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WHAT WE LOVE:
There is no watch in production anywhere in the world that carries the historical weight of the Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch. On 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin wore it on the surface of the Moon. It has been on every crewed NASA spaceflight from 1965 to the present day. It is the only watch to have been officially flight-qualified by NASA for extravehicular activity — a distinction it earned after a rigorous seven-month testing programme in 1965 that included thermal extremes from -18°C to 93°C, exposure to pure oxygen, shock resistance, vibration, and humidity. Every other watch submitted for testing failed at least one criterion. The Speedmaster passed all of them.
The 311.30.42.30.01.005 is the standard Moonwatch in its modern Calibre 1861 configuration — the version produced continuously from 2016 through to its eventual replacement by the Calibre 3861 generation in 2021. This makes a 2016 example a mid-production Calibre 1861 watch, in the configuration that was on sale during the fifty-third anniversary of the Moon landing. The 42mm asymmetric case — with its crown guards and two chronograph pushers protruding from the right side of the case — is unchanged in its essential geometry from the watches that flew in 1969, and the black dial with its matte finish, white printed sub-dial counters, and applied dot and baton indices is equally faithful to the original specification.
This example comes with the full Omega Moonwatch presentation box — the "Big Box" set that includes the NATO strap, the astronaut strap, loupe and more.
WHAT'S INSIDE:
The 311.30.42.30.01.005 is powered by Omega's Calibre 1861 — an 18-jewel manual-wind column-wheel chronograph movement derived from the Lemania 1873 base calibre, beating at 21,600 vibrations per hour with a 48-hour power reserve. The Calibre 1861 is the direct descendant of the Calibre 321 that flew on the earliest Speedmaster missions, and its successor the Calibre 861, which accompanied the Apollo 11 crew to the Moon.
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