Stainless steel 2nd generation Flightmaster chronograph wristwatch. Made 1975

Information

• Brand: OMEGA
• Year: 1975
• Model: Flightmaster
• Reference: 145.036
• Calibre: 911
• Movement: Manuel
• Material: Stainless steel
• Features/complications: Chronograph and panda dial with sub second dial, 24 hour indicator and power indicator.
• Dial: Black matt dial with luminous painted baton indexes, sub dials and luminous hour markers (Tritium)
• Case dimensions: 43mm
• Bracelet/strap: Stainless steel bracelet
• Accessories: Extract from the Archives
• SKU: 03089

Essay

The 2^nd Generation OMEGA Flightmaster was introduced in 1971 using a calibre 911 with a constant second’s subsidiary dial replacing the 24-hour indication dial which was originally fitted to the 1^st Generation model. This was because many pilots had complained that they were unable to tell at a glance if the watch was working because the chronograph was not in use.

The 2^nd Generation Flightmaster was produced as two separate references, the ST 145.026, with orange hands and flat crystal that fitted into a groove in the watch case; the second reference St 145.036 ‘’Pilote’’, with cadmium coated yellow hands and with a flat crystal pressure fitted to the case in a gasket. This particular design difference made to the 2^nd Generation was to distinguish the difference between watches for amateur pilots and travellers and those used by professional pilots. The yellow cadmium coated hands afforded maximum visibility, and by fixing the crystal prevented it from ‘’popping’’ out from the case during rapid decompression thus making it more suitable to the needs of professional pilots.

The 2^nd Generation Flightmaster remained in production until 1973 with a total of 20,000 movements being made.