Everything that can be said about the Replica Omega Planet Ocean Speedmaster had already been said, at least that was the case until Basel World 2011. At its core, the basic Speedmaster - the Speedmaster Professional - has remained largely unchanged; a 3-register chronograph with a fixed tachymetre bezel built atop a Lemania-based manually wound movement. Its unmistakable proportions and details have come to define what most folks think of as a classic Replica Omega Speedmaster The automatic Speedmaster, though, has always taken a backseat to the professional employing less than classic designs and movements, often based on very simple ETA or Valjoux ebauches. All that changed last March when http://www.buyijoy.com/replica-omega-de-ville.html introduced an entirely new Speedmaster, a Speedmaster fitted with an in-house automatic, co-axial column wheel chronograph. This isn't your Speedmaster Professional, and it doesn't pretend to be, it's something entirely different. This is the Speedmaster of an entirely new generation, the Speedmaster that will take Omega into the next century. It's bigger, bolder, we think bettter, and certainly more expensive (roughly double the price of the ETA-based automatic Speedmasters.) I recently spent a week with the new Omega Speedmaster Co-Axial Chronograph to find out how it stacks up to the original, and a host of other high-end alternatives - read on for a detailed review of a watch that has the potential to become a new staple in sport watches. What It Is, And What It Isn't. Clearly, the Speedmaster has been doing something right for half a century. It's remained NASA's go-to watch for space-bound astronauts, it's a foundation of the modern Omega brand and it continues to be lusted after by every guy, young and old, that fancies himself an explorer. Over the past few years however, Omega has been busy developing a slew of their own calibers for watches within the Seamster and DeVille lines. Not to be overlooked, the Speedmaster received a new design with which to host its own movement, the 9300. The new look helps differentiate it from its Speedmaster brethren (have you seen how many there are?), making the new caliber easy to identify in a crowd. The changes aren't made for the sake of vanity though, the new Speedmaster enjoys some very important upgrades that make a real difference for daily wear. The first thing you'll notice about the new Speedy is that it's lost a sub-dial in favor of a symmetrical dual register layout. The dial is much easier to navigate at a glance as a result, and best of all, it hasn't compromised on functionality. With the register on the left displaying the running seconds hand, the one on the right now contains both the minute and the hour recording hands (up to 12 hrs). This means the minutes are read the same way as they are on the dial proper, around a 3, 6, 9 and 12 track, with every full revolution, the hour hand awakes to begin its tracking. Being that I rarely am timing anything on the order of hours, I found this to be a wonderful solution to creating a clean dial without losing any traditional chronograph functionality. This also makes room for a large date aperture at 6 o'clock. Legible at a glance and without breaking the symmetry of the dial, the date placement is spot on. Even with the extensive cosmetic changes, the new Speedmaster retains a good bit of its original charm, and remains immediately recognizable for what it is. The external tachymeter bezel, hour and minute indexes and case profile all pay close tribute to the original, easily keeping the watch within the Speedmaster family and heritage. The only departure that may be less welcomed is the additional size and weight of the modern-day Speedy. The Speedmaster measured an approximate 39mm by 13mm thick thanks to it being a hand-wind movement for the first eight or so years of its life (1957-1965) and then, when given the name "Professional", the case was upsized to 42mm, where it remains today - timeless proportions if you ask me.
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