When it comes to Omega Speedmasters, none are more iconic than the “Moonwatch” that walked on the lunar surface in 1969. But Omega has more than a stroll across the moon on its astral-themed résumé.

It was one small decision for Omega, one giant win for watch collectors. The Swiss watchmaker has re-released the first Speedmaster that went to space, combining classic 1950s styling with modern ...

Omega is reviving one of its milestone Speedmasters from the Space Race era, the reference number CK 2998, dubbed the First Omega in Space. Released in 1959, before Omega’s Speedmaster was selected by ...

On March 1, 1965, the Omega Speedmaster was officially qualified by NASA for manned space missions. To mark this 60th anniversary, last month the watchmaker hosted journalists from across the world at ...

Omega’s CEO weighs in with an alternate history for the world’s most famous chronograph. Omega is one of the most famous and successful watch brands in the world. The reasons for this basically boil ...

The Ref. BA 145.022 was given to the first man on the moon at a gala dinner in Houston’s Warwick Hotel on November 25, 1969, mere months after Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface.

Before the Omega Speedmaster became standard-issue equipment for NASA in 1965, an astronaut’s choice of watch to wear on their missions was completely up to them. During the October 1962 Mercury-Atlas ...

Launched in 1959, the original watch (Ref. CK 2998) was the successor to the first Speedmaster model that Omega unveiled in 1957. It featured a symmetrical 39.7 mm case, a dark bezel, and slender ...