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SPEEDY TUESDAY – THE ORIGINAL OMEGA SPEEDMASTER ULTRAMAN (REF.145.012-67)
ROBERT-JAN BROER SEP 11, 2018
https://www.fratellowatches.com/speedmaster-ultraman/
Since the release of the Speedmaster Speedy Tuesday Ultraman, we get some questions about the original version from 1968. Time for us to recap our article from 2016 about the Speedmaster Ultraman reference 145.012-67. This will give you some more background on the original Speedmaster Ultraman.
For the Speedy Tuesday Ultraman, Omega and us (Fratello) wanted something more colourful, like the 2004 Speedmaster Professional Racing for the Japan market. A few brainstorming sessions later led us to Ultraman. The original Speedmasters with the orange hand from 1968 that can be seen in the 1960s TV series Ultraman are simply amazing and appreciated by many collectors
TOHO Studios
An interesting detail was told to us by Omega’s Museum Director regarding the TOHO studios and Tsuburaya productions, responsible for Ultraman and a couple of other movies. The creator of the Ultraman series was Eiji Tsuburaya, was probably a watch collector himself as many of his creations were starring a lot of different interesting watches. More interesting, the Ultraman series were preceded by the Ultra Q series (1966). The Ultra Q series were in black & white and already featured a Speedmaster as well, a reference 105.003.
The series Return of Ultraman (also known as “Ultraman Has Returned”) were the sequel to the Ultraman series and appeared in 1971 and 1972 and were directed by Eiji’s son Hajime Tsuburaya. Instead of black & white, these series were already in colour, of course. An interesting thing to note is that the series have this orange touch. Hence the orange hand Speedmaster doesn’t sound to us as a total coincidence.
https://www.fratellowatches.com/speedmaster-ultraman/
Since the release of the Speedmaster Speedy Tuesday Ultraman, we get some questions about the original version from 1968. Time for us to recap our article from 2016 about the Speedmaster Ultraman reference 145.012-67. This will give you some more background on the original Speedmaster Ultraman.
For the Speedy Tuesday Ultraman, Omega and us (Fratello) wanted something more colourful, like the 2004 Speedmaster Professional Racing for the Japan market. A few brainstorming sessions later led us to Ultraman. The original Speedmasters with the orange hand from 1968 that can be seen in the 1960s TV series Ultraman are simply amazing and appreciated by many collectors
TOHO Studios
An interesting detail was told to us by Omega’s Museum Director regarding the TOHO studios and Tsuburaya productions, responsible for Ultraman and a couple of other movies. The creator of the Ultraman series was Eiji Tsuburaya, was probably a watch collector himself as many of his creations were starring a lot of different interesting watches. More interesting, the Ultraman series were preceded by the Ultra Q series (1966). The Ultra Q series were in black & white and already featured a Speedmaster as well, a reference 105.003.
The series Return of Ultraman (also known as “Ultraman Has Returned”) were the sequel to the Ultraman series and appeared in 1971 and 1972 and were directed by Eiji’s son Hajime Tsuburaya. Instead of black & white, these series were already in colour, of course. An interesting thing to note is that the series have this orange touch. Hence the orange hand Speedmaster doesn’t sound to us as a total coincidence.