When it comes to Speedmaster, many will look at the 42mm Moon Watch first. The MK40 gained popularity when Hodinkee collaborated with Omega and produced a Hodinkee 10th anniversary edition watch inspired by the MK40. The MK40 has a special dial and many interesting features that is a lot to offer for a watch under 30k hkd.
The Speedmaster Reduced is slightly smaller at around 38mm rather than 42mm. For some wrists, this could be slightly too small but for most wrists this size is just perfect. There are a few dial variations for the MK40 but the variation featured here is the most attractive among them. With a black Arabic dial, the tritium numerals, if aged beautifully, add a lot of character and color to the dial.
The most interesting thing of the MK40 is that it offers a lot of functions for a watch at this price. It is a chronograph while it also offers Day/Month display windows and a hand that indicates the date around the outer dial. The pusher at ten o’ clock is for adjusting the day while the months is adjusted by the date indicating hand. The best thing about the date ring is that it gives you a very clear sense how many days remain in a particular month. The small seconds are displayed on the dial at 9 o’ clock which is also a 24 hour indicator, a very practical function that shows you whether it is the morning or the night when you adjust the watch.
The richness of colors is one of the most impressive features of this watch. The chrono hands are red while half of the small seconds dial is blue. With beautifully aged pumpkin numerals, the mix of colors is amazing. At under 30k hkd, this is definitely one of the best choices on the market. The piece featured here has pumpkin tritium numerals which is key to the aesthetics of this watch to me. As tritium is no longer used in watch dials, these ones with beautifully aged numerals will become more collectible in the future.