Omega Speedmaster Hesalite Front Sapphire Back

The hesalite crystal has one major and crucial trait that can be life changing in space.

Omega speedmaster hesalite front sapphire back. Today omega offers their classic manually wound speedmaster professional moonwatch in two different configurations. An omega speedmaster with a sapphire crystal comes with a sapphire display caseback hence it s also called sapphire sandwich. The omega speedmaster with the sapphire chrystal is often referred to as the sapphire sandwich this as the watch has a see through case back that displays the decorated caliber 1863. The speedmaster that i own is the ref.

The watches used in this video were provided by cont. To fully understand the story of omega s hesalite crystal we need to go back to the speedmaster again. 1863 movement the hesalite crystal on the front and the sapphire display caseback. The first is the traditional version that uses a stainless steel caseback and a hesalite acrylic plastic crystal.

The model comes with the same accessories as the hesalite version but is different in a few other ways. This is the fact that a hesalite crystal does not shatter the way glass or sapphire crystal does. I d say if you want to wait and look for a pre owned 3572 50 or 3592 50 it will be perfect for you with the hesalite front and sapphire back. The second variation swaps out the solid caseback for a display back and the hesalite crystal for a sapphire crystal earning it the nickname the sapphire sandwich among.

This is a video review of the omega speedmaster moonwatch both with the hesalite and sapphire crystals. For all intents and purposes it is the exact same manually wound speedmaster professional moonwatch that we all know and love just with a sapphire. There was a model with hesalite s not x front crystal and sapphire display caseback the 3572 50 i think it was called they just stopped making it back in 2003 but if you look hard enough they are out there. While hesalite can be formed into different shapes with ease sapphire can only be cut and polished from a solid block into its finished shape.

Otherwise if you only plan to buy one speedy pro go with the hesalite. I remember searching for as many pictures as i could find before i made my decision and i thought i d try to add a few more.