Omega Speedmaster Corum 285-180-20-0F71-FM40R Men's watch Professional

Editor's Note: What's most interesting about the Speedsonic is that while most collectors consider this model part of the Speedmaster family, the caseback on all Lobsters actually reads "Seamaster". Felix Scholz in Omega, Omega Speedmaster Corum 285-180-20-0F71-FM40R Men's watch Professional, Speedmaster, Vintage Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 1:00PM Everyone knows the Omega Speedmaster, but all do not know every generation of the Speedmaster.Sure, there is modern-day automatic, the classic professional, the rarer caliber 321 "moon watch", the pre-professional, and the broad arrow, but what about that lost generation of Speedmasters made in that lost decade we call the 70s?

Now, we've made no qualms about our replica Breitling A453551-C5-35 Men's watch distaste for the looks of modern-day Breitlings (save the Navitimer and it's descendents, of course), but vintage Breitlings are totally the bomb in our eyes.They cover all the bases you'd want from a vintage watch.They are great looking, rugged, complicated (with almost all being chronographs, cept this one), and they've got that great Breitling name.Best of all, you can get a reliable vintage Breitling without breaking the bank, and they make a good first piece in a vintage collection.

There were some pretty whack'd watches made back then, and some even borrowed historic names, just like the watch we're talking about today.For a Corum 285-180-20-0F71-EB40R Men's watch short period in the mid to late 70s, Omega produced a digital version of the Speedmaster.We're not talking an X-33, but rather a legit, Casio-looking, mo fo.Now Omega made their fair share of digital timepieces during the 70s, but they usually had appropriately campy names like The Time Computer, and it's shocking to see them jeopardize the best thing they have going for them (the Speedmaster) like this.