Specifically, the 3 o’clock register, which incorporates both a 30-minute and a 12-hour scale for measuring elapsed time, is designed to look like the “burn rate” display for a fighter jet, while its opposite number at 9 features an artificial horizon in blue (rather than the pilot-only original’s gray) and a target crosshair; this register displays the running seconds.
The chronograph seconds hand, as is customary, is centrally mounted, and on this watch bears a varnished orange airplane shape at its tip. Each subdial features triangular hands, a nod to previous cult classic Omega models, in particular the Flightmaster, a 44mm chronograph introduced in 1969 and marketed as a dedicated pilot’s watch.
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The hour and minute hands, as well as the hour markers, deviate from standard Speedmaster fare. The hands are PVD-coated in matte black, and are finished in large blocks of Super-LumiNova for maximum legibility at night, to match the 3D lume of the hour markers. The lume appears white by day, and has a green “emission”—the watch geek term for its colorful glow.
