Last week saw two watchmaking companies announce management changes. One was less of a surprise than the other. The Swatch Group announced changes at the top of Omega, one of the brand in its Prestige and Luxury Range. Stephen Urquhart will retire as president of Omega on June 1st, 2016. He will be succeeded by Raynald Aeschlimann who has held the position of Vice President (VP) Sales […]
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Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra ‘PyeongChang 2018’ Limited Edition Watch
The Winter Olympics are headed to PyeongChang in South Korea in 2018. Omega, which became the first official Olympics timekeeper back in 1932, will reprise their role once more for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. While the games are still two years out (albeit with the summer games set for Rio de Janeiro this July), the company kicked off a countdown to the […]
Omega Watches showcases Orbis Flying Eye Hospital in World Sight Day documentary
October 8th was World Sight Day. On that day, Omega shone the spotlight on its partner organisation Orbis International, a non-profit organization dedicated to saving sight worldwide, and their their Flying Eye Hospital, a fully equipped mobile teaching ophthalmic hospital. To celebrate the fourth year of the partnership, Omega released “The Hospital in the Sky,” a documentary in which Cindy […]
Omega Seamaster 300 SPECTRE Limited Edition
The Omega Seamaster has been James Bond’s watch of choice since 1995’s “GoldenEye.” It will be no different later this year when his latest adventure, called SPECTRE, hits the screen in November. In honour of Bond’s latest adventure, Omega last week unveiled the Omega Seamaster 300 SPECTRE Limited Edition. As befits a James Bond limited edition piece, the bracelet’s strap holder has been engraved with the […]
Omega Seamaster Bullhead “Rio 2016” kicks off countdown to Rio 2016 Olympic Games
The next Summer Olympics will take place in Rio de Janeiro next summer. A year to the day, Omega began a countdown to the event by unveiling the Omega Seamaster Bullhead “Rio 2016.” The rather distinctive watch is made even more so thanks to a blue leather strap with the yellow, green, red and black colours representative of the iconic Olympic rings. The […]
Omega unveils James Bond-inspired Seamaster Aqua Terra 150M
Omega today announced a new limited edition Seamaster Aqua Terra 150M model inspired by British spy James Bond (and the upcoming SPECTRE movie). Known as the Seamaster Aqua Terra 150M > 15,007 Gauss features the Bond family coat of arms prominently: The symbol is repeatedly interlocked to create a dynamic pattern on the watch’s blue dial. The coat of arms is also […]