Details

Brand

Omega

Model

Speedmaster Racing

Reference

329.33.44.51.04.001

Movement

Automatic cal. 9900

Case

44.2 mm

Metal

Stainless Steel

Circa

2021

Dial

White/Silver

Bezel

Black Ceramic Tachymetre

Condition

Very Good

Box/Papers

Box & Cards

About this watch

Band: Black Leather (OEM) Clasp: Steel Deployant (OEM) Glass: Sapphire crystal Water Resistant: 5 Bar (50 m) Development of Omega’s premier chronograph, the Speedmaster Professional, could not deviate too drastically from the proven formula. Some enthusiasts see the Speedmaster Racing collection as the result of Omega’s pursuit of performance, unrestrained by heritage. On Omega’s racing dials, the outer minute track is split into alternating five-minute blocks. This racing pattern first appeared on a rare Speedmaster in the late 1960s, and it gives this model its name. This ref. 329.33.44.51.04.001 from 2021 is a highly specified, chronometer-grade chronograph with a more modern footprint than the Moonwatch. The stainless steel case measures 44.25 mm in diameter, 50 mm lug to lug, and 14.92 mm in depth, with a lug width of 21 mm. That depth is impressively slim for a case housing the calibre 9900. The watch is pressure-resistant to 5 bar (50 m), but it is not intended for submersion. Pressing or knocking the chronograph pushers underwater can let water in, which may mean a full service. The textured white dial uses a bi-compax layout, with a snailed and recessed running seconds subdial at nine. The subdial at three reads like a clock. Its longer minute hand moves away from the shorter hour hand once the first minute of timing has elapsed. Interestingly, this means it can track a second time zone, almost like a hidden GMT, if you give up the stopwatch function. There is a date aperture at six and orange “Speedmaster” text printed at twelve. The orange is repeated on the tip of the chronograph seconds hand. The blackened brass sword-shaped hands are filled with Super-LumiNova, an industry-leading phosphorescent material.…