The Daytona sports their in-house C.4130 movement, and comes with the Rolex Chronometer Certification and a 5 year guarantee. The current version on the Rolex catalog is a rather constrained item, stocks being very limited. And generally Daytonas are highly sought after. Arguably, the Daytona has set many world records, especially for the watches with the so called Paul Newman dials. In terms of pricing, it is compares quite well with the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, an iconic watch which is also born out of motor racing. Here are some considerations for possible competitors. The Speedmaster Racing in steel with strap is S$11,700 incl GST and with a stainless steel bracelet costs a pretty S$11,850 with GST, and in gold with leather strap for S$34,100 with GST. The space of a racing inspired chronograph is rather crowded, with many illustrious watches. The watches come with OMEGA’s full 4-year warranty. The chronograph is commanded by a column wheel, and is smooth in its operations, offering a nice, light but positive feel of resistance as the buttons are engaged. Central hour, minute and chronograph seconds hands, small seconds hand and 12-hour and 60-minute recorders.įor the edition in gold, the rotor and balance bridge is also in matching gold. It is equipped with a silicon balance-spring on free sprung-balance, 2 barrels mounted in series, automatic winding in both directions. The movement is certified to have a resistant to magnetic fields reaching 15,000 gauss. The C.9900 was Omega’s first chronograph to receive the new Swiss Federal Institute of Meteorology ( METAS) certification. The Sedna gold version is called C.9901, but is essentially the same movement with a Sedna gold rotor and balance bridge. The movementīoth models are powered by the same movement, the C.9900. While the gold edition is more understated, the orange accents now replaced with 18k Sedna (Omega speak for rose/red gold), which hints at the racing heritage, but remain altogether more elegant. The hour marker dots are also in the same orange, as are the words Tachymétre imprinted on the bezel. This edition retains the bright orange for the hands on the continuous seconds, the outer edges of the hour and minute hands, and the arrow tip of the chronograph seconds hand. Dare we say it, the dial aesthetics is more racy (pun intended). While we find the blue dial of the gold edition to be absolutely ravishing and mesmerising, we nod a slight preference for the stainless steel edition as the dial is perhaps more true to the Racing Dial philosophy. The dial bears the signature markings of the Racing Dial…orange hands and orange hour marker dots, and the words Tachymétre on the bezel. Admittedly his wrists are neither tiny nor huge, but at 7.5-7.8 inches in diameter, he can wear most watches rather comfortably. On the author’s wrist, it fits rather well, and sits comfortably. And though some might struggle with the large case, many others will find it to be a good fit. But it is worth noting that the Speedmaster Racing is thinner than its predecessors. The case is a rather massive 44.25mm in diameter. The second is in stainless steel with a matt black dial, polished ceramic bezel a brushed Liquidmetal® tachymeter scale.īefore we dive into the review proper, enjoy this short video clip by Omega. The first in 18K Sedna™ gold and a beautiful blue dial, ceramic bezel with a Ceragold™ tachymeter scale. The Omega Speedmaster Racing Co-axial Master Chronometerįor Baselworld 2017, Omega announced the début of the Speedmaster Racing series with two models in the collection. For 2017, the Racing Dial makes its return. And when the new generation of the Speedmaster Mark II was released 10 years after that, the Racing Dial made its appearance again. 145.0022) for the Japanese market in a limited edition (unnumbered) of 2004 pieces. In 2004, Omega released a special Speedmaster Racing (Ref. Omega Speedmaster’s racing heritage in an official Omega graphic showing the design changes from 1970 to 2017.
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