Archive for the ‘Omega’ Category

April 10th, 2010  Posted at   Industry News, Omega

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The Canadian skiing athlete Lauren Woolstencroft has achieved an unprecedented feat in world sports history – topping the podium in each of five events held within the framework of the Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games in March. The greatly impressive true sport enthusiasts expressed by this great athlete is really admirable.

To mark and celebrate her remarkable accomplishment, OMEGA, the Official Timekeeper of the Paralympic Winter Games presented a Seamaster Planet Ocean wristwatch to Woolstencroft, the only winter Paralympian in history to win five gold medals at a single Paralympic Games. The presentation was held at the OMEGA Olympic Games Boutique on the ground floor of the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. After receiving her watch and signing the Boutique’s guest book, the legendary ski star said, “What a great honour to be recognized and be given the gift of time for my accomplishments at the Paralympic Winter Games. To receive an OMEGA watch from the official timekeeper of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games is very exciting.”

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The champion’s watch features a sportive and distinctive style, catching and holding the gaze with its orange strap and matching unidirectional rotating bezel. Beating inside the watch is an Omega self-winding Co-Axial chronometer movement. With an imposing case, the present watch is water-resistant to 2000 feet.

January 17th, 2010  Posted at   Omega

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The ultra-elegant Omega Constellation collection is going to make the brand’s flagship line for women. I think there are few people who will jump out and refute my notion. As a line of sheer variety and uniqueness, the Constellation collection does make for excellent lady’s watches. Each of these classic pieces is an exquisite fusion of beautiful looks and reliable property. Colors are echoing with versions from steel to gold, in purple or champagne to black or white.

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Inside the watches are clearly Omega Co-Axial automatic calibers such as the 8500/8501, 8520/8521 and the caliber 2500, housed by the iconic angular case. One highlight (of many) is the seamless look of the bracelets. Featuring large links with no gaps, the large, tapering and simple bracelet gives the watch exceptional appearance.

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Constellation Baguette watch with over 30 carats of diamonds

Omega, a famous watch manufacuturer, does have nothing else in the elegance category except the extreme feminine Constellation. I think this makes another key reason for my forecasting. As the flagship model in the flagship line, the Constellation Baguette watch deserves to be mentioned. Presenting Omega’s high hopes for the Constellation collection, this diamond watch is probably one of the most luxurious jewelry pieces from Omega for all time.

The ultra-luxury watch apply the “mystery setting” to deal with the diamonds. The exclusive technique that I disscussed in the recent past is used to mount the precious stones without any of setting claws showing. With this supernatural technique, the Constellation Baguette watch leaves the impression that all the jewels are free, their glare is amplified and they shimmer like cat’s eyes. The watch is in 18k white gold and studded with 459 very large Wesselton diamonds, each of which is hand selected and cut specially for the piece. Beating inside the watch is an Omega Caliber 8421 automatic Co-Axial escapement mechanical movement. All in all, the watch demonstrates Omega’s strength in extremely high-end watchmaking.

With over 30 carats of diamonds in the body and the identity of “only one in the world”, the watch’s price is likely to be on the same level with the Blancpain Newest Spécialités Tourbillon Diamants.

January 12th, 2010  Posted at   Industry News, Omega

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Last week, I went to see the revolutionary science-fiction blockbuster – AVATAR. Its splendid backgroud and magnificent visual impact made me believe that there would not be any movies can be equated with it in a long time in the future. However, when I watched “Up in the Air” which has been very popular recently as well, I got something surprising and different with AVATAR.

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The film “Up in the Air” is of great box-office appeal, directed by Jason Reitman and having George Clooney as the starring role. In the film, Clooney appeared as Ryan Bingham, a man called “Termination Facilitator” by himself. His job is to deliver the bad news to emplyees who are losing their jobs. In the backdrop of the global economic downturn, this film is certainly timely with the theme of corporate downsizing, which uses dark humour to present a perceptive observation of the current economic climate.

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OMEGA Hour Vision

As the OMEGA’s brand ambassador, George Clooney has been always showing his beloved watch in the film. It is an OMEGA Hour Vision wristwatch. I’m not sure about if the well-known watchmaker had invested money in this commended movie, but it is absolute that the times are not as tough for Clooney’s role who communicates the bad news as for the people who receive it.

“Up in the Air”, a film holds more Golden Globe nominations than any other movie, is sure to be prize-winning. George Clooney has been nominated for Best Actor, as well as his co-stars Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick for Best Supporting Actor. And the director Jasom Reitman is competing for Best Director and Best screenwriting. Academy Awards? Don’t be joking. The Oscar statuettes are only for AVATAR!

