Omega Speedmaster Professional

In collecting, there's an indelible desire to connect, through objects, both to the past and the present; those who seek out vintage objects act as custodians of the past for future generations, not just for themselves. Watch collectors especially understand the deep significance of collecting and preserving these horological artifacts when humanity has entered a Digital Age.  The timelessness of the Speedmaster lends itself to collecting. Most collectors own a "Speedy," with preference for particular references and sub-references. Purists will proclaim the Caliber .321-powered Reference 105.003-64 (worn by Ed White as he took the first spacewalk ever achieved by an American astronaut) or the Reference 145.012 (the same reference worn by Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface) as the Speedmasters to own. While the earlier References of Speedmaster--including those worn by the astronauts--contained the Caliber .321 movement, first designed by Albert Piguet in the 1940s, the Reference 145.022