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Omega welcomes 2004 Games with launch of Olympic Collection in India

September 2004

OMEGA, the prestigious Swiss watch manufacturer, introduces in India the Olympic Collection- a series of two chronographs with a distinctive Olympic-related theme. The collection comprises OMEGA De Ville Co-Axial Chronograph, Rome 1960 and the OMEGA Speedmaster Broad Arrow, Melbourne 1956. The case back of each model is engraved with the five Olympic rings.

G Kannan, Country Manager, Swatch Group (I) Pvt Ltd said, OMEGA was appointed the official timekeeper to no less than 16 different sporting events across the globe and has been the official timekeeper of a total of the 21 Olympic Games over the last century. With the launch of the OMEGA Olympic Collection, we undoubtedly bring to the memorabilia collectors of the Olympic games in India, a series of classic timepieces, which they would treasure for ages.

The Olympic Collection chronograph series recalls the very beginning of OMEGAs timekeeping exploits with a design that harks back to the first chronograph used at the Olympic Games in the 1930s and was used at the 1932 Los Angeles Games. The collection sees reproductions of the original dials of these models complete with the period red OMEGA name and symbol incorporated into chronographs from the current OMEGA collection. The range is priced upwards of Rs 78,000 and is available in 36 outlets across the country.

The OMEGA De Ville Co-Axial Chronograph, Rome 1960 of the Omega Olympic Collection enhances the classic De Ville design with a polished lacquered white dial, black Arabic numerals and red OMEGA symbol and name that recall the design of OMEGA's first chronographs used at the Olympic Games. It is fitted with the new OMEGA calibre 3313 self-winding chronograph movements with date, hour, minute, continuous small seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute totalisers and a central chronograph hand. An officially certified chronometer with a 55-hour power reserve, this exclusive OMEGA movement has a meticulous finish with a circular graining, Geneva wave decor, rhodium plated surfaces, gold-plated engravings and a blued-steel centre screw, all-visible behind a transparent sapphire crystal case back. The OMEGA De Ville Co-axial Chronograph, Rome 1960 is available exclusively in stainless steel with a brown leather strap and folds over clasp and is water resistant to 100 metres.

The Speedmaster Broad Arrow, Melbourne 1956 of the Omega Olympic Collection incorporates the striking hands from the first Speedmaster model, which give the watch its name. It has a stainless steel case and bracelet, as well as a satin-finished stainless-steel bezel engraved with a tachometric scale. The black dial has a design which recalls the original OMEGA chronographs used at the Olympic Games, with white Paris-style Arabic numerals, red chronograph hands (central seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour totalisers) and old-style OMEGA symbol and name in red. It is protected by a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on the inside. Thanks to a screw-in case back and OMEGA double gaskets for the crown and pushers, the Speedmaster Broad Arrow is water resistant to 100 metres. The Speedmaster Broad Arrow collection uses OMEGA's high-end column-wheel chronograph movement OMEGA calibre 3303: a self-winding COSC chronometer movement with circular graining, Geneva wave decor, rhodium-plated surfaces and gold-plated engravings. This movement has a 55-hour power reserve; stop-seconds function and uses the OMEGA free sprung-balance to offer better regulating stability. The Olympic Rings are engraved on the case back of the watch as a reminder of OMEGA's unparalleled record of timekeeping the Olympic games.