Omega Speedmaster Professional American Manufactured circa 1970

Manufactured circa 1970

a look at the case back—or at what beats beneath it—will show the manufacture’s name

and by 1958 the company (renamed Gruen Industries - as watchmaking was no longer its primary concern) was sold piece by piece

you can't get much better

The year is 1950

Omega Speedmaster Professional American Manufactured circa 1970Why We Love It 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. This particular Speedy, a Reference 145. 022 69ST, was released the very year Apollo 11 touched down on the lunar surface, and is the last model to feature a 'Pre Moon' caseback with Omega's signature Hippocampus engraving. The movement that powers this watch