Omega movements.
Inside the Omega Museum
The Omega
Ploprof from
1970.
All things Bond
Timing instruments
Omega’s ‘Elvis’ watch caseback
Omega ‘Elvis’ watch.
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 property of, the British Ministry of Defense.
I found Elvis Presley’s diamond-encrusted showstopper displayed among them,
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Omega has a long history of timing
sports and the Olympics.
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.
A dedicated column to John F. Kennedy houses a hand-written note from his