Category: omega

Buying Guide – Ready for Moon Landing 50? The 5 Coolest New Omega Speedmaster You Can Get

On July 16th, 1969 started one of the most incredible journeys of mankind. Onboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft were 3 men – Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins. On July 21st, 1969, the Apollo Lunar Module landed on the Moon. A few hours later, 2 of these men will make history, as stepping onto the lunar surface. What was on the wrists of these astronauts? A black-dial sports chronograph made by Omega: the Speedmaster, a watch soon to be named the “Moonwatch” – see here how the Speedmaster has been selected by NASA, in the words of the guy who tested it, James Ragan. The legend was born and this watch became an icon.

5 years ago

Buying Guide – 5 New Watches with Red-Hot Dials

Watch dials rarely venture to red. Less formal than dark colours, red grabs your attention. But red can be very attractive and elegant, as you’ll see. Especially if you are confident in your ability to carry off colours or like to stand out from the crowd. If this is the case, we have rounded up […]

6 years ago

Buying Guide – 5 Sophisticated Dress Watches with Blue Dials Launched Recently

A dress watch is the epitome of elegance and every well-dressed man should consider having one in his wardrobe. James Bond might get away with wearing a dinner jacket and a Seamaster 300M, but most men don’t have to abandon the casino table and engage in life and death battles. Simplicity, understatement and elegance are […]

6 years ago

Hands-on – The Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m Chronograph, Now in Grey and Orange

During the “Time To Move” event organized by the Swatch Group, Omega unveiled most of this year’s novelties. This included, among others, the fully redesigned Seamaster Diver 300M Chronograph. Still, this wasn’t the only diving chronograph that Omega was going to launch… It also had this cool, fresh-looking Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m Chronograph in orange […]

6 years ago

Buying Guide – Our Favourite Watches of “Time To Move” Swatch Group Event

The news broke last summer – Nick Hayek announced that from 2019 onwards, Swatch Group and its brands would no longer be present at Baselworld. As a consequence, the luxury powerhouse decided to organise its own product presentation “Time To Move” for its most luxurious brands: Breguet, Blancpain, Glashütte Original, Harry Winston, Jaquet Droz and […]

6 years ago

Introducing – The Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Worldtimer Now in Regular Steel or Gold (Hands-On)

While we usually see Omega on the sporty side of things, with complications that range from the date to the annual calendar or the chronograph – except that one central tourbillon watch – complicated watches are not really part of the Biel-based brand. This was until 2017, when Omega introduced, as an exclusive limited edition in platinum, a Worldtimer version of the Seamaster Aqua Terra. This complex watch now comes back in regular production, with multiple editions in steel or in Sedna gold.

6 years ago

Introducing – Omega De Ville Trésor, now in Steel (Hands-On Pics)

Riding the vintage wave that has flooded the watch market of late, Omega revisits its 1949 Trésor gentlemen’s dress watch. Re-edited in stainless steel, the new De Ville Trésor model incorporates Omega’s Master Co-Axial Calibre 8910, with its COSC and Master Chronometer status certified by the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS). Origins In 2014, […]

6 years ago

Introducing – Omega Seamaster Diver 300M now with White Ceramic Dial (Hands-On Pics)

Last year marked the introduction of the revised Seamaster Diver 300M, a.k.a. the “Bond watch”, a.k.a. Omega’s entry-level diver. Renewed with a slightly larger case, a redesigned dial in ceramic, laser-engraved with the iconic wave pattern, available in multiple colours and materials, the main evolution concerned the arrival of an in-house, Master Chronometer movement. This year, Omega expands the collection with a new White Ceramic dial for the Seamaster Diver 300M.

6 years ago