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The minute repeater is widely considered to be one of the most complex and difficult-to-produce complications in all of mechanical watchmaking. The process of creating a chiming mechanism to musically represent the current time is complex, expensive, and labor-intensive,replica omega and is usually reserved for the highest-end releases in a luxury brand’s repertoire. A rattrapante, or split-seconds chronograph, is another high-complexity complication, elevating the common chronograph to the upper echelons of mechanical watchmaking.

These two complications, on their own, represent massive efforts in design and craftsmanship. No brand has ever combined these two extremely complex mechanisms into a single unified complication – until now. For Omega’s latest release, the brand has announced not one, but two iterations of its new proprietary Chrono Chime, combining a fully functional split-seconds chronograph with a chiming mechanism designed to audibly read out the chronograph’s elapsed time to the nearest second. Representing over six years of work and over 575 movement components, the new Omega Speedmaster Chrono Chime and the Omega Olympic 1932 Chrono Chime stand as the new peak of Omega’s ultra-high-end output, offering both stunning mechanical innovations and a series of uniquely attractive visual flourishes.

The Omega Speedmaster Chrono Chime will undoubtedly be the more visually familiar of the two models to enthusiasts. Inspired by the ‘60s era Speedmaster CK 2998 “Ed White,” the 45mm-wide 18k Sedna Gold case offers an upsized but impressively wearable take on the classic straight-lug Speedmaster form. Of course, the unusual pusher arrangement immediately sets this apart from the standard Speedmaster design on the wrist, with a crown-mounted chronograph monopusher at 3 o’clock, a 2 o’clock split-second pusher rimmed with a red ceramic accent ring, and a chime pusher at 8 o’clock, topped with a musical note motif.

The “dot-over-90” style bezel shows a subtler change to the Speedmaster formula, with an insert made of innovative aventurine enamel. Created by grinding aventurine glass into a paste and applying it to the bezel surface with a Grand Feu enamel process, this striking material adds a touch of sparkling mystery to the watch on the wrist. Around back,replica watches uk Omega adds a sapphire display caseback to capture the complexity of its new in-house Calibre 1932 movement and mounts the watch on a Sedna gold variant of the famed Speedmaster “Nixon” bracelet.