Several decades ago, a Swiss watch was introduced that broke new ground technically and stylistically. This watch was aimed at affluent customers and collectors, marketed to celebrate an important anniversary, and priced at a significant premium to other pieces in the OMEGA product line.

The watch achieved strong sales in the peak years of Swiss production and continued selling well when the long boom cycle abruptly ended and fell into deep recession. The Speedmaster 125, with reference ST 378.0801, is a watch that achieved an important technical milestone and has many well-deserved superlatives attached to it. It was the world’s first chronometer-certified automatic chronograph. It featured a unique movement, dial, case, and bracelet. It measures as one of the biggest and most ostentatious Speedmasters ever produced. Yet despite all these undeniable facts, the 125 has been saddled with a reputation as a failure among certain collectors – a reputation unfairly earned.

To this day, the Speedmaster 125 remains shrouded in mystery and has proven to be perhaps the most misunderstood and beguiling Speedmaster produced by OMEGA over the past 60-plus years.