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PREVIEW
MAURICE LACROIX
Based on the case design of the 2016 Aikon Quartz, the 45mm Aikon
Automatic Skeleton is fitted with the openworked automatic caliber
ML234. This new movement, visible through the caseback, is based on
a series of five concentric circles, with the black DLC-treated bridges
radiating from the center of the barrel at one o’clock.
MEISTERSINGER
The 40mm stainless steel Urban features large numerals at 12, 3, 6 and 9 on
the opaline, silver, black, blue or tobacco dial, while the remaining hours
are indicated by wedge-shaped indexes that complement the single central
hand. The watch is powered by an automatic Miyota movement with 42
hours of power reserve.
OMEGA PRESENTS OLYMPIC GOLD
As the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang were underway, longtime official timer Omega presented its
Seamaster Olympic Games Gold Collection, a trio of 39.5mm gold watches meant to represent the three winning
medals presented to winning athletes.
Omega created this Seamaster set using three different types of 18-karat gold: yellow gold, the firm’s own Sedna
gold and Canopus gold. The latter is a white gold alloy that is new to the brand.
Each watch in this collection features 18-karat gold leaf hands and applied indexes, light, eggshell white enamel
domed dials, but perhaps the most distinctive aspect of these watches is old-style Omega logo at the top of the
dial. The slight variation of the font here identifies the watches as something special, and Omega has done this
right by creating the logo, the minute track and the word Seamaster in enamel.
Even the casebacks here are special. Omega surrounds the clear sapphire back with an 18-karat gold ring
engraved with all the known host cities and dates of the Olympic Games Omega has timed, from Los Angeles in
1932 up to the scheduled Los Angeles games in 2028.
These new watches, the latest in special Omega editions dedicated to the winter Olympics, can each be
purchased separately and are presented on leather straps in either brown or black. Inside, each piece is
driven by the Master Chronometer calibre 8807. Recall that in order to achieve Master Chronometer status,
Omega demands that its watches pass the eight tests set by METAS (The Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology).
The Seamaster Olympic Games Gold Collection ranges in price from $16,000 to $17,500 and is now available for
purchase on omegawatches.com.
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