December 11th, 2009  Posted at   Omega

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OMEGA will add a new exquisite watch to its attractive De Ville Co-Axial Chronograph collection. But I mistook it for the OMEGA Specialities Olympic Collection Timeless watch, when I came in the first encounter with this fresh yet unreleased timepiece. The two watches have too much identical in case design (the steel bracelet is absolutely different). Picking the horizontally arranged overlapping subdials again, the famous watchmaker want to integrate kind of Olympic element with its classic De Ville Co-Axial Chronograph collection. The Olympic Games takes place every four years, so it couldn’t be out of date. However, featuring functional subdials closely linked with each other, the OMEGA watch highlights the brand’s peerless design intelligence.

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OMEGA Specialities Olympic Collection Timeless watch

In fact, there are also some obvious differences between the two watches. Firstly, the new De Ville Co-Axial Chronograph watch doesn’t have a tachymeter scale on its bezel, which may be the most notable distinction. In addition, a disc viewable through a centrally located window displays the day of week, taking the place of a small dial. The new watch goes more “De Ville” than “Specialities Olympic”.

It is said that this De Ville 4-Counters Co-Axial Chronograph watch will be available in two versions – steel or gold. The steel model shows its features in the image, while the gold model may be still in the works. In my opinion, the new watch is more refined yet attractive than modern classic. The perfect blend of functionality and unique design is striking. The time, chronograph, day, and date are all featured in the watch. This new De Ville Co-Axial Chronograph watch will be officially released several days before Valentine’s day. I believe some lucky men should receive this perfect gift from their discriminating women.

Kevin also publishes articles about Luxury Watches at watchestrends blog.

October 30th, 2009  Posted at   Industry News, Omega

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Swiss luxury watchmaker OMEGA has recently launched its flagship boutique at the prestigious ION Orchard with the brand’s new ambassador, international movie star, Zhang Ziyi. This new store, located at ION Orchard #01-11, marks OMEGA’s 53rd corporate boutique worldwide. Luxury timepieces, exquisite jewellery, fine leather goods and another first for OMEGA, the new Aqua Terra Eau de Toilette pour Homme fragrance, are all featured in the new boutique.

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At the opening, Zhang Ziyi was invited to autograph the watch box of a new Constellation watch before locking it up in a transparent safe, which will be the Constellation dream-come-true for one lucky OMEGA VIP customers. And simultaneously, together with Stephen Urquhart, Zhang Ziyi launched the closely watched 2009 Constellation Collection in Singapore along with an exhibition at the atrium of ION Orchard.

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At the exhibition, we can appreciate the evolution of the OMEGA Constellation Collection over the last 60 years, as well as its warmly pursued historical pieces on display for the first time. Started on 27 October, the exhibition will last for 12 days totally, offering a rare chance for an up-close look at those world-class timepieces.

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Zhang Ziyi, OMEGA new global ambassador, has achieved fame for her outstanding performance in classic Chinese films over the past ten years: from a pure and unsophisticated village girl in The Road Home, headstrong Jen in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the elegant and divine blind dancer in House of Flying Daggers, to a gracefully restrained traditional Chinese woman in Forever Enthralled. And a decade, the time how long she has been wearing a Constellation, makes perfection between Zhang Ziyi and OMEGA. She said,” The values of OMEGA – credibility, achievement and pioneering spirit – are what I have devoted myself to for the past ten years.” She added,” When I was first approached by OMEGA I was very happy because the company is extremely well known and respected in China, where they have been since 1895.”

October 13th, 2009  Posted at   Omega

We all know about Omega and its top-popular watches. And…what do you think of Omega perfume?

Recently, Omega Aqua Terra was released as a new kind of perfume for men. We can imagine this cologne’s fragrance-no more than the mixture of sweat and leather spreading out when you wear the same watch all summer.

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The new Omega Aqua Terra which is situated as a new kind of sports perfume for man will be a new member of the woody aromatic family. Alberto Morillas, the “nobility” perfumer, presents Aqua Terra as his new magnum opus. The fragrance brings a fresh and natural sensation to this perfume,which opens on a integration of herbs (clary, sage) and citrus (grapefruit, bergamot, tangerine). After several munutes,the core of the Omega Aqua Terra reveals a spicy scent and a soft floral smell because of the aromatic herbs,jasmine,red pepper and violet leaves.Frankly speaking, this is really the first time for me to know about a kind of cologne including a ingredient of pepper. To me,it is possibly a tough stuff being too diffcult not only for a man but for the people around him to stand through,which this hot and spicy element bings up. We can perceive the drydown leading to trail of sensual and luxurious woods, including musk, vetiver, patchouli and oak moss, that makes the perfume out harmoniously.