 5 parts MAKES IT LOOK as if it can record 1/5 of a second, although that is only so IF it runs at 5 or 10 beats per second. THAT is the DECEPTION they have kept alive for 5 decades. A STUPID FRAUD is what it is. NOW the stupidity lies in the choice of solution: rather than slowing the frequency back down to 5 beats per second (the ORIGINAL frequency) they stop lying about it, by having 1/3 second markers instead and hope no one will understand the issue and KEEP BUYING THE JUNK. Tag Heuer is better on this particular detail, because 8 beats per second enables 1/4 second recording, much more useful than a 1/3 of a second. FUNNY THING: ROLEX has the SAME FRAUD in the Daytona. But Tag Heuer has had another bullshitXX detail wrong eqally long: having the seconds’ chapter ring on the steep outside slanting wall, which the chronograph hand CANNOT REACH - also xxbullshitxx, because it is impossible to read properly. 3 BRANDS PROVING THEMSELVES TO BE XXXBULLSHITTERSXXX and xxFRAUDSTERSxx, REALLY. Ok, those of you who do not yet understand this AFTER reading this comment, READ it again and then ask the doc to find out what is wrong with you if you still don’t get it.

[@thegraciefighter102]

Thanks for the warning

[@ThriftyCHNR]

@@kaisoerfjord6794 Hello sir, does the breguet type xx have this problem too?!! You seem to be very knowledgeable in these technical aspects. I would appreciate this advice.

[@kaisoerfjord6794]

Omega’s frequency and subsecond marker MISMATCH is FRAUD. They use 6 and 8 Vibr/Second movements combined with 1/5th sec markers on the dial. The chronograph hand misses all sub-second markers on all of these speedmasters, cannot be stoppoed on any of these markers, for almost 60 years, and no one talks about it. DESIGN FRAUD for profit - well done.