The brand new Co-Axial Grasp Chronometer 9920 caliber makes its debut on the considerably underappreciated Speedmaster Racing platform, although this new watch has been given a completely acceptable “Tremendous” designation. This can be a motorsport impressed Speedmaster with a 44.25mm case and two register format with a date on the 6:00 place. The aesthetic is impressed by the Aqua Terra 15,000 Gauss, a cult traditional within the Omega assortment that was given the “Bumblebee” nickname for its yellow and black shade scheme. Nicely, Omega has absolutely leaned into the bee stuff with this one, giving the dial a honeycomb sample that ought to in all probability include a trypophobia warning, together with beneficiant yellow highlights all through, together with a chrono seconds hand in a yellow gradient that appears fairly good.
The brand new Speedmaster Tremendous Racing feels prefer it ought to be met with real accolades given the expertise at play, however it feels tough to get too enthusiastic about given the extremely area of interest design of the watch itself. I’m left to surprise if we’d seen this motion tech come to life in a extra approachable model of the Speedmaster, and even an Aqua Terra, if the response could be a bit of totally different. A watch with this a lot yellow and such an uncommon dial design looks as if it’s going to have a slender enchantment after the chronometry nerds get a crack at it (it completely will carry out the chronometry nerds). In any case, Omega certainly doesn’t intend for Spirate to be a one and achieved proposition, so now the ready and guessing video games start as to the place it’ll flip up subsequent.
The Speedmaster Tremendous Racing has a retail worth of $11,000, and is anticipated to be accessible later this 12 months. Omega