Since its opening in 1984, the Omega Museum has not been popular just among watch enthusiasts but throughout the world. It is repeatedly used as a source for new creations. Every year, the Omega Museum Collection selects one classic timepiece and honors it with the reissue, blending its design excellence with the brand’s tradition of innovative contemporary watchmaking.

Omega 1938 Pilot’s Watch is the first watch in the new Omega Museum Collection series which started in 2001. It is a re-release of a classic Omega pilot’s watch in 1938. Apart from the changes to various materials and technological details to bring them up to date, the re-edition of Omega 1938 Pilot’s Watch is the same as its predecessor.

As its name implies, the Omega Pilots Watch 1938 was created in 1938 with a calibre 26.5 SOB T2. The watch has a 40.2 mm X 11.75 mm polished SS snap back case and is water resistant to 50 meters. The timepiece comprises of a bi-directional turning bezel with red engraved hour numerals. The bi-directional rotating bezel mechanism enables an additional time scale to be moved on the dial.

Originally equipped with a hand-winding movement, the new model of Omega 1938 Pilot’s Watch uses a self-winding chronometer caliber 2200. Unlike its predecessor, the stainless-steel case of the watch is water resistant up to 50 meters. The mineral glass of the watch has been replaced by anti-reflective, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal. The watch also has the radium hour markers and hands by a more modern luminous material.

Omega 1938 Pilot’s Watch has a mint silver and black dial. It also has a radium index pointer for determining duration of flight, double minute track, matt black oxidized dial,  simple inside, skeleton hands, radium Arabic numerals, recessed small seconds, and stainless steel case with spaced horns for special bracelet for wearing it on the knee or sleeve. The watch also features extra-wide leather strap of approximately 6x60cm, which can be used to wear the watch above the knee, as early pilots preferred.

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