Omega
Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch
3573.50.00
The hand-wound Moonwatch that carried a generation through the turn of the millennium.
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Overview
The Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch reference 3573.50.00 is a 42 mm stainless steel chronograph powered by the manually wound calibre 1863, a refined descendant of the movement family that accompanied the Apollo missions. Produced from 1999 through 2014, it represents one of the longest-running and most recognisable configurations of the Speedmaster Professional line. Its black dial, tachymeter bezel, and hesalite crystal preserve the essential character that earned the Speedmaster its NASA flight qualification in 1965.
History
The Speedmaster Professional has been in continuous production since 1957, evolving through numerous references while retaining its core aesthetic and mechanical philosophy. The 3573.50.00 entered the catalogue at the close of the twentieth century and remained in production for roughly fifteen years, spanning a period of considerable collector interest in the Moonwatch lineage. Calibre 1863, which powers this reference, is a decorated and refined version of the calibre 861, itself a successor to the original calibre 321 that flew to the Moon. The reference was eventually succeeded by updated Speedmaster Professional references as Omega continued to develop the line.
Notable points
- Powered by the manually wound calibre 1863, a finishing-upgraded variant of the calibre 861 with côtes de Genève decoration on the bridges.
- 42 mm stainless steel case with a hesalite (acrylic) crystal on the front and a display caseback option, preserving the traditional Moonwatch specification.
- Black multi-register dial retains the three-subdial chronograph layout — running seconds at 9 o'clock, 30-minute counter at 3 o'clock, and 12-hour counter at 6 o'clock — unchanged from the NASA-qualified configuration.
- Produced across a span of approximately fifteen years, making it one of the more enduring single references in the modern Speedmaster Professional catalogue.
- The tachymeter scale is engraved on the bezel insert, consistent with the Speedmaster Professional's long-standing design language.
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