Almost fifty years since it was first launched, the Omega Speedmaster remains a legendary watch. It's been nearly forty years since becoming the only watch flight-qualified for manned space missions and has been the first and only watch worn on the moon.

Omega is revolutionizing watch making with its Co-Axial escapement. The escapement is the heart of every mechanical watch and Omega watches are breaking the 200-year-old mold with innovation. The new design is based on double Co-Axial escape wheel, a lever with three pallet stones and impulse stone on the balance roller, together with a free sprung-balance. The Co-Axial system reduces sliding friction compared with the lever escapement and thus ensures greater accuracy over time. An Omega watch with Co-Axial escapement requires service less frequently, every ten years rather than every five.