hand skeletonized replica IWC 3227-01 watch Speedmaster courtesy of Armin Strom

Granted we are younger than some Omega Speedmaster nuts, but we've never even heard someone mention this watch, let alone find one available for purchase.For more details on this extremely rare, 1 of 50, platinum and hand skeletonized replica IWC 3227-01 watch Speedmaster courtesy of Armin Strom, click here. Hodinkee in Armin Strom, Omega, Omega Alaska Project Speedmaster, Omega Moon Missions Set, Omega Solar Impulse, Omega Speedmaster Broad Arrow, Omega Speedmaster First Watch On The Moon.

Most experts believe less than 20 GMT's were replica IWC Aquatimer Split Minute Chronograph watch ever born with red dials, so this is really a grail GMT.Some even believe these red dials (which also have larger hour markers than you'll find on most 6542's), were test watches for Rolex before the GMT-Master really hit the ground running as a production model.To find a red GMT is one thing (one incredibly difficult thing), but to find one with the original Bakelite bezel, which we've explained to you before is worth around $12 large by itself, and a case in good condition is beyond rare, in fact it just doesn't happen.Click here for more details on this incredibly rare red Rolex GMT-Master with original bakelite bezel, one of less than twenty ever made.

Omega Speedmaster Plaisted Polar Expedition, Omega Speedmaster Pre-Professional, Omega Speedmaster Professional, Pre-Moon Speedmaster, Speedmaster Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 9:15PM On replica IWC IW356305 watch Thursday, the anniversary of Apollo 11's launch, we recapped seven "space" watches that we've covered here on Hodinkee.Today, the 40th anniversary of the actual moon landing, we are going to be talking about just one; The Omega Speedmaster Professional.The Speedmaster Professional is a manual wind chronograph that is is not too flashy, not all that expensive, and yet universally regarded as one of the watch world's masterpieces.