It starts with a black box with no text.

Inside it says Omega.

Inside that box I found a nice wodden box.

If I lift careful at the top so can I see some light.

Oh no just another Omega Limited Edition.

If you haven't figure it out, here it is: A factory fresh Omega Speedmaster CK2998. The blue and silver panda dial really works on this model.

I fell in love with this one in Basel and I try to order one direct but was told they was already sold out before the fair was open. I talk to a few

dealers about it and they told me they didn't know if they wll get any. It's a limited edition only made in 2998 pieces. It hit the market in July at

Omega Boutiques and we don't have any in Sweden so I have to wait until August when they hit the Omega AD. I have no luck because there was

only a few watches for the Swedish market and no one of those was for me. So I start the search all around the European countrys and finally find

one in Italy that not was priced over the top like the most I found for sale.

This is the best looking reissued Speedmaster IMHO even if there is not a model that looks exactly like this one. The first Speedmaster was

released in 1957 andthe CK2998 was released in 1959 and was out of production in 1962.

 

The alpha hands was for the first time on a Speedmaster at the original CK2998 model and this was even the first Omega Speedmaster in space,

Mr Wally Schirra have his personal CK2998 on his wrist when he went to space with the Mercury Atlas 8 mission in the Sigma 7, October 3rd, 1962.

 

There was a straight secondhand or a lollipop secondhand, a black dial and a black bezel at the original version. IMHO so have Omega made a very

appealing modern version of the CK2998 with the blue dial, lollipop secondhand and the blue ceramic bezel with Luminova. The case is 39,7mm so it's

smaller than the current Speedmaster.

 

Behind the solid backcase there is a manual Omega Calibre 1861 movement with 18 jewels and 21,600 bph, power reserve of 48 hours and it's not the

same calibre that was at the original CK2998 that have calibre 321.

There is no crownguards and a good size of the crown with the Omega logo. Water resistant to 50 meter.

A blue leather strap with beige stitching and a polished buckle with a Omega logo.

The full set.

The movement.

In the space.

A little wet.

With bracelet.

A few lume shots.

Below a UV light.

A little closer.

And finally a wristshot.