Speedmaster Moonphase Stainless Steel / Silver Meteorite / Bracelet

In Context

At 43 mm it is a large watch — well above this catalogue’s 40 mm median, and enough to dominate a narrow wrist. The case back is open, so the movement is visible without taking the watch apart, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. 100 m is genuine swimming resistance — more than the shape of this watch suggests it would need.

The movement is hand-wound, so winding it becomes part of the day rather than something the watch does for you. 60 hours of reserve is enough to set it down on Friday evening and find it still running on Monday. At 28,800 vph the seconds hand advances 8 times a second.

304.30.43.52.06.001 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It carries a silver matte dial. Beyond the time it carries a chronograph and a moon phase.

Manual-winding chronograph with OMEGA column wheel and Co-Axial escapement. Certified Master Chronometer, approved by METAS, resistant to magnetic fields up to 15,000 Gauss. Silicon balance-spring, 2 barrels mounted in series. Central hour-minute hands, small seconds hand, and date indication by hand at 9 o’clock. 12-hour and 60-minute recorders at 3 o’clock. Moonphase indication at 6 o’clock. Special finish with rhodium-plated bridges, red varnished engravings, and Geneva waves in arabesque.

1 other watch in the library runs the Omega 9914.

Omega

Speedmaster Moonphase Stainless Steel / Black Meteorite / Bracelet

304.30.43.52.01.001 · 43 mm