Omega will probably be serving because the video games’ official timekeeper for a historic twenty seventh Olympiad in a row, lending its essential providers to the measuring, recording, and show of competitors leads to Rio. Becoming a member of the beforehand introduced Speedmaster Mark II “Rio” and the Seamaster Bullhead “Rio” Olympic editions, is the significantly extra refined Omega Olympic Official Timekeeper.

This bi-compax column wheel chronograph is powered by Omega’s 3203 guide-winding co-axial motion, and is accessible in very restricted numbers, in three flavors of gold designed to imitate the three hues of medal rivalry.
Just like the aforementioned Rio editions, it’s custom for Omega to often announce quite a lot of commemorative releases a short time forward of every video games – or typically lengthy earlier than, like this colorful “PyeongChang 2018” Aqua Terra. Nevertheless, in contrast to these different Rio editions, the Omega Olympic Official Timekeeper watch is exclusive in that its connection to the Olympics won’t be instantly obvious.

Classic Omega followers may observe the basic design cues; from the lacquered white dial and glued T-bar lug design on the white gold version, to the sharp pink Omega wordmark at 12:00 – every, an homage to the classic Omega stopwatches deployed on the Los Angeles video games in 1932. This isn’t truly the primary time these stopwatches have come again to life, although – in 2014, Omega stunned collectors with the Olympic Rattrapante Chronograph pocket watch – a very unimaginable re-difficulty (if it might even be referred to as that) of the 1932 legend constructed out with refinished new-previous-inventory elements and motion kits that had been in storage at Omega’s headquarters in Biel for almost a century.However again to the Omega Olympic Official Timekeeper – a totally trendy watch that is removed from simply being an homage in simply the design sense, as its Omega Co-Axial calibre 3203 can also be a mechanical homage of types to the precision and reliability demanded by these protecting time on the rise and fall of world data.

However that’s finally what makes the brand new Omega Olympic Official Timekeeper watch so compelling – it’s not solely backed by a big slice of Omega historical past that goes far past the video games in Rio, it’s additionally significantly extra sensible than any stopwatch as a result of it may be often worn and loved in a extra conventional sense, whereas nonetheless benefiting from all of the technical acumen of Omega’s trendy Co-Axial developments.

Housed in a conservatively proportioned 38mm case with 30 meters of water resistance, the Omega Olympic Official Timekeeper will probably be out there in three separate editions of 188 items every.

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