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Im Jahr 2003 schuf omega replica uhren seine erste Snoopy Award Speedmaster in einer auf 5.441 limitierten Serie (diese Zahl stammt aus der Dauer der Apollo 13-Mission, die 142 Stunden, 54 Minuten und 41 Sekunden betrug). Die Uhr zeigt ein charmantes Bild von Snoopy als Astronaut in einem blauen Raumanzug vor blauem Himmel, der der Darstellung von Snoopy auf der Gedenkurkunde ähnelt und dem Modell den Beinamen Blue Snoopy verleiht. Außerdem ist auf dem Saphir-Gehäuseboden ein Sticker von Snoopy mit dem gleichen Motiv angebracht. Obwohl angemerkt werden sollte, dass das Zifferblatt und der Aufkleber separat bezogen wurden, fehlen dem Aufkleber die vier Reflexionslinien auf Snoopys Helm auf dem Zifferblatt und dem Originalzertifikat. Heute ist die Blue Snoopy eine sehr begehrte Omega Speedmaster Limited Edition.
White dials have generally been limited to special edition white gold Speedmasters as well as a few moon phase watches. Indeed, prior to the Silver Snoopy, the only steel case, white-dialed Omega Speedmasters in original tri-compax configuration are the much-coveted 500-watch Speedmaster 40th anniversary watch made for the Italian market in 1997, the mythical 300-piece run of the 2003 Mitsukoshi Speedmaster made for the Japanese retailer, the 3,500-watch Apollo 11 35th anniversary Speedy from 2004, the 1970 series of Alaska Project watches from 2008, the 2016 CK 2998 in 2,998 watches. Now check this out. Every one of these watches trades above its retail price, many of them at massive premiums on the secondary market. Omega has always kept its white dial for truly special timepieces.
The Silver Snoopy features one of the coolest dials Omega has ever conceptualized and the saliency with which Apollo 13 lore has been woven into its iconography is nothing less than inspired. On the seconds track, 14 small rectangles referencing the frames of the Peanuts comic have been added along with the words What could you do in 14 seconds? in homage to the 14-second rocket bursts timed with the Omega Speedmaster that allowed for successful re-entry.
The first luminous tachymeter appeared in Omegas Speedmaster Mark II. However, that was a luminous scale printed under the watchs sapphire crystal. At 42 mm in diameter it is a big watch and it uses a domed sapphire crystal instead of the vintage style hesalite acrylic found on the Speedy Professional. But the movement is the 1861, the modern version of the iconic caliber 861 that was introduced in the Speedmaster in 1968 and is found in the majority of watches that went to space.
The coolest element of the Silver Snoopy is not visible from the front of the watch and definitely obscured if you wear it on a NATO strap as I do. Taking inspiration from the silver Snoopy pin that accompanies the award, Omega has created handcrafted silver medallions for every one of the 1,970 watches, each sitting in a bed of blue enamel with flecks of silver representing a starry sky. This stunning artistic element makes each and every Silver Snoopy unique and is kept safe behind a sapphire crystal which does add height to the watch but I think you ll agree is well worth it.
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