130.30.39.21.02.001, Constellation Globemaster

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130.30.39.21.02.001, CONSTELLATION GLOBEMASTER

$4,599

An Omega Constellation Globemaster, ref. 130.30.39.21.02.001, in stainless steel at 39mm.

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An Omega Constellation Globemaster, ref. 130.30.39.21.02.001, in stainless steel at 39mm. The silver dial is cut into a true pie-pan, its faceted segments catching the light differently from every angle, with applied indices and the Constellation star set above the date. Around it sits the fluted bezel, finished in tungsten carbide so the ridges stay crisp. Inside is the Co-Axial Master Chronometer calibre 8900, on view through a sapphire caseback that carries the Constellation observatory medallion at its centre. It is worn on Omega's steel bracelet and comes with its box.

The Constellation arrived in 1952 as Omega's chronometer line, and its pie-pan dials and fluted bezels became some of the most recognisable details of mid-century watchmaking. Omega introduced the Globemaster in 2015 to bring those details back, and to debut something new: it was the first watch certified as a Master Chronometer by METAS, the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology. That certification tests the finished watch, not just the movement, for precision, power reserve and resistance to magnetic fields of 15,000 gauss. The observatory on the caseback recalls the medallion found on the earliest Constellations.

We bought it for the dial. A pie-pan is one of the most rewarding dials to live with, because the facets keep changing as the light moves across them, bright on one side and shadowed on the other. Pair that with the fluted bezel and the watch carries more texture than almost anything at its size. The calibre 8900 underneath means none of it is nostalgia for its own sake; this is a modern chronometer that shrugs off magnetism. At 39mm it keeps the proportions of the originals without feeling small. To us it is the most beautiful Constellation Omega makes today. Curated with intent.