WINTER IS COMING
February will mark the start of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. As the official timekeeper for the 30th time of this world sporting event, the Biel-based firm has signed a new very… ice-cold special edition!
The famous motto “Winter is coming” from the popular television series Game of Thrones literally comes to life in the latest Omega watch. The Biel-based firm, which is participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics for the 30th time as official timekeeper of this world sporting event, which includes alpine skiing, bobsleigh, ice hockey, curling, luge, biathlon, speed skating, etc., is now offering a special edition in all white: the Seamaster Aqua Terra “Beijing 2022”.
Its icy face is composed of a white ceramic disc with a “frosted” finish that takes up the snowy crystal graphics and is curved by triangular hour markers, the visual signature of the Aqua Terra line. These hour markers, like the trio of dauphine-shaped hour, minute and second hands above them, are blued and coated with white Super-LumiNova®, while the date is discreetly displayed at 6 o’clock. A few touches of red, on the quarter hours that punctuate the minute track along the flange and the Seamaster mention at 12 o’clock, energize the whole.
Water-resistant to a depth of 150 meters, the steel case is fitted with a screw-down crown and a “solid” caseback engraved with the Beijing 2022 emblem in relief. It houses Omega‘s self-winding caliber 8900, a Master Chronometer-certified movement equipped with a Co-Axial escapement and a double barrel that delivers 60 hours of power reserve.
Price: CHF 6,150
By Sharmila Bertin