Omega Dark Side Of The Moon Co-Axail Chronograph Pitch Black 44.25mm Automatic Mens Watch

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Omega Dark Side Of The Moon Co-Axail Chronograph Pitch Black 44.25mm Automatic Mens Watch

Name: Omega Dark Side Of The Moon Co-Axail Chronograph Pitch Black 44.25mm Automatic Mens Watch
Brand: Omega
SKU: O31192445101004
Availability: InStock

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Stepping up in Omega's range

The Dark Side of the Moon line arrived at Baselworld 2013 as Omega's answer to a specific challenge: how to build a Speedmaster entirely from ceramic without compromise. The Pitch Black variant takes that further still — every visible surface, including the deployant clasp, is the same brushed and polished black ceramic, and the tachymeter scale and sub-dial markings are filled with green Super-LumiNova rather than the white used elsewhere in the collection, giving this reference a character that reads as distinctly its own. At 44.25mm it sounds substantial, but a lug-to-lug of 49.80mm means it sits closer to the wrist than that diameter implies, and the ceramic construction keeps the whole thing to 99 grams — light enough that the size stops feeling like a commitment after the first day. The matte black dial absorbs light flatly, which makes the green lume applications the only thing that catches the eye in low light, and in daylight the contrast between brushed and polished ceramic surfaces does the work that colour would do on an ordinary case. The Calibre 9300 underneath is Omega's own column-wheel chronograph with a Co-Axial escapement, a silicon balance spring, and a 60-hour power reserve from twin barrels — a movement specification that few in-house automatic chronographs at any size can match. The black leather strap with ecru stitching is the one element that breaks the monochrome logic, and it does so just enough to remind you the watch is worn rather than displayed.

Reference: O31192445101004
Brand: Omega
Collection: Speedmaster
Case size: 44.25mm
Case thickness: 16.5mm
Lug width: 21mm
Case material: Ceramic
Case shape: Round
Dial: Black
Crystal: Sapphire
Bezel: Fixed tachymeter
Movement: Automatic
Calibre: 9300
Functions: Chronograph, Date, Small seconds, Tachymeter
Water resistance: 50m
Bracelet / strap: Leather strap
Strap colour: Black
Clasp: Deployant clasp
Lume: Super-LumiNova
Condition: Ex-display
Retailer: Goldsmiths

Additional specifications

Lug-to-lug: 49.80mm
Power reserve: 60 hours

Learn more about Omega

Louis Brandt began assembling pocket watches in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1848. His sons moved production to Biel in 1880 and, in 1894, released a calibre whose parts were fully interchangeable and which could be serviced by any watchmaker with standard tools. They named it Omega. The movement was successful enough that the company took its name.

Omega's history is bound up with measurement in public. It became official timekeeper of the Olympic Games in 1932 and has held the role for most Games since, which drove genuine engineering: photo-finish cameras, touchpads in swimming pools, and the timing systems that made hundredths of a second meaningful.

NASA qualified the Speedmaster for manned spaceflight in 1965 after testing chronographs from several manufacturers to destruction, and it was on Buzz Aldrin's wrist on the lunar surface in 1969. The watch has never been substantially redesigned.

The Seamaster line dates to 1948 and covers everything from dress watches to saturation diving instruments. Omega's technical position strengthened considerably after 1999 with the adoption of George Daniels' co-axial escapement, the first genuinely new escapement to reach series production in two centuries, and more recently through Master Chronometer certification testing resistance to magnetic fields at 15,000 gauss.

The company has been part of the Swatch Group since its formation.

1848: Louis Brandt starts assembling watches in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
1894: The Omega calibre gives the company its name.
1932: Becomes official timekeeper of the Olympic Games.
1948: The Seamaster line is introduced.
1965: NASA qualifies the Speedmaster for manned spaceflight.
1999: The co-axial escapement enters series production.

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Also in 7 collections

This watch appears in the Omega Speedmaster range (5), Back in Stock (4,847), Automatic Watches (1,736), Chronograph Watches (1,234), Leather Strap Watches (1,049), Watches 44mm and Over (849) and Pre-Owned, Ex-Display & Vintage Watches (344).

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What the specifications mean

A mechanical watch for everyday wear.

Strengths

49.8mm lug-to-lug keeps the 44.25mm case wearable
Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
Luminous hands and markers for low light

Worth knowing

50m suits rain and handwashing, not swimming
44.25mm sits at the larger end
16.5mm thick, so it will not disappear under a cuff

Best forTiming thingsFormal wear

Less suited toSwimmingSmall wristsUnder a shirt cuff

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Price	£10,050	£9,650	£8,950
Case size	44.25mm	44mm	43mm
Water resistance	50m	100m	30m
Movement	Automatic	Automatic	Automatic
Strap	Leather strap	Titanium bracelet	Leather strap
Power reserve	60 hours	50 hours	72 hours
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