New York-based watch blog, Hodinkee founded by Benjamin Clymer, has grew very rapidly over the years with online publishing go watch blogs and retail. It’s 10th year anniversary is coming up and the best way to celebrate is to create a historical timepiece with Omega.
The Omega Speedmaster Hodinkee 10th Anniversary Limited Edition is inspired by a 1990s Speedmaster “Mark 40” owned by Clymer’s grandfather. This specific watch is the one that sparked the interest of watches for Benjamin Clymer. The timepiece was specifically a Speedmaster Day-Date ref. 375.0084 from 1996. The watch has a prolific nickname, “Michael Schumacher”, after ads featuring the watch and the F1 driver.
The Hodinkee Speedmaster is part of the Speedmaster CK 2998 Moonwatch remake collection. Each of these watches have the same 39.7mm steel case, aluminium bezel insert and the hand-wound, Lemania-derived cal. 1861 inside. Mixing together a MoonWatch with a Speedmaster is something very unusual but came out to be very well executed.
In the picture above, the left Speedmaster is the original model from the 1990s compared to the renewed version on the right. The key elements from the previous model version remained and were perfected in the new Hodinkee Speedmaster.
The twin central hands on the original (for elapsed seconds and the date pointer) have been merged into a seconds hand tipped with yellow “wings”. The timepiece has a solid back with the Speedmaster horse engraved on it. Around it you can find the engravements with commemorative text on its rim.
The remake edition is delivered on a grey leather strap that appears very nice. The Speedmaster Hodinkee 10th Anniversary is limited to 500 pieces, priced at US$6500. It’ll be available at Omega boutiques within the United States and also the Hodinkee shop online. Deliveries commence in November 2018.
