Here we have one of my favorite chronographs from Baselworld this year. While it is certainly tough to beat Omegas stunning Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon, if youre looking for something a bit more under the radar while still offering the charm of a Moonwatch, its going to be hard to deny the app [...]

Quick when you hear the word Speedmaster, what comes to mind? Very likely, its the Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch-associated design that youre picturing in your head, or perhaps even have in your own personal collection. While the stock Moonwatch is certainly interesting in its own right, what if Omega were to draw inspiration from an Omega Speedmaster [...]

Omega, long time official timekeeper of the Olympics, has released another limited edition watch in honor of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Called the Omega Sochi Petrograd limited edition, this special retro-redo piece is extremely unique and speaks to an existing older art deco-style Omega watch from 1915. [...]

Welcome to My First Grail Watch, a new interview series on that explores the first major timepiece lusted after by important people in the watch industry. (ABTW): Who are you and what is your relationship to the watch industry? Jean-Claude Biver (JCB): My passion is watches. And I am the lucky man who can work every day in his passion. Which means I dont want to disconnec [...]

Here in San Francisco,?Omega watches has just announced a new limited edition watch to celebrate their continued relationship with the Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) for the 2013 edition of the Americas Cup boat race. We are here on-scene at the ETNZ local HQ days before the preliminary Louis Vuitton Cup races that will lead up to t [...]

The Omega Speedmaster Spacemaster Z-33 watch is the thematic follow-up to the famed Omega X-33 pilot watch that we recently discussed again as it was?worn (and loved) by Astronaut Chris Hadfield (now apparently retired). The X-33 was originally released in 1998, mostly intended toward the professional and active enthusiast market as a sort of Omega answer to the Breitling Aeros [...]

For 2013,?Omega fully rounds-out the Seamaster Aqua Terra family with the new Omega Aqua Terra Chronograph GMT. With a new movement and solid looks, this is the semi-formal sport watch in the Omega Aqua Terra collection to lust after. I had no idea that the Omega Aqua Terra collection was so beloved until viewers started to ask en [...]

He loves his Omega watch as much as he loves space! A few days ago Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield returned to earth after what seemed like an extremely long stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS). He was up there for six months! When we?interviewed American astronaut Mark Kelly, he told us that despite exercise attempts in spa [...]

For 2013, the newest member of the?Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean collection is the long-awaited Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean GMT. Just before the annual Baselworld watch trade show event, we debuted to the world, the new Planet Ocean GMT GoodPlanet watch here. That blue and orange version of the new GMT watch bears the GoodPlanet foundation name, whom O [...]

A simple evolution, the Omega Speedmaster Co-Axial Chronograph Dark Side Of the Moon (debuted here) proves remarkably lovable on the wrist. In a glossy black ceramic case with matching black ceramic dial, the Moonwatch naturally borrowed the name Dark Side Of The Moon from such things as the actual dark side of earths mo [...]

Today we had the opportunity to view the entirety of Omegas 2013 lineup, including the new Speedmaster 57 Automatic Co-axial chronograph, and its a complete stunner. We first noticed this watch a couple days ago when it briefly showed up on Omegas website before quickly being pulled offline. For inspiration, Omega reached 56 years into th [...]

Baselworld 2013: Welcome yet another?Omega Speedmaster for you Omega fans out there, the Omega Speedmaster 57 Co-Axial Chronograph is a vision of the past with new guts. It seems several items to be unveiled at Baselworld were posted on Omegas site yesterday a bit prematurely and quickly taken down.? We told [...]

Welcome the all black ceramic Omega Speedmaster. This must be some kind of PR trick, putting?tantalizing?images online and then taking them down quickly, but with just enough time to let a few people have a sneak preview.Seems that enough information has gotten out that I think Omega knows they have something really special to tease Omega fans ever [...]

The long anticipated new Omega Planet Ocean GMT is here for 2013. Before settling into being a major part of the Seamaster Planet Ocean collection, Omega has debuted the Planet Ocean GoodPlanet GMT, as part of their collaborated efforts with the Good Planet Foundation environmentalist initiative. The new GMT watch is being lau [...]

Omega Aqua Terra GMTExecuted in beautiful copper-colored 18 carat gold, we have the Omega Aqua Terra GMT reference 231.50.43.22.06.002 in for review today. Defining the high end of the Aqua Terra GMT series, I was delighted when Omega offered to let me borrow one for review. Lets start with the gold. Its 75% by weight, as you [...]

Omega announced recently that they have designed an anti-magnetic watch movement based on their in-house co-axial 8500 series. The calibre 8508 uses specialized non-ferrous materials in its construction which allows it to be unaffected by magnetic energy up to 1.5 Tesla (15,000 gauss). Omega employed the Aqua Terra platform to display the movement as the 8508 does not rel [...]

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1973 was the year that Omegas marketing department realized that the brand name contained the word Mega. The Basel fair of that year saw the launch of both the Megasonic and the Megaquartz- an example of each watch is pictured above.The MegaSonic 720Hz is a movement unique to Omega and at the time had the smoothest moving second hand, ever. It was designe [...]

For years I have complained that even high-end watches dont come with instruction manuals. That isnt universally the rule, but it is the norm. While that isnt likely to change, brands like Omega are taking the logical next step by creating video instruction manuals and putting them online for everyone to see.Pretty recently (as in a day before this ar [...]

In the United States Omega is to a very large degree the Seamaster and Speedmaster watch brand. Those two timepiece families mostly dominate the image we think of when someone mentions Omega. Lets think about some of the more noteworthy things Omega is known for. Well there is the moon landing watch for one that was a Speedmaster. There are the modern James Bond watc [...]

An ad for the original Omega Ploprof stated, It may not look pretty on the surface, but deep down its beautiful. It is a curious statement for an official advertisement, but well sums up a lot of what the original early 1970s super diver was all about. Omega was one of the lead innovators along with Rolex in the market to supply serious professional divers (most n [...]