Interesting Facts and Trivia On Omega Watches
Copyright (c) 2007 Patrick Bedford
Omega SA is a watch company based in Biel/Bienne Switzerland and is one of the more prestigious brands in timepieces. It is one of the most prestigious brands of the Swatch Group. Here are some more interesting facts and trivia on Omega Watches.
Omega's Speedmaster Professional Chronograph was the first watch worn on the Moon. A chronograph is a watch with both time keeping and stopwatch functions. Chronographs were produced as early as the 18th century and today include analog, digital and analog-digital chronograph models. NASA has continued to use the Omega Speedmaster Chronographs on all of its missions.
The Omega Seamaster 300M Professional Chronometer is the current official James Bond watch. The Chronometer is a large, strongly built watch especially designed for precise time keeping on ships at sea. The name is sometimes loosely applied to any fine watch. The features that distinguish a chronometer from a watch include:
1. A heavy balance wheel, the axis of which is kept always vertical
2. A balance spring wound in cylindrical shape, instead of a nearly flat helix
3. A special escapement
4. A fuse where the power of the mainspring is made to work through a lever arm of continuously changing length
Pierce Brosnan wore the Seamaster in each of his Bond movies including, Golden Eye. In the Golden Eye film the automatic Seamaster 300M Professional was featured. Daniel Craig, the current James Bond of the film "Casino Royale", wears his Omega Seamaster.
For the 40th Anniversary of James Bond a special commemorative edition of the watch was made available where only 10,007 units were produced. The watch is identical to the model: 2531.80.00 except the blue watch face had a 007 logo inscribed across it. The band also had 007 inscribed on the clasp.
Luc Besson's movie The Big Blue featured Omega's Seamaster Professional 600 which has become a collectible. Omega has consistently been the official timekeeper for the Olympics since the 1932 Summer Olympics. It was the official timekeeper for the 2006 Winter Olympics and will be for the 2008 Summer Olympics as well.
In 1999 Omega made history by introducing the first mass-produced watch incorporating the revolutionary Co-axial escapement
Many famous celebrities have endorsed the prestigious Omega brand. These include Cindy Crawford, Nicole Kidman, Ernie Els, and Michael Schumacher. Currently, Abhishek Bachchan has been made the new brand ambassador. He is the son of Hollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan and renowned actress Jaya Bhaduri. As you can see the Omega Speedmaster Watch and Omega Seamaster Watch have become very famous and continue to be one of the world's most famous brands.
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