Omega movements.
Inside the Omega Museum
The Omega
Ploprof from
1970.
All things Bond
Timing instruments
Omega’s ‘Elvis’ watch caseback
Omega ‘Elvis’ watch.
Ocean 600.
There is also an entire wall-display dedicated to Omega’s Olympic involvement,
with examples of pocket stopwatches and chronographs to today’s most modern
electronic timing equipment. A short walk then found me in the military and jewelry
area. There are examples of wristwatches supplied to, and subsequently the prop-
erty of, the British Ministry of Defense.
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Omega has a long history of timing
sports and the Olympics.
I found Elvis Presley’s diamond-encrusted showstopper displayed among them,
along with ultra-thin men’s dress watches and miniature high jewelry women’s
watches. Going back to the main part of the room, around a radial display in a
central column, Omega shows its Seamaster history. A watch representing each
era shows how the collection evolved, from humble beginnings culminating in
Cousteau’s PloProf, all radially aligned around a bronze diver’s helmet.