They’re fast, agile and perilous, and when going at full chat, they can reach speeds of over 57 miles per hour. The sailing yachts that Alinghi and their competitors use are not the little dinghies you might find bobbing about the local reservoir. But it’s important to remember that your gear should be designed to take more punishment than you intend to give it. “But boats ride on top of the waves” Well, duh. It’s a watch that is water-resistant, of course, but it’s water-resistant to 50 meters rather than the 300 meters that Omega’s professional diving watches begin at. Instead, they decided to go with the Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon. Omega has a fine history when it comes to scuba diving and all things relating to water, they also have a vast catalogue of watches which would suit the Alinghi team well, including chronograph watches. That isn’t the root cause of the unknown feelings I feel about this watch it’s the way they’ve gone about it.įor starters, the base watch is the Dark Side of the Moon. Since last year the team of choice for Alinghi has been Omega, before that it was Audemars Piguet. With all this yachting going on a Swiss yacht racing team was bound to happen at some point, and being Swiss it would be partnered with a watchmaker. If you visit the lakes, especially Lake Geneva, in the summer (though not this summer of course) you’ll find them swarming with sailing boats. The Alinghi team was set up in 1994 and builds upon Switzerland’s strong maritime history, perhaps the strongest maritime history of any landlocked country. The America’s Cup is the oldest sporting trophy going it’s been going since 1851 in fact. I’m just not sure that this is the right watch for this particular piece which celebrates Omega’s partnership with Alinghi, Switzerland’s yacht racing team. The Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon, however, could perhaps be the perfect watch for Omega to use as a platform for special editions. The Speedmaster has already proven itself to be a worthy basis for special edition pieces to be built upon. Then I got an email telling me about the new Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon special limited edition, so I thought I’d take a look. You know, it was only the other day I was thinking to myself that I hadn’t seen a special edition watch from Omega in some time.
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