Omega’s Speedmaster family comes in many different variations, but always with that special Moonwatch DNA. In the 1990s and early 2000s, one of the popular Speedmaster models were the Speedmaster Automatic ‘Reduced’ watches. One of our friends, Andreas S. Gregoriades sent us photos of this wonderful Omega Speedmaster Day-Date Mk40 Triple Calendar watch. Omega Speedmaster Day-Date Mk40 There were a number of Speedmaster Reduced models (click here to read our Speedmaster Pro ‘Moonwatch’ versus Speedmaster ‘Reduced’ article), but these Triple Calendar models were – to me – the most exciting variations. This particular Omega Speedmaster Day-Date has reference 3520.50 and […]
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After owning one from new for over twelve years It always gets the same reaction, they look at the watch for about ten seconds and calmly tell me my watch has stopped. I reply that it hasn't to which they say the seconds hand has stopped. Again I tell them it hasn't stopped and the seconds hand is still ticking. I end up taking the watch off and handing it to them to check for themselves.
The sub seconds gets em every time.

 

It doesn't help with it being a busy dial and the watch having eight hands