Omega Speedmaster Professional Accessory with its unpolished case

with its unpolished case

Or you might recall the form-follows-function Explorer I

In production since 1945

a countdown starts and the competing vessels launch past the start line 15 minutes later

Powering this gorgeous timepiece is the legendary Calibre 72 manually-winding chronograph movement by Valjoux

Omega Speedmaster Professional Accessory with its unpolished case3 2 1 Liftoff! Take a poll amongst wristwatch collectors, and we'd bet the consensus would be that there might be nothing more important or iconic in a watch collection than an Omega Speedmaster. Sure, chronographs such as the Rolex Daytona or the Heuer Carrera are classics icons even, but neither can match the stature of the Speedy with regards to importance in history. In fact, arguably no watch can. This particular Speedy, a Reference 311. 30. 42.