The reduced sizing, clean, uncluttered black matte-finish varnished dial, Moonwatch-style five-link bracelet, and much-improved black aluminum bezel bring to mind the classic Speedmaster Reduced from the late 1980s. A friend of mine has a Reduced, and I have coveted it for years as, when I see it, it always looks the perfect size on the wrist.
Launched in 1988, the Speedmaster Reduced had an ideal 38.5-mm case size, rather than the 38 mm in this new model. Other subtle differences include the crown position on the Reduced, which is lower and visibly offset from the pushers, and the bezel doesn’t have the Dot-Over-Ninety, either.
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