It has always amazed me how undervalued Omega is. This Swatch Group owned brand is really like the quality of Rolex at half the price. I have never really liked the overall aesthetics of Omega; in fact I find them really conservative and lifeless for the most part. But there is a watch I keep going back to in my mind and I hail as the best chronograph on the planet for the money: the Speedmaster Moon watch with the Lemania movement. This watch is a stainless steel 40mm watch and was the first and only timepiece that went to the moon in 1965. The movement inside this watch was the Lemania 2310 or the Omega 321 movement. This movement was tested by NASA in 1965 and was reported to achieve the most incredible results. This movement was then replaced by Omega caliber 861 which was a sturdier more heavy duty movement which produced much better accuracy. Today this Lemania movement has been used by the best manufactured watch brands in the world with the likes of Patek Phillipe, Vacheron Constantin and Breguet in their chronographs which retail anywhere between $25,000 to $60,000 when finished to their specs.
Omega is still producing this Moon Watch made to their original specs with a black dial three register chronograph displaying hours and minutes of the chronograph and a subsecond hand for seconds, tachometer, an incredibly comfortable stainless steel bracelet and sapphire see through case back where the coveted hand wound Lemania movement can be admired for only $5,000 to $6,000. If you can't wait to stand in line anymore for the Stainless Steel Rolex Daytona and want a much better watch and value don't even think about it and get yourself a part of history that will make you feel like you went to the the moon!
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