I agree. While I am certainly a fan of cal. 1045, I really love cal. 1040 and find it to be the more interesting of the two. Of course it was the first Omega self-winding chronograph and was more expensive to build and maintain, but for me the design element is equally important. The asymmetrical dial layout of the 1040 is very "of its time" and as easily recognizable on the wrist as any movement, maybe ever. Also, Omega was a little more experimental with cal. 1040 and put it in a wider array of cases and with more colorful dial variants than 1045, which was almost only found on black-dialed Speedmasters.
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