OMEGA WRISTWATCHES: Omega Men's Speedmaster "Legend" Automatic Chronometer Chronograph Watch #3506.31.00

Omega Speedmaster "Legend" it's Great watch

This is a great watch and I'm quite pleased with Amazon's price, shipping and packaging. I'm not going to review the watch here - there are plenty of good reviews online. I'll focus instead on Amazon.

Amazon had the lowest price online. The watch I received was brand new in box - in an Omega red leather box, inside an Omega white cardboard box with manual, and well packaged in a larger box. No Omega warranty card or certificates - as expected. Watch and bracelet had all the plastic protective films in place. Watch has serial number on it.

I let the watch run for a day, checked accuracy (fine), then removed films. Sized the bracelet myself - again, there are several good sites that show you how. If you decide to do it yourself - (1) make sure you have the right tool(s) with longish pins, (2) make sure you've done it before on other watches, (3) follow instructions; push the pins out in the direction marked by arrows on the links, put them back in the opposite direction. If you have an doubts at all about sizing it yourself - don't, go to a jeweler!

Product Specifications

Watch Information

* Brand Name: Omega
* Model number: 3506.31.00
* Part Number: 3506.31.00
* Dial window material type: scratch-resistant-sapphire
* Clasp: deployment-clasp-with-push-button
* Case material: stainless-steel
* Case diameter: 42 millimeters
* Case Thickness: 14 millimeters
* Band material: stainless-steel
* Band length: mens
* Band width: 20 millimeters
* Dial color: white
* Bezel material: stainless-steel
* Bezel Function: tachymeter
* Calendar: Date
* Movement: swiss-automatic
* Water resistant depth: 99 Feet
* Warranty Type: amazon.com

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Product Features

* Quality Swiss Automatic movement; Functions without a battery; Powers automatically with the movement of your arm
* Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal
* Case diameter: 42 mm
* Stainless-steel case;White dial; Date function; Chronograph functions; Tachymeter function
* Water-resistant to 99 feet (30 M)

Product Description

This limited edition Michael Schumacher Legend watch, from Omega's Speedmaster series, is a handsome and sporty addition to any gentleman's collection. The large steel case highlights an ivory dial ringed in black, with luminous hands and markers, a red-tipped chronograph seconds hand, and a date display at the six o'clock hour. Three round subdials display small seconds along with chronograph minutes and hours. The dial is capped with a virtually scratch-proof sapphire crystal and framed by a black steel bezel with tachymeter readings. A handsome and durable brushed steel bracelet, with polished accents, completes the look. This chronometer-certified Omega chronograph features Swiss automatic movement and is rated water resistant to 100 meters.

Product Details

* Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
* Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
* Item model number: 3506.31.00

Story Of Omega

The Omega Story
The Omega watch story begins in 1848, when founder Louis Brandt began hand assembling key-wound precision pocket watches from parts supplied by local craftsmen in his principality La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the northwest corner of Switzerland. However, the Omega name didn't appear until 1894, after Louis Brandt had passed away and his watchmaking traditions were taken over by his sons, Louis-Paul and Cesar Brandt. Omega watches have long been associated with glamorous screen and sports stars--the Omega Seamaster is famous for being the watch of choice for James Bond--with current ambassadors including Pierce Brosnan, Nicole Kidman, tennis player Anna Kournikova, and swimmers Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe. But Omega is more than just a fashionable watch. In 1965, the Omega Speedmaster chronograph was "flight-qualified by NASA for all manned space missions" as the only wristwatch to have withstood all of the U.S. space agency's severe tests, including passing grades for extreme shocks, vibrations, and temperatures ranging from -18 to +93 degrees Celsius. The greatest moment in the Speedmaster's history was undoubtedly 20 July 1969 at 02:56 GMT, when it recorded man's first steps on the Moon's surface as part of the Apollo 11 mission.Omega watches rocketed off to space on many subsequent missions, including visits to Skylab and the historic Apollo-Soyuz link-up of Soviet and American astronauts in 1975.	In more recent years, Omega created the world's first self-winding wristwatch with central tourbillon in 1994 and made history in 1999 with the first mass-produced watch incorporating the co-axial escapement, developed in conjunction with renowned English master watchmaker George Daniels. In simple terms, the escapement is the heart of a mechanical watch, generating the impulses that make the mechanism move. Omega's Co-Axial Escapement drastically reduces the friction among the parts that transmit energy to the other components, producing greater stability and precision and reducing service requirements. Today, Omega is known for its rigorous testing of new movements, cases, and bands. Each new Omega movement is tested on the wrist in existing Omega models, while various laboratory tests are conducted to determine temperature-resistance, shock-resistance and vibration-resistance.