New Omega Speedmaster Chronoscope

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The bronze gold version is the best looking but none of them are really for me. All those scales on the dial are too much.
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^^^ I am thinking that without those scales it would just be another Speedmaster, not a chronoscope.

It is a bit of an odd mix. A vintage style dial, with a non vintage style case. Would have been more realistic with a FOIS style case.

Interesting that they have used the same look clasp as on the new Moonwatch, but have included the push adjustment what is missing from the Moonwatch.

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I like the nod to the past but with my eyesight the detail is just a blur.
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I think Omega missed the mark with this one. The vintage dial, arabic numerals and a modern Speedy case creates a confusing mess of a watch, The one scale on the external bezel and multiple internal scales is also very odd. I think they were more interested in leveraging the Speedmaster name than creating a cohesive design. It would have been more successful for me if they had designed it with no external bezel, like the reference design, and called it a Constellation or AT model.
